Tag: USDA

Food Prices to Soar 5 Percent on Average This Year: USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects food prices to soar 5 percent on average this year, marking the highest single-year surge since 2008, which is set to leave Americans forking out more for everyday food essentials. In its monthly Food Price Outlook, the USDA said it has raised its estimate following two months of price surges “across many of the…


Tyson Foods Eases Mask Mandate At Some US Facilities, But Not At Meatpacking Plants

Tyson Foods said on Feb. 15, that it would lift its mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees at certain U.S. facilities, except those working at meatpacking plants for now. The meatpacking company said that its new policy applies to employees at facilities not under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and…


USDA Alert: Thousands of Pounds Ground Beef Recalled in 7 States Over E. Coli Concerns

At least 28,000 pounds of ground beef was recalled in seven U.S. states over E. coli concerns, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Safety Inspection Service in a release on Thursday. Interstate Meat Dist. Inc., of Clackamas, Oregon, said it is recalling some 28,356 pounds of ground beef products that might be contaminated with…


USDA Alert: Thousands of Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled in 7 States Over E. Coli Concerns

At least 28,000 pounds of ground beef was recalled in seven U.S. states over E. coli concerns, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Safety Inspection Service in a release on Thursday. Interstate Meat Dist. Inc., of Clackamas, Oregon, said it is recalling some 28,356 pounds of ground beef products that might be contaminated with…


Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree on American Farmland

China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent…


Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of American Farmland

China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent…


Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of US Farmland

China has been buying up agricultural land in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the U.S. food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal year 2022 agriculture appropriations legislation (H.R.4356) in June. In a…


Crops Slide as USDA Lifts Output Forecasts

Crop futures eased to finish the Tuesday trading session after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.   The U.S. government raised its 2021-2022 domestic soybean output projections by 74 million bushels to 4.4 billion bushels. It lifted U.S. soybean inventory expectations for the current marketing…


USDA Targeting $500M to Boost Meat Processing

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told House lawmakers that his department has received hundreds of comments in response to the USDA’s plans to invest $500 million to expand meat and poultry processing in the U.S. to boost competition in the livestock industry. “We’re now in the process of analyzing those comments in order to establish and…


Judge Issues Injunction Against Biden’s USDA Over Race-Based Loan Forgiveness Program

A district court judge declared President Joe Biden’s loan-forgiveness program for non-white people unconstitutional, ruling in favor of a Tennessee farmer and granting an injunction against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for implementing the policy. U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson ruled last week that the USDA should halt its distribution of funds through the…