Cattle and hog slaughter is starting to rebound as plants reopen.
Last week’s export sales reflect the state of the packing industry; net beef sales totaled 4,200 tons, down 20 percent on the week and 64 percent below the four-week average. Net pork sales totaled 10,800 tons, a decrease of 77 percent from the week before and 76 from the four-week average. Meanwhile, Congress is busy making political hay from the disarray in the markets. The House is expected to pass the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act tomorrow, aka, the fourth COVID-19 relief package. It is a $3 trillion bill and includes a doubling of direct farm payments and amends the CCC Charter Act to allow the Secretary to address remova...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
