The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHKA) expires 30 September 2015. While another extension is a distinct possibility, more controversy is a given.
During 2009-10, the Child Nutrition Reauthorization became front page news across the country as First Lady Michelle Obama championed stricter nutrition standards for the national school lunch program, the second largest federal feeding program after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Indeed, the controversy over the administration's proposed standards delayed the reauthorization in 2009, and Congress was forced to pass an extension until 2010. It then eventually passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHKA) in December, more than two months after the extension expired 30...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
