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As we head further into fall, cattle inventories continue their return to relative normal, with most of the kinks from COVID-19 slaughter facility disruptions having worked themselves out. We see record cattle on feed, but a return to normal seasonal movements in total inventories. We have seen larger placements driven by positive margins and dryer […]

USDA recently announced details of a new $14 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP 2, that will provide direct payments to help farmers and ranchers struggling with COVID-19-related losses. This second program follows more than $10 billion in support provided to cattle, hog, dairy, non-specialty crop, specialty crop and other producers to offset COVID-19 related losses […]