Governors in half of the states asked the Biden administration on Monday
to delay the implementation of the WOTUS rule until after the Supreme Court
issues a ruling in the Sackett v EPA case sometime this spring.
1^25 Governors Ask Biden for WOTUS Delay
Sixty agricultural groups and crop insurance industry groups wrote leaders
of the House and Senate Budget committees, Appropriations committees and USDA
officials. The groups call on lawmakers to protect crop insurance from possible
budget cuts in negotiations over the debt ceiling or the next fiscal-year
budget.
4^Crop Insurance and Budget Pressures
The final Show-Me-Select sale of Fall 2022 brought some of the strongest
sale numbers of the season, with average prices at $2,471, maximum price at
$3,800, and total sales adding up to $682,050.
BShow-Me-Select Heifers Topping $3,500
With beef cow processing as rapid as it was through 2022, I don't think
it's out of line to anticipate that the January 2023 beef cow herd could be
below 29 million head, which happened in 2014 and is the record low for the
industry.
BSort and Cull
There have been new developments in the proposed merger of CP and KCS
merger, while West Coast dock workers still have no contract.
BCash Market Moves
