Members of the House and Senate this week in two separate Congressional hearings voiced disapproval of USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) rulemaking.

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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the Biden administration’s trade policy agenda for 2023, noting that she does not plan to include tariff cuts in the agenda for talks with India and other nations Indo-Pacific nations.

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The Senate this week voted 53-43 to overturn the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Meanwhile, two states won relief from the rule in a federal court.

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Cargill, Russia’s largest private agricultural commodities trader, this week announced it will stop exporting its grain from the country.

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Inflation is expected to be one of the biggest macroeconomic trends impacting chicken consumption this year. “Prices and goods for services have been rapidly rising. This is what economists refer to as inflation. For some millennial and Gen Z consumers, this is the strongest inflation they’ve seen in their lifetime,” Brian Earnest, lead economist, animal proteinCoBank, explained. Earnest will discuss how chicken demand changes in an inflationary world and share thoughts on other macroeconomic trends impacting chicken consumption at the 2023 Chicken Marketing Summit.

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Mountaire Farms once again is partnering with churches and non-profits in four states to provide meals for families in need at Easter.

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USDA’s recently released March Slaughter report indicated a three percent increase in young chickens slaughter compared to February 2022. Average weights were also up two percent.

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USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) purchased diced chicken as indicated below for distribution to the National School Lunch Program and other federal food nutrition assistance programs for FY2023.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 25, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,070,000 broilers, a no change from the same week a year earlier.

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