12.20.2024
45z guidance fails to appear; government scrambles to pass spending bill
The US government spending bill failed twice in as many days. If a deal is not reached by midnight on Friday December 20, some federal services will...
Outstanding Export Sales
Tables 1 and 2 below show the total outstanding cured hide and wet blue export sales by selected countries through April 2. Through Week #14, the total outstanding sales are 4.290 million from at 3.818 million the prior week. With the same period average weekly slaughter at 616,151 head, the cumulative outstanding sales represent 6.94 weeks of production from 6.19 the…