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...
Friday Early Publication Hours in Effect — Friday’s Trade Reporting Deadline 12 p.m. CST
Friday publication hours are in effect. The deadline for trade reporting will be at 12 p.m. CST with publication of the Hide & Leather Price Guide/Commentary soon after.
USDA Cured Hide and Wet Blue Export Sales Recap
For week ending August 13, export sales for 2020 marketing year increased 62 percent to 899,474 from 554,377 and shipments decreased 1 percent to 562,608 from 565,692. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 17,221,448—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 596,513, total export sales were 521,862 and total export shipments were 505,422.
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