Texas judge orders tighter limits on dairy cattle slaughter
U S District Judge Halbert O Woodward on April 30 ordered the Agriculture Department to cap dairy cattle slaughter at no more than 7 percent of the national dairy herd annually In response to a 1 8 billion program begun April 1 to kill over a million dairy cattle over 18 months to curb milk production Beef producers argued the move would depress beef prices The ruling delays full regulatory changes until June 1 and keeps the dairy buyout underway with expected orderly marketing of cattle through the five month period acknowledging industry optimism about the impact on prices
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Texas Cattle Feeders Association
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Dairy Market News and Wisconsin Cream Sales Report
Madison preliminary prices for all milk averaged 11.73 per hundredweight at 3.5 test, down 11 cents from March and 91 cents from April 1985. Fluid milk at 11.83, down 11 cents from last month, with manufactur ing grade milk at 10.88, down 4 cents. CCC amends the casein conversion program to include nonfat dried milk into dry casein or casinate. March cold storage shows butter and cheese up from February but below last March. butter 289.4 million pounds, up 17.9 percent from February, down 0.8 percent from March 1985. Week of April 28-May 2 CCC purchases total 12.6 million pounds butter, 15.9 million pounds cheese, 25 million pounds nonfat dry milk. milk equivalent 415.9 million pounds, vs 325.4 million last year and 398 million the prior week. In Wisconsin cream sales improved as ice cream makers build inventories amid cool weather. state milk supplies ample to burdensome, manufacturing demand steady with higher production offset by buyout program slowing advances. Week ending May 1 no interstate spot shipments of whole milk, unchanged from a week ago, but down 19 from the prior year.
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USDA acts on cow slaughter to ease red meat market impact
Secretary Richard Lyng announced that USDA will boost red meat purchases during three Dairy Termination Program periods from April 1986 to August 1987 to cushion domestic markets. CCC will coordinate with participants on slaughter timing and export intentions, with firm final slaughter and export dates and penalties for missed deadlines.
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Judge finds Agriculture Department overstepped 1985 farm bill
The judge ruled that Agriculture Department officials exceeded their powers in administering a congressionally mandated program. The decision centers on the extent of authority granted by the 1985 farm bill and refers to involvement of multiple cattle associations seeking to join the suit.
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