For The Agribusiness Update I'm Susan Allen great news for western ranchers the Interior Department funding bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives included a provision that blocks the national monument in Malheaur county Or so opposed by ranchers. The bill passed July14, and is headed to the Senate. Oregon Natural Desert Association, a Bend, Ore.-based environmental group, wants to create a national monument on 2.5 million acres in an area of the county known as the Owyhee Canyonlands. Bloomberg is reporting that Dow-DuPont shareholders approve $59 billion merger of equals. clearing a hurdle for the deal to close this year and for a later split into three entities. Finally, Ribs are the cheapest they've been since 2012. Blomberg cites that In Chicago, cattle prices reached a five-year low on Wednesday, while hogs fell for a 12th straight session -- a record in data going back three decades. I quote ". As the meat piles up, retail prices have already been falling and more supplies means that grilling staples including burgers, ribs and pork chops could get even cheaper"