Beef Exports Higher and Pesticide Labeling Request
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**June exports of U.S. beef reached the highest value in nearly two years.
U.S. Meat Export Federation data shows beef exports totaling over 110,000 metric tons, down 4% from last year but the second-largest total this year.
Export value reached $938.3 million, up 3% year-over-year and the highest since August 2022.
Despite a 4% volume decline through the first half of the year, the export value climbed 5% to $5.22 billion.
**A coalition of attorneys general is urging the EPA to implement a new rule that would create uniform labeling requirements on all pesticide products.
By streamlining the process and preempting misbranding in states like California, the rule would lift the burdens currently placed on farmers across the country.
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act allows each state to create separate requirements that manufacturers must include when labeling their products.
**The Bureau of Land Management announced its intent to develop a Federal Advisory Committee to engage the public and help inform the BLM’s implementation of the Public Lands Rule.
The committee will allow the agency to continue working with and hearing from a range of experts and the public to support successful implementation.
BLM Director Tracy Manning-Stone says the Rule provides essential tools to help the Bureau improve and conserve the health of the lands.
