ASI Weekly Newsletter
September 2008
September 26, 2008
The updated Market Summary can be accessed each Monday at www.sheepusa.org. Feeder Prices, 40-60 lbs. for 104-107 $/cwt., 60-70 lbs. for 95-100 $/cwt. Slaughter Prices - Negotiated, Live, wooled an...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's prices for wool the week beginning Sept. 17, 2008, can be accessed at www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=ecpa&topic=fta-...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - Under a bill approved by a U.S. House of Representatives committee this week, an individual could be punished with a three-year prison term for trafficking in horse meat, a pro...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA) administrator this week announced the expansion of the availability of pasture, rangeland and forage crop insu...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) this week released the official version of its Business Plan to Advance Animal Di...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) would like to recognize active sheep research programs from across the United States. Sheep research efforts from the following di...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - Payette National Forest officials are considering a ban on domestic sheep grazing in some areas frequented by wild bighorns. If approved, the plan would force several ranchers ...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) this week awarded a major beret contract to North Carolina company Jensen Promotional Items. The one-year contract calls for the p...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act, by a vote of 370 to 58. The contin...
September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 - In a letter sent to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ed Schafer on Thursday, 32 senators requested a number of changes to the interim final rule for implementing...