by contrast, the usda inspection procedures began in april, and in that short time, usda has intercepted two shipments of foreign catfish containing known carcinogens. in less than two weeks. and so if you do the math, usda is intercepting harmful catfish, and there is no question that the carcinogens are harmful. no question we can't legally bring this contaminated catfish in, but they intercepted harmful catfish at a rate 21 times greater than under the old procedure under f.d.a., and so it -- it is mystifying today that we will soon vote on a resolution that we go back to the old way. we caught two deadly shipments in the last two weeks, and we are having before us today a resolution that would put us back to a procedure that got us to -- that found us two violations in the course of two years. now, mr. president, i have in my hand and i ask to be included in the record at this point a letter dated may 24, 2016, from the safe food coalition. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: led me read just a few paragraphs -- a few sentences from the second paragraph of this safe

this is not usda overreach. this is usda doing what has been required under law. let's prevent cancer-causing substances from coming in to the united states. let's vote "no" on this rule and let's keep this new program, which is already working, to protect the consuming public from very harsh chemicals that cause cancer. and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: if no one yields time, time will be charged equally to each side. flocks. ms. ayotte: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: mr. president, i rise today in support of what, frankly, is an egregious example of why folks get very frustrated with washington and what happens here. and that is what has been described as one of washington's most wasteful programs, the duplicative usda catfish inspection program which was slipped in the farm bill in 2008. mr. president, all other fish, all other fish species are inspected not by usda, but are inspected in this country by the f.d.a. yet, added to the 2008 farm bill was a provision to create a special office within the

kept awarding planet aid money, even after the group's main fundraiser acknowledged to usda stafferscourt records obtain she is closely tied to petersen, named as a possible character witness in his extradition trial and listed in danish court records as one of the six high ranking members of teachers group. meredith crocker says she worked for the woman at planet aid headquarters in 2015. >> if they are sending all that money to africa, i think the results would be better. >> reporter: she made this promotional video showing one usda official who privately worried about planet aid publicly applauding the group's work, but says she left a year later when she became uncomfortable with the grant writing process. >> my greatest concern when writing the grants to notice as the up to date information, the extra numbers. they need to see there's some sort of improvement or where the money is going. if they're going to go off the numbers from two years before -- >> it sounds like you're saying they may just be making numbers up. >> yep. >> do you believe those results are accurate or truthf

the lender of last resort for farmers who are otherwise unable to secure private financing is usda's farm service agency. commercial banks and the farm credit service often rely on usda farm loan guarantees to make loans when borrowers are less credit worthy. to date, the farm service agency has seen a 21% increase in farm loans as compared to last year, a further troubling indication of a struggling agricultural economy. much has changed since congress established the farm credit system 100 years ago. one thing that has not changed, however, is the importance of providing farmers and other rural borrowers with easily accessible and affordable credit. i, along with a number of my colleagues on the agriculture committee, remember very well the difficult times for the farm economy during the 1980s. no one wants to see a repeat of those dark days. i look forward to hearing from our two distinct panels of witnesses regarding the landscape of the current economic conditions in farm country, and what is working or needs improvement from a legislative perspective to protect the financial we

our commercial banks and the farm credit system -- pardon me, service often relies on usda farm loan guarantees to make loans when borrowers are less creditworthy. now to date, the farm service agency has seen a 21%, that's 21%, increase in farm loans as compared to last year. a further troubling indication of a struggling agricultural economy. obviously, much has changed since congress established the farm credit system a hundred years ago. one thing that has not changed, however, is the importance of providing farmers and other rural borrowers with easily accessible and affordable credit. now, i along with a few members of my colleagues on the ag committee here remember very well the difficult times for the farm economy during the 1980s. no one, no one wants to see a repeat of those dark days. so i look forward to hearing from our two distinct panels of witnesses regarding the landscape of the current economic conditions in farm country, what is working or needs improvement from the legislative perspective to protect financial well being of our farmers and our rural communities. no

tonsager served as usda's undersecretary for rural development. from 2009 through 2013 he worked to expand broadband and other critical infrastructure projects all throughout rural america. mr. tonsager hails from rural south dakota where he grew up on a daily farm. a pleasure to have you on the committee, dallas, and i look forward to your testimony. our third witness on the panel is the honorable jeffrey hall. mr. hall was appointed to the farm credit administration board by president obama on march 17, 2015. prior to his appointment, mr. hall was president of association management and consulting firm he co-founded in 2009. before working in the private sector, mr. hall was the kentucky state executive director for usda's farm service agency where he was responsible for farm program and farm loan program delivery and compliance. and was a scout for the university of kentucky's basketball team, as i understand. i made that up so you can -- [ laughter ] prior to his time at the department, mr. hall served as an assistant to the dean of agricultur

we continue to rely on commercial banks, usda and our are farm credit system to provide the necessary short medium and long-term enhancing that will allow american agriculture to continue and prosper. i am please will be hearing today from our second panel who play an important role in providing credit throughout the entire supply chain. i would also like to briefly mention the support of the farm credit system by senator pat leahy. i understand he's in a pro-patience committee meeting and will be unable to attend today. mr. chairman as chair the committee during the 1990s when many important forms were made -- reforms are made senator leahy asked me to submit for the record transcript of his and ranking member lugar's floor statements during the consideration of one of those major changes and i would ask the chair to admitted into the record. >> without objection so ordered. >> mr. chairman? could i welcome the south dakota witness? >> i would be delighted if he did that. >> dallas tonsager has a farm in south dakota and served as secretary for rural development usda and has had a gr

the only inspections being carried out now are through us usda. so the argument that this new program is duplicative is factually incorrect. you can say it as many times as you want to. it doesn't make it true. there's no duplication. furthermore, there's no w.t.o. violation. the equivalent standards are being applied both to imported and domestic fish. and so the standards are the same. we just want to make sure they're safe. we're pretty sure about domestic catfish. a lot of it is grown in my state of mississippi. a lot of it is grown in missouri, arkansas, alabama. those catfish farms are inspected. they're grown under -- the fish are not caught out in a river somewhere. they are inspected where they're grown and harvested under very controlled conditions. we just want all the fish consumed in the united states to be as safe as domesticall domestically-produced fish. thirdly, they say the new rule is costly. well, the entire program is going to cost $1.1 million a year through usda. i would say a million dollars a year to protect the american c

the usda or is there someone that will check off on that when you're done with it? >> sure.s i mentioned the zoos are regulated by the usda. they will take a look at this situation. they're charged with, you know, reinforcing the animal welfare act and endangered species act to make sure we're checking off all the boxes as we do it. naturally in our case we're looking at this area and other areas around the zoo to make sure the barriers are just right. >> what do you think of harambe's law, that someone not paying attention, if an animal that's critically endangered has to be shot? >> i'm not familiar with it. i heard there were some petit n petitions or something. that all sounds very complicated. i don't know the answer to it. >> you mentioned jane goodall. could you tell us what came out of that exchange? >> she sent her sympathy. she sent her sympathy. >> last question. >> could you talk about what you were just talking about looking at other areas of the zoo? is there a safety audit plan in place happening coming up here? >> as i said, and i think folks the other day he

have you any cooperation with usda and public service announcements? yes, sir? the first question, we are getting a great start with the ad council and nr d.c. and ad campaigns that have changed and i believe this will do that. it's a start. it needs to be backed up by companies providing awareness and restaurants. chefs are circling the hill who are interested in food waste. chefs can play a in that. it starts with the ad council, but companies can play a and the government can. i would on the industry side, we have a farm and we collect left over produce. every day there is a new person and they are not doing it the same way. employee training is huge. that's one of the things that came out that was not just the consumer training, but employee training. >> thank you. you brought up like the grapefruit, you buy stuff. i have done that myself. we buy things we shouldn't. that's up to us and a cost benefit analysis that we have to make. mr. oxford, the bruised tomato nobody wants to buy, but in the restaurant business, you can utilize that and it's like buying a

have you any cooperation with the usda in public service? >> yes sir. >> thank you.the first question on the consumer side i think we are getting a great start with the ad council and an rdc and as the congressman mentioned campaigns over the years that have change behavior and i believe this will do that. it's a start. it needs to be backed up by companies providing awareness at supermarkets and restaurants. their chefs who are interested in food waste and chefs could play a role in changing people's behavior. start with the ad council but companies can play a role in the government can play a role. i would also say on the industry side we have a farm and we collect produce, leftover produce from local markets. every day be going if there's a new person and they're not doing it the same way so employee training is huge. that's what one of the things that came out not just consumer training but employee training. >> thank you. ms. stasz you brought up like a grapefruit and i've done that myself. we buy things that sometimes we shouldn't and that is just up to us to k

we continue to rely on commercial banks, usda and our are farm credit system to provide the necessary short medium and long-term enhancing that will allow american agriculture to continue and prosper. i am please will be hearing today from our second panel who play an important role in providing credit throughout the entire supply chain. i would also like to briefly mention the support of the farm credit system by senator pat leahy. i understand he's in a pro-patience committee meeting and will be unable to attend today. mr. chairman as chair the committee during the 1990s when many important forms were made -- reforms are made senator leahy asked me to submit for the record transcript of his and ranking member lugar's floor statements during the consideration of one of those major changes and i would ask the chair to admitted into the record. >> without objection so ordered. >> mr. chairman? could i welcome the south dakota witness? >> i would be delighted if he did that. >> dallas tonsager has a farm in south dakota and served as secretary for rural development usda and has had a gr

we are inspected by the usda and aza. accreditation by the usda twice a year.rs exceed any required protocols. the trouble with barriers is that whatever the barrier is, some people can get past it. much the same way of you lock your car and people get in your car. and, no, the zoo is not negligent. >> does more to be done? are you reviewing the structural barriers there at the other exhibits? >> as you can imagine when anything happens, an emergency or crisis, naturally we are looking to that situation. the situation now is safe. it is a same as it's been. that said, we lost an incredibly magnificent animal, an important part of the program. so it's important fors to make sure our animals are safe. we'll look at it. >> was there an issue with the barrier? >> in. >> nothing wrong with the fence? >> no. >> nothing out of -- 30-plus years. >> correct. >> >> what's the failure here? where's the breakdown? was up to code. parent's fault? guardrail's fault? where do you place blame? >> politicians and pundits point fingers. we live in the real world and we make real

usda cut brazilian corn and soybean crops. let's check out soybean prices. it's almost 5.5%. that's a little movement. that crops will be at records in the united states. brazil and argentina are important producers for coin and soybeans. -- corn and soybeans. julie: that made up be good news for american farmers. alix: they are getting paid more. : the job openings for march, it is the second highest ever. we are seeing a report effect of job related companies and placement agencies. all of them are rising today. we've got a role and personnel services companies. all of them are rising as well. bp is not getting a huge game. got this rising to the second highest on record. sign ofthe other strength in the jobs market. the april jobs number was a bit mixed at best. scarlet: everything else is not so great. thank you so much. alix: we have more from the newsroom. voters in west virginia go to the polls today. hillary clinton holds a commanding lead among delegates against bernie sanders. they have races next week in kentucky in oregon's. republicans have primaries in west virg

big news after the usda released a report on supply and demand.ghlights, soybean futures surge after 6% after reports of global inventories will be smaller than analysts expected. prices reached the highest since august of 2014 and well above 15, 30, and 45 a day moving averages. futures today after world wheat inventories may rise 5.9%, a record in 2017. it may be at a record 4.4 main pushers in -- bushels in 2014. also spiked on the news. two-week lowom a today. concerns that supplies from nigeria and libya, holders of after's largest, selling today at 4467. gold seems to have shaken off the eyes of march. hsbc's chief commodity analyst says -- gold is still holding up as a -- an insurance policy. glover surveillance seen this morning, starting by asking whether gold has peaked or will churn even higher. >> i think it is even more likely to go higher and we do not have the dislocation we have seen. we got up to $1300 level. quite a bit of resistance there, not in the technical sense. gains in the etf this year and they have leveled off. we have

on track to achieve the broader usda epa goal of a 50% food waste reduction by 2030. first education for consumers and for employees of food businesses. second, innovation. refed has an in ovation data base of over 200 companies and large companies are supporting entrepreneurs. the results are an opportunity for government mechanisms to support their ingenuity. right here in washington, d.c. companies like misfit juicery and fruit cycle and hungry harvest are start-ups that utilize food that would go to waste. the road map highlights a full spectrum of capital including grants and government incentives and private investment to accelerate the transition to a low-waste economy. financing innovation is required to galvanize the $18 billion needed to achieve a 20% reduction in food waste nationwide. there are opportunities to explore public-private partnerships innovative impact investing to support local companies infrastructure or composting facilities or government funding for early stage technologies. lastly is policy. food waste is a complex issue but three federal

beware, because the usda, even usda, we havee created an independent board here that board is constantly being threatened. .sda captured are the industry so this growth is something that is very tenuous. we need to protect this growth. now we see others embracing it. >> the advocacy group beyond pesticides have heard that before. >> when you call these types of conclusions junk science, the new art ignoring the body of scientific literature. we have seen incredible connections between brain cancer, leukemia, a lot of these chemicals that are used in turf management. >> we are going towards more environmentally and people friendly products. because it is the right thing to do. >> i used to go out and talk to these guys and the first thing i would say to them is i am here today as a messenger. me onee to promise thing, that you will not kill the messenger. we reached out and most recently two local hardware stores. they knew we had the organic section and when they saw it, they just focused on what they were here for and they picked out what they wanted and left very happy. we are protecti

usda can encourage the kind of food purposing san francisco police department it seems to me so many programs like ours rely on commody - i don't know what the outcomes we evaluate against the commody purposes the commodities with aligned with the nutrition i feel as a district with the nutrition guidelines i'm hopeful that we've matching well with the philosophy and hopefully with the metrics yank if this answers our question. >> maybe some kind of a thought. s f da to really seems like if this is a great direction for the entire school lunch program should be moving in so a larger policy issue i wonder if we did any thinking and the other question for you when - i mean when is a good time to come back to the board to give us a sort of progress report on what - where it stand like commissioner wynns when step one phase one is done when we think that will happen and get a progress report interesting to do how against the standards >> so i don't have a resolution in front of the me apologize i like the way it put temps which within 3 months and 6 months and a year and what was so the

guest: the usda has actually made this an issue, but there are other things.reform the best buy dates to give consumers more accurate information. when you go to a supermarket, you actually know how long food is good for so we are not throwing it all away. the other thing is that we need to provide some incentives to help our farmers be able to take the excess food on their farms and get it to places where it can help people, whether it's our food banks or into our schools or help them build infrastructure to create anaerobic digesters to produce energy. there are a lot of different things that we can do. it should be able to give guidance to consumers so we know with accuracy what you are eating and whether it is good. host: how to prevent liability with people getting sick from e. coli? guest: nobody is asking that we give people food that is somehow filled with bacteria and will harm you. we all think that these dates on a lot of food products are there to prevent us from getting something that. , with they is exception of infant formula, there are no feder

the usda also requires labels to include safe cooking instructions.he cdc has tracked 6 outbreaks of food-borne illnesses linked to mechanically tenderized beef since 2000. >>> a bay area finance company has ruffled some feathers in the community. why some are calling their new ads insensitive. >> and hulk hogan is in the spotlight this time over reports of a secret alliance with one of the cofounders of paypal. ,, ♪ hey! ♪ they go ooh ooh. ♪ hey! ♪ they go oh-ooh-ooooh. ♪ sitting, watching, waiting, wishing. ♪ ♪ i tell you one thing, you never knew it. ♪ ♪ at the back of the bus ♪ there is so much to give, so dream big. ♪ ♪ yeah. ♪ and when they screaming get out, get out. ♪ ♪ all i wanna hear is get down, get down. ♪ ♪ yeah. ♪ and when they screaming get out, get out. ♪ ♪ all i wanna hear is get down, get down. ♪ ♪ get down, get down. ,,,, york. good morni buquerque with t >>> time for a look at what's coming up later on "cbs this morning." >> gayle king joins us now from new york. always good to see you, gayle. of. >> reporter: i think it's always

>> the group said they finalled a complaint with the usda claim they violated the animal welfare act. >> a we are calling for right now a federal penalty against the senate zoo because we believe they have violated the law. >> the director said the barrier has worked for 38 years but they are investigating to see in improvements can be made. >> i can tell you every zoo is reevaluating everything. >> given that, i reached to the san francisco and oakland zoos to see in they making changes and the zoo got back and said they already meet or exceed safety standards set by the association of zoos and aquariums. >> new this morning, facebook, twitter, youtube and microsoft are teaming up to crackdown on hate speech on speech remove flag the content. they are working with the european union who is trying to keep terror groups from using social media to recruit and radicalize young people. >> still to come, do you feel it? temperatures are on the way up. mike has the accweather forecast. >> we have not felt this seat for nearly eight months but at the cost i have issues there as far as the su

through thursday.rs and activity buses take themake home at 4:30 or 5:20. 5 they qualified for the usdagram because more than 50% of the students are on free or reduced price meals. but here no one is turned away.. any student who stays for anor after school activity is welcomed.welcomed. >> so they're here for after a school help, tutorial help for various clubs, for sports, so they're already herer >> reporter: dinner program prom has actually turned garfield gar into a sort of after school hang out. the principal came up with the champions cafe.af a special area for seniorenio students to hang out. students also supply the artworo hanging on the walls.alls >> we serving up to 200 every night dinners and as you saw s inside, students are relaxed.. it's more of also a social get c to know each other again and iia think that's what also mattersrs because they're developingevel relationships as well. >> reporter: it's a good thingdt there. ther and there's no division of lowfl income and high income studentse they are all welcomed if againfn they're in after schooler s activities.tivitie

they say that better parental awareness will help and also recommend tougher regulations from the usdais for 40 2 am. -- 4:42 a.m. and that is one of my favorite cars ever, it is an oldsmobile, the 442.>> i look that up. -- i looked up that the last time that happened.>>> good morning everyone, it is for 40 2 am -- 4:42 am. the traffic is actually not bad driving on highway 4, and don't drive too fast in your 442. getting up the hill and concord, traffic is moderate. no major problems at the bay bridge toll plaza, looking pretty good. we do have some slow traffic at tracy over on the way to the altamont pass. people that live in tracy and coming into the bay area, they are up early. we have stop-and-go traffic at the tracy triangle.>>> it is for 40 3 am. that is a very nice car, that is a photo of a 442. it is a big engine. >> we used to have a cutlass. back in the day, those were fast cars. >> is that eight convertible or just a black roof -- is that a convertible or just a black roof?>> i can't tell. my father bought a 64 riviera, and it had a wildcat under the hood, and it was a fas

why the usda is requiring sellers to post labels. it will also come with safe cooking instructions. >> i think it is great. >> if there is something that is done to increase the chances of having e.coli then consumers should be made aware of that. >> reporter: how big is the risk? the cdc tracked six outbreaks linked to mechanically tenderized beef since 2000. in san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. >> meat producers tenderize 3 billion pounds of beef every year. >>> turns out you won't be able toify reserve a spot at -- to pay to reserve a spot at delores park after all. price tag, a couple hundred dollars. not kidding. but that plan faced so much back lash they put it on hold. >>> kpix 5 learned a new san francisco park that has been finished for months still hasn't opened because of all the red tape. allen martin shows us one person took out bolt cutters and told kids come on in. >> reporter: it is paradise for kids with plenty of places to play and explore. the only problem you can't get in. >> my daughter asks me every day to open it. >>

brent and usda i crew down about a third of 1%. of steel in the u.k. is at stake is interested buyers try to stick -- seek financing. an is meeting with bankers on friday. the government has offered financial support and could offer a 20% stake in the firm to avoid job losses. liberty house has said it would try to maintain the workforce if its bid was successful. giant hasropean feel painted a gloomy picture of the industry. narrower than expected losses. as its political problems deepen, so do its financial woes. beenl's credit rating has downgraded further into junk bond territory, and changing fiscal targets have undermined its credibility. kfclly, the fast food chain has a new take on its slogan, finger licking good. have launched a applicable and edible they'll polish for its customers in hong kong. it is apparently a real product. the pr firm saying it is designed to be intriguing and fun to increase excitement around the brand in hong kong. in twos in two colors flavors, original and hot and spicy, and apparently tastes like chicken. molly: eve

better strong and we do urge senators so they don't overreact my testimony makes recommendations on usda farm loan programs to keep the farmers and business. regarding ses ending 2015 total assets was three 1/4 billion dollars and 86% increase from 10 years earlier of 163 billion. fcs gross loans is 92% increase from a decade earlier. fcs net income for put $6 billion in the tax rate is 4% by comparison my bank is tax dash 34% at almost 40% total tax 36% more than and fcs it is a huge a vintage to enable the cherry picking a also has retained earnings with a tax benefit to have tremendous growth over the last decade as a lobby congress and its regulator for expanded powers and inappropriately received those for the complex set regulator requested their obtaining that ted million dollar line of credit at and fcs has an insurance fund to protect lenders but we do note the allowance is only 54 basis points by contrast the bank is 186 basis points perhaps if fcs had the higher reserve they would not have to go to the treasury for line of credit with no congressional involvement as was recomm

usda is doing good work on this. they've put out info graphics and information about having sharing tables and donate food. but more can be done definitely. >> i would add that the flip side is that the more we can do to kind of get kids to eat their fruits and veggies the left waste there will be. so i think the solutions are the same and there's been a lot of documentation of efforts like the farm to table work and marketing produce to kids and some of those things that -- recipes that make the food taste good so it's not just sort of veggies out of a can that look drab or things like that that can really help to both address waste as well as health and fruit and vegetable consumption. and also i think the ideas around share tables in schools is very opportune because, you know, you have these kids who are taking a full carton of milk because they have to take it and throwing it straight in the garbage can. and that is just a shame. and a huge waste. and i think there's real opportunity for guidance along with the

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the usda says that raises the risk that harmful bacteria could be passed from one piece of meat to another. new labels will recommend cooking toyota an internal temperature -- it to an internal temperature of at least 145-degrees and about 11% of all meat is tenderized mechanically. >>> ever bought one item at c it's and left with a mile long receipt? a cashier probably handed you one of these. so long, one guy even made himself into a mummy using them. cvs says we hear you. they'll soon offer a paperless option to customers. but you'll have the -- to opt into the program using the company's extra care card. >>> well, your google maps directions may soon lead you to more ads. google announced today that it's now allowing advertisers to pay to put what's called promoted pins into a user's route. for example, if you're an avid starbucks customer, you could see discounts popping up in the app and more detailed information from the coffee giant. now this comes as marketers shift their focus from desktop ads to mobile ones. >>> the bees that terrorized one neighborhood and killed two dogs in co

slowing sales, apple bee's has recently added wood fired grills to its restaurant, only going to serve usda choice steaks, apple bee's want to change the perception of casual dining is largely processed food, and dairy say i hope they have some samples here, brooke, jim? >> they used to have this great flat bread pizak like veggie pizak but that's another thing. >> triple a, should we be hitting the road this memorial day or do we want to stay home? >> roughly 38 million americans are getting ready to hit the road for memorial day weekends, triple a says the most since 2005, mostly because of cheap fuel prices, americans have saved about $18 billion on gas so far this year, compared to the same time last year. orlando's the number one destination followed by myrtle beach and dc. and i believe it was last year, memorial day weekends, that i spent in philly and i loved it. >> oh, well, welcome back again if you come this year, because i'm not going anywhere. you couldn't give me free ticket to travel on the holiday, not doing. >> you're not a crowd's person? >> exactly, exactly. >> all right,

but beware because usda, even though it's in usda recreated an independent board, but that board is constantly being threatened. usda's captured by the industry. big food industry. this growth is something that is very tenuous. we need to protect this growth. now we see others embracing -- >> jay feldman of the advocacy group beyond pesticides has heard that before. >> when you call these types of conclusions junk science, then you're basically ignoring the body of scientific literature. you see incredible connections between brain cancer, leukemia, nonhodgkin's lymphoma with a lot of these chemicals used in turf manageme management. >> we're absolutely going through more environmentally and people-friendly products because it's the right thing to do. >> i used to go out and talk to these guys, these golf course superintendents. the first thing i'd say, i'm hear today as a messenger and you have to promise me one thing, you will not kill the messenger. so we brought that message to them. we reached out. and most recently to local hardware stores and this is the response we're getting. >> they

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. >> usda economist ann marie cane says pork and poultry prices are also falling. when prices go down, sales go up. >> we work off a certain margin, so stuff goes down, we had to bring it down also. >> it is a bun full of good news for the consumer. not only more animals, but it is cheaper to feed them due to a bumper grain crop, cheaper to get meat to market with lower gas prices and the strong u.s. dollar, which means more american meat will stay in america this summer. also helping imports bringing more outside meat into the country, all and all it means a lot more supply for the barbecue and that should bring down prices. but it is not an across the board rebound. california ranchers still face drought. >> as you can see, the hills are brown right now. and we're usually green until june. >> rancher john harvey sold all his cows three years ago and started supplementing his income with a food truck. now, however, he slowly rebuilds his herd turning optimistic. >> we always are. we wouldn't have been in this business to start with if we weren't a little optimisti

usda: a report from the shows a dryer outlook in most of ins states.a going over $50 a barrel at one, then closing at $49.02. oil is set to cap the longest run of monthly gains in five years before opec meets thursday. shery: let's bring in stephen schork. he joins us now from philadelphia. thank you for talking to us. i want to talk about expectations for production of crude and natural gas. this chart shows that expectations for production of crude and natural gas are climbing. we are seeing prices falling in the past five years. will this subdue prices for ?onger perhaps more m&a. stephen: one of the largest arabia's about saudi intention is that saudi arabia was trying to destroy north american crude oil production. industry done the oil in canada and the u.s. a tremendous favor. companies toing retrench. oil in a certain place would have cost a certain amount, $75 a barrel, you are now looking at fields that can produce profitably at $60 come all the way down to $25 a barrel. this is not good news for the workers. with the industry as a whole when it comes out, when we start m&a

that comes from nutrition research primarily from usda.d are average amounts if you have a 2000 calorie diet, that is the amount for you. differente widely amounts of calories they should and do consume. it is not doing the job, which is unfortunate. it was a good experiment to have. it is time to completely rethink the experiment. host: the fda just came out with a new proposed label, a revamped label and it takes the calorie numbers and gives them in bolder typeface, serving size recommendation and another line for sugars. guest: far from good enough. ,t takes all this information it is still on there and very complicated. most people claim it is harder to figure out than income taxes. four out of five americans claimed their diet is not helping them right now. we are talking about food nutrition labels, new efforts by the fda to improve the label and put more information out there. our guest is part of the group that created the original label. if you want to give your forghts, 202-748-8000 democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. indep

thank congress and especially the agricultural committees for repealing the borrower term limits on usda farm service agency guaranteed loans in the last farm bill. banks work closely with the usda to make additional available by utilizing guaranteed farm loan programs. on this subject of usda guaranteed farm loan programs, i believe that congress needs to consider reforms to the programs specifically to raise the cap on these loans due to the rising cost of agriculture along with the modernizing of the programs. usda farm service agency guaranteed loans have allowed farmers to continue to access credit from banks like mine as they grow and ensuring credit access for farmers across the country. we remain concerned, however, with one area of the agricultural credit market. the farm credit system. over the years, the farm credit system has veered away from its intended mission and now represents an unwarranted risk to taxpayers. as a government sponsored enterprise, it represents a risk to taxpayers in the same way fannie mae and freddie mac do. the farm credit system was founded in 1916 t

. >> the usda is launching a similar experiment nationwide, it's called the invasive mosquito project their part by collecting mosquito larvae. >> the public is our greatest ally in getting rid of these mosquitos and keeping them out of our county. >> megan caldwell is feeding west nile mosquitos chicken blood. >> it's about as disgusting as it sounds. it comes in bottles, and we use the machine to warm up the blood. >> it's been exactly a year since they found any mosquitos that can carry zika in san mateo county. >> before there was zika, there was dengay. we don't know what's going to be after zika. >> there have been a handful of confirmed zika patients in the bay area. >>> governor brown says he needs $10 million to help establish an early warning system for an earthquake hits urban areas. it's being developed by the u.s. geological survey. the goal is to role out limited alerts statewide by 2018. >>> you got our ears americaing there when you said some possible 90 degrees tomorrow? >> it looks really good for that. we're talking about a dry offshore wind moving throughout the ba

talk about a cheese surplus, what we are talking about is this, this is a 3-pound chunk of queso, the usdas there's so much surplus cheese right now that every american would have to eat three pounds to shrink that glut. that's 12 of these things and why we love cheese, but here is what's going on with the cheese glut. the price of cheese is actually coming down. since 2014 the price for block cheddar at the exchange has fallen almost 45%. now, it hasn't fallen that much at the retail store. we are paying about 4% less these days for cheeses like cheddar because of the surplus and you can blame the surplus on surplus milk, we have been producing so much milk, well, we asked steve miller, he's the vice president of merchandising here why the glut and why prices are coming down. >> that has to do with the demand in 2014 that raised production of milk across the country and what we are seeing now is just taxes that are hitting that. so so china similar porting law, and russia has embargo. it's all driving the price. >> down. >> yeah, down. >> so you think prices are coming down they would pro

usda said is the product should be thrown away or returned to trader joe's immediately. >> gearing upoday. >> make sure things stay under control. >> it is also called a medical breakthrough. >> it ended lance armstrong's career and it is the same one to save new worns from brain damage. details ahead. . >>> today is cinco de mayo and it is more of a social holiday for some. in the south bay, they are beefing up patrols to make sure it stays peaceful. >> smith reports this and this is for some business owners where celebrations are known to get rowdy and even violent in the past. >> reporter: already the festivities are underway. cars draped with mexican flags could be seen cruising in downtown san jose. they are sending donuts and blaring hopeful donald trump. >> probably. you will see a lot of people with like banners or signs. saying, you know, talking about trump. >> they tell us all his store window were vandalized on may fifth. he plans to stay late to protect his business. >> people use cinco de mayo to harm others. >> you know. to come and just vandalize and fight and against

. >> reporter: it's why the usda has declared the entire county a food desert, with individual neighborhoodseavinge ining 10 7500 residents without proper food. this se considered one of the food deserts in prince george's coun county. in just a short period of time we were here, we met one man who is dealing with the health impacts of living in a food desert. >> i am a diabetic. >> reporter: derrick albert has lived here for 20 years. he was diagnosed with diabetes last year. he comes to this international food market for snacks, but for groceries he leaves his neighborhood. >> i have 15 to 20-minute drive. >> it hurts all of us because the entire community's health is affected. >> reporter: he studies racial and ethnic health disparities and says eliminating these deserts often depends on local legislative prierorities. >> the elected officials need to be aware that the demands there. we need to be more intentional in seeking what does a community need to be healthy and thriving. >> reporter: he's making the hard pitch to grocery retailers to move to prince george's. >> i think there's one

soybeans, down 1% today, data showing that the hedge funds with analysts expecting the usda to cut outlookto floods in the country. an uptick of deals this year as capital is expected to start flowing and after a dismal latter half. during that time low oil prices did not return companies from going out and raising capital on their own. explained head of gas why earlier today on "bloomberg markets." >> not everybody has similar access to capital. the companies in relatively good thinkon have access and i they are doing it for offenses in defense of reasons. i think there is a tremendous amount of investor interest because these are very good companies with good balance sheets and capital structures. they are not broken companies and i think they see investors with this opportunity to come in and accumulate significant stakes at reasonable prices. i think investors expect recovery to come. we continue to have a lot of potential issues coming to market. >> these are not insignificant amounts. >> the other chart that we flashed was the eq t. buying appalachian assets. to equity raises in the

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