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You are subscribed to All AMS press releases for USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. USDA’s Remote Beef Grading Program Launches App – Offers Marketing Benefits to Processors and Cattle Producers 06/04/2026 01:00 AM EDT Washington, D.C., June 4, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) launched a new mobile app to make access to the Remote Grading Program for Beef (RGP) even easier. body { font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: #333333; }

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SEC Announces New Members of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced five new members of the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. The new members were appointed to four-year terms and will join the 15 current …

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USDA to Host Webinar Showcasing Market News Resources for Small Meat and Poultry Processors

Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage . USDA to Host Webinar Showcasing Market News Resources for Small Meat and Poultry Processors The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host an informational webinar to help small and mid‑size meat and poultry processors access and use market information available through USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The session will introduce participants to a range of free AMS Market News tools that support business planning, price discovery, and marketing strategies. The 30-minute webinar will guide processors through key datasets—including wholesale meat reports, direct‑to‑consumer pricing trends, and grocery store feature activity—highlighting how this information can be used to understand market dynamics and identify promotional opportunities. T he webinar will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET. Register in advance. Webinar Topics Wholesale Meat Data Participants will learn to navigate AMS wholesale price dashboards—such as the Beef Wholesale Price Update, Weekly Pork Price Summary, and Lamb Board Reports—and to interpret Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) data, including relative pricing of wholesale cuts. Beef Wholesale Price Update | Weekly Pork Price Summary | Lamb Board Reports | LMR Meat reports Direct‑to‑Consumer Price Reports Reports on specialty and niche meats—including Grass Fed Beef, Pasture Raised Pork, Grass Fed Lamb & Goat, Pasture Raised Poultry, and monthly Bison—will be covered, offering insight into retail prices, carcass values, and processing fees across emerging and specialty markets. Grass Fed Beef | Pasture Raised Pork | Grass Fed Lamb & Goat | Pasture Raised Poultry | Bison (Monthly) Grocery Store Feature Activity Weekly feature activity reports for major proteins—including Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat, Veal, Turkey, and Chicken—will be presented, along with a discussion of how seasonality and retail promotions influence demand, pricing, and planning cycles. Beef | Pork | Lamb | Goat | Veal | Turkey | Chicken ### USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

USDA’s Remote Beef Grading Program Launches App – Offers Marketing Benefits to Processors and Cattle Producers

Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage . USDA’s Remote Beef Grading Program Launches App – Offers Marketing Benefits to Processors and Cattle Producers Press Release (Washington, D.C., June 4, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) launched a new mobile app to make access to the Remote Grading Program for Beef (RGP) even easier. “While more than 90% of fed beef is officially graded by USDA – predominantly at larger plants – the Remote Grading Program for Beef (RGP) extends those market benefits, especially to small processors, by providing low-cost grading services that afford them access to new markets using USDA grades like Prime, Choice, and Select,” said Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins. “This new app is another enhancement supporting producers and processors participating in the program with improved responsiveness, streamlined workflows, and assurance grading services remain accurate and reliable. Programs like RGP and its continued improvements reflect USDA’s commitment to expand opportunities for producers to market their high-quality American beef.” The RGP provides processors with access to USDA beef grades (Prime, Choice, and Select) at a lower cost than traditional onsite graders. The RGP utilizes mobile app imaging, supported by robust data management and oversight, to assess carcass characteristics remotely and assign official grades that buyers and consumers rely on to signal quality. With the new app, customers will experience more secure image submissions, fewer upload mistakes, clearer status visibility, and reliable tracking of assigned carcass grades. Since its launch, the RGP has registered 88 facilities – many are considered small or very small – in 32 states. Most plants received grades within 24 hours of submission. Farmers and ranchers also benefit from having official USDA quality grades, which allow them to use this information in direct-to-consumer markets, or simply to use carcass data to continue improving genetics, growth, and quality. RGP supports Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry and allows industry to leverage access to USDA quality grades to expand market opportunities. For more information about the RGP for beef, visit https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/remote-beef-grading or contact Jodie Pitcock at Jodie.Pitcock@usda.gov or (816) 351-5152. ### USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

GAO Urges Immediate Action to Address America’s Unsustainable Fiscal Path

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STB Launches New Case Status Page to Increase Transparency and Accountability

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Press Release: Agencies Remove Additional References to Reputation Risk

PRESS RELEASE | JUNE 2, 2026 Agencies Remove Additional References to Reputation Risk WASHINGTON—The federal bank regulatory agencies today jointly updated certain interagency documents to remove references to reputation risk. The agencies are taking this action to complement their earlier actions that ended the use of reputation risk in supervision. As the agencies have previously noted, reputation risk can be misused by supervisors as a basis to encourage or pressure a bank to restrict individuals’ and legal businesses’ access to financial services due to their constitutionally protected political or religious beliefs, speech, or conduct or lawful business activities. These updates help ensure supervisory decisions are based on material financial risks, as well as increase clarity and facilitate greater precision in supervisory decision making. The updates to the interagency documents are limited to removing references to reputation risk. The agencies continue to review their supervisory materials and may update additional documents as appropriate. # # # Related Links FDIC Financial Institution Letter OCC Bulletin 2026-23, “ Bank Supervision: Removing References to Reputation Risk ” News Release, “ Agencies Issue Final Rule to Prohibit Use of Reputation Risk by Regulators ,” April 7, 2026 Press Release, “ Following earlier actions to remove reputation risk from its supervision of banks, Federal Reserve Board requests comment on proposal to codify that removal ,” February 23, 2026 MEDIA CONTACTS: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Brian Sullivan (202) 898-6534 Federal Reserve Board Meg Badenhorst (202) 452-2955 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Stephanie Collins (202) 649-6870 The FDIC does not send unsolicited email. If this publication has reached you in error, or if you no longer wish to receive this service, please unsubscribe . CONNECT WITH US

Agencies remove additional references to reputation risk

Agencies remove additional references to reputation risk

SEC Publishes Draft Strategic Plan for Public Comment

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a Draft Strategic Plan that focuses on returning the agency to the core mission set by Congress more than 90 years ago: protecting investors; maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient…