Agricultural Shorts

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the launch of a new dashboard, U.S. Grain Rail Exports to Mexico, and new datasets containing rail tariff rates for domestic grain transportation and for export to Mexico. The dashboard is available at Agricultural Transportation Open Data Platform (AgTransport) . . . A recent Axios-Ipsos survey found 87% of respondents thought the government should do more to make sure food is safe and 90% said it should be easier for Americans to understand food safety guidelines . . . The Daily Livestock Report said U.S. beef imports from Brazil in August the 50% tariff went into effect were 6,400 metric tons. Shipments totaled 125,500 metric tons between February to May . . . Magnetic Ag reports that 70% of people working in agriculture were not born in the U.S. and that 42% of those lack legal status.