Grand Opening for Utah County's First Strength Gym, Utah Iron, on Saturday, June 30th
Festivities Include: Firetruck Pull, Car Deadlift, Food, and Prizes
Springville, UT, June 28—This Saturday, June 30th, marks the grand opening of Utah County's first strength-specific gym, Utah Iron. The event will include a strongman exposition where athletes will pull a Springville City Fire Department firetruck and deadlift a car. Food and prizes will also be available.
The Utah Iron Gym is the first gym in Utah County that focuses exclusively on providing free weights, barbells, and weight racks that can accommodate the strongest lifters. It also has coaching available—through classes and personal training—for people of all ages and abilities. Utah Iron's primary focus is on its members getting fit, getting stronger, building confidence, and becoming a member of the Utah County community of lifters.
The strongman events will take place from noon to 3 PM. The gym will also be open until 6 PM for anyone interested in a tour or lift at the gym for free.
What: Utah Iron gym Grand Opening and Strongman Exhibition
Where: 2591 W 700 S, Unit 8, Springville, UT 84663
When: June 30, 2018 from noon to 6 PM
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Bishop Tapped to Negotiate Defense Bill
WASHINGTON – Speaker Paul Ryan announced the core members of Congress selected to comprise the House team tasked with negotiating and reconciling the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with the Senate. The House and Senate have each passed versions of the NDAA. As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Rep. Bishop (UT-01) will join the House-Senate conference committee to produce a single piece of Department of Defense authorizing legislation. Rep. Bishop issued the following statement after his appointment to the conference committee:
“First and foremost, the NDAA is the legislation through which we in Congress ‘provide for the common defense.’ That is an important responsibility. This year’s NDAA will also reemphasize the important role Utah plays in the defense of our nation and our freedoms. Both the military and civilian workforce at Hill Air Force Base are vital to our country’s security. Ensuring Utah and the nation are properly supported is my top priority.”
In May, following the HASC vote to forward NDAA to the House floor, Rep. Bishop said, “The strength of our military is once again a priority for the administration, and the Armed Services Committee is right to pass an NDAA that shares that priority.”
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A Bishop provision in the House bill streamlines the process by which the Department of Defense uses public lands in the west on existing military test and training ranges, saving the Pentagon millions of dollars each year in readiness funds by eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy currently required to have military leases renewed. The military will no longer have to undertake expensive 25-year environmental reviews for the Department of Interior to renew the military’s leases on public lands in order for our troops to be able to continue to train to fight and defend our nation.
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Included in the House bill is a Bishop provision transferring approximately 80 acres of surplus U.S. Forest Service land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest near Bear Lake to the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) so that SDL may continue to use this site for advanced scientific research, education, and other endeavors helpful to the military mission.
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Bishop spearheaded an effort to augment funding for nuclear modernization. The bulk of this work will be accomplished at Hill AFB. Orbital ATK is also vying for the solid rocket motor portion of the project.
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QUARTERLY HOGS AND PIGS – JUNE 1, 2018
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COLORADO
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Colorado inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2018 was 760,000 head, down 1 percent from March 1, 2018 and up 6 percent from last year. Breeding inventory, at 155,000 head, was unchanged from the previous quarter and unchanged from last year. Market hog inventory, at 605,000 head, was down 2 percent from last quarter and up 7 percent from last year.
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The March 2018-May 2018 pig crop, at 720,000 head, was down 10 percent from the previous year. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 75,000 head, down 3 percent from a year ago. The average pigs saved per litter was 9.60 for the March-May period, compared with 10.40 last year.
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UTAH
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Utah inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2018 was 530,000 head, up 7 percent from March 1, 2018 and down 22 percent from last year. Breeding inventory, at 80,000 head, was up 5,000 head from the previous quarter and up 5,000 head from last year. Market hog inventory, at 450,000 head, was up 7 percent from last quarter and down 26 percent from last year.
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The March 2018-May 2018 pig crop, at 258,000 head, was down 26 percent from the previous year. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 34,000 head, down 13 percent from a year ago. The average pigs saved per litter was 7.60 for the March-May period, compared with 9.00 last year.
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UNITED STATES
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United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2018 was 73.5 million head. This was up 3 percent from June 1, 2017, and up 1 percent from March 1, 2018. This is the highest June 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs since estimates began in 1964. Breeding inventory, at 6.32 million head, was up 3 percent from last year, and up 2 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 67.1 million head, was up 3 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from last quarter. This is the highest June 1 market hog inventory since estimates began in 1964.
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The March-May 2018 pig crop, at 33.2 million head, was up 4 percent from 2017. This is the largest March-May pig crop since estimates began in 1970. Sows farrowed during this period totaled 3.12 million head, up 4 percent from 2017. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 50 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 10.63 for the March-May period, compared to 10.55 last year.
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United States hog producers intend to have 3.17 million sows farrow during the June-August 2018 quarter, up 2 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2017, and up 4 percent from 2016. Intended farrowings for September-November 2018, at 3.18 million sows, are up 2 percent from 2017, and up 4 percent from 2016.
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The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 47 percent of the total United States hog inventory, down from 48 percent the previous year.
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All inventory and pig crop estimates for June 2017 through March 2018 were reviewed using final pig crop, official slaughter, death loss, and updated import and export data. The revision made to the March 2018 all hogs and pigs inventory was less than 0.1 percent. The net revision made to the December 2017 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.6 percent. A revision of 0.7 percent was made to the September-November.
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For a full copy of the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report please visit www.nass.usda.gov. For state specific questions please contact:
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Arizona – Dave DeWalt 1-800-645-7286 Colorado – William R. Meyer 1-800-392-3202 Montana – Eric Sommer 1-800-835-2612 Utah – John Hilton 1-800-747-8522 Wyoming – Rhonda Brandt 1-800-892-1660
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USDA Report Highlights Benefits of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for Farmers
(Washington, D.C., June 28, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today highlighted a new report showing the positive impacts of President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on American farms. Six months after the President signed the tax cuts and reforms into law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) has released a report, titled “Estimated Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Farms and Farm Households.” The report examines in detail how the historic tax cuts and reforms will alleviate the tax burden on American farms to help them grow and prosper. According to the report, average tax rates are expected to decline across all farm sizes and commodity specializations and fewer farm estates will be subject to the Death Tax.
“Most family farms are run as small businesses, and they should be able to keep more of what they earn to reinvest in their operations and take care of their families,” Perdue said. “Simplifying the tax code and easing the burden on farmers will free them up to make choices for themselves, create jobs, and boost the overall American economy. This report just shows what we knew all along: the tax cuts and reforms will benefit farmers.”
The TCJA significantly reformed the Federal income tax system, including individual and business income tax rates, business expenses, taxable income deductions, and the alternative minimum tax. The TCJA also doubled the Federal estate tax exclusion. The USDA ERS report estimates the impact of current Federal income tax provisions on farm households by using 2016 tax-year data.
