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Friday’s announcement builds upon USDA’s five-pronged plan issued in June to combat the northward spread of NWS. Multiple state departments of agriculture, farm bureaus, and industry associations applauded the effort.
Corrective selling pressure in corn, soybeans overnight
A draft of the much-anticipated report does not recommend direct limits on ultraprocessed foods or pesticides—hazards that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described as major threats.
Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin gain; Illinois unchanged
Corn bulls have shown impressive resilience the past couple of days in the wake of Tuesday’s USDA Crop Production Report.
High heat in the central/southern U.S.
The U.S. is urging the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues to delay adopting a new pesticide risk assessment method and gather more data first.