Fifty percent of U.S. winter wheat was in good or excellent condition as of Sunday, down from 52% seven days earlier, the USDA said in a report that was delayed a day due to Memorial Day.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today she will exercise the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) authority to provide a much-needed funding increase of $14.5 million in reimbursements.

Before the start of the conflict, agriculture accounted for approximately 10 percent of Gaza’s economy.