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2025.07.02
Tar Spot Infects Corn Crops in 5 Indiana Counties
The latest Crop Protection Network map shows positive cases of tar spot have been reported in five Indiana counties so far this growing season. First reported in the U.S. in 2015, there is a history of the disease in all 92 Indiana counties.
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2025.07.01
FAO Director-General urges hope, collective action and genuine multilateralism
At the 44th Session of FAO Conference, QU Dongyu stresses the need to move beyond rhetoric to nourish people, protect the planet, and empower communities
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2025.06.30
Make the Four Betters “part of our daily life,” says 79th UNGA President Philemon Yang
Resilient agrifood systems are “agents of peace and prosperity” and foundational to the struggle against hunger, disease and violence, which humanity has yet to overcome, stated Philemon Yang, President of the 79th United Nations General Assembly
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2025.06.27
Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy, Egg Prices Continue to Fall
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s comprehensive, five-pronged strategy announced in February to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
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2025.06.26
3 Big Things Today, June 25, 2025
Soybean and corn futures were lower in overnight trading on expectations for favorable growing conditions in the U.S. Corn Belt.
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2025.06.25
USDA Hosts Convening to Highlight Programs and Resources to Support Youth and Communities
Earlier this month, Dr. Alveda King, Senior Advisor for Faith and Community Outreach, hosted a group of youth and students from across the country at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) headquarters.
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2025.06.24
Corn Condition Slips After Weeks of Improvement
As of June 22, 97% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had emerged. That’s just shy of the five-year average of 98%.
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2025.06.23
The Waterloo Boy: Jumping Into the Tractor Business Overnight
There’s not much I can add to the story of the Waterloo Boy — it’s been told plenty over the years. Brad Neuhart, a long-time Tractor Zoom auctioneer partner, is selling a really nice one at a collector auction in southeast Michigan this weekend
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2025.06.20
3 Big Things Today, June 19, 2025
Ethanol production falls from record high; Extreme heat headed for parts of several Corn Belt states
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2025.06.19
FAO Investment Centre Annual Review: a look back at 2024
Investing in agrifood systems helps countries achieve better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life. In its latest Annual Review, published today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s Investment Centre