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Numbers for 2021 show there’s good news for U.S. ethanol exports that reached the fifth-highest total on record despite COVID restrictions.

A new report says more than one of every 10 U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2020. That means they had trouble providing sufficient food for family members due to a lack of resources.

A favorable growing season and government policies that encourage crop rotations will result in a record corn crop in China, according to USDA estimates.

Gas and diesel prices slipped as refineries recover from Hurricane Ida, as damage from Tropical Storm Nicholas is still being assessed at refineries.

U.S. ethanol exports slumped 37% in July, the lowest level since October 2013, as former key destinations Brazil, China and India were nearly absent from the market.

The Drought in the Pacific Northwest, where most of U.S. white wheat is grown, a 29% year-to-year decline is expected, its lowest since the 1974/75 marketing year, with exports down 41%.

Retail food prices have increased 1.6% in the first six months of 2021, less than the same period last year of 2.9% and equal to the historical average from 2000 to 2019.

The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will celebrate the program’s 35th anniversary during the upcoming Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, August 10-12.

Avocados from California are smaller this year and the seasonal harvest is expected to be down by as much as 30% in total pounds.

Representative Dan Newhouse, a Washington Republican, was named a “Friend of Farm Bureau” by the American Farm Bureau Federation.