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Agricultural Stories For 6/29/26
Companies
Immigration Status Ruling Raises Labor Risks for Meatpacking Plants
Court Rejects Albertsons Bid for Kroger Legal Documents
Omaha Meat Processing Plant Announces Plans to Close
Dervati Announced as Parent Company of PS Seasoning, Pro Smoker at Groundbreaking
Cal-Maine and Other Egg Suppliers Poised to Settle DOJ Price-Fixing Probe
Clean Fuels Files Motion to Intervene in RFS Suit
Jefo Partners to Form Agrifood Research and Innovation Collective
Tractor Supply and 4-H Collaborate With Starlink
National Restaurant Association Show Reveals Shifting Menu Trends
Mealtime Stress Pushes Demand for Convenient Dinner Options
Rhode Island is First State with Law for Grocery Self-Checkout
Watchlist
Firm to Farm: The Supreme Court's New Rulings Implications for Agriculture
Trump's Executive Order Targets Regenerative Agriculture, Accelerated EPA Approvals
USDA Blames Closed Offices on Departed Employees and Budget Constraints
Iran Fund Dispute Raises Questions for US Agriculture
USDA Unveils Regenerative Feedstock Rule
Muted Expectations for USDA Acreage Report
New-Crop Picture Begins to Take Shape With Updated USDA Acreage
Farmers Might As Well Ditch Their Long-Range Weather Forecasts
Rural Americans Are Concerned About the Impact of Data Centers
Red Meat Production Falls as Slaughter Totals Tighten
Special Report: Farm Downturn Pushes Producers Back to Management Basics
Beef
More Sterile Screwworm Flies Coming Soon: Metapa Mexico Facility Now Open
A Cowboy Shortage: Can the US Fight Screwworm Without the Hands It Once Had?
'All Hands-On Deck': Texas Livestock Producers Brace for Billion-Dollar Screwworm Threat
More Than $100 Million Invested in New World Screwworm Fight
Cassidy Bill Sets TRQs on Import-Sensitive Ag Products
Wildfires Deal Blows to Nebraska Producers, Forcing Early Calf Sales
US Beef Exports to Mexico Steady Through April Despite Dip
Forage Matters: An Accelerated Spring
May/June 2026 Edition of BEEF Available
Pork
Pork Producers Say Prop 12 Omission in Senate Farm Bill Raises States' Rights Concerns
The Pie Is Getting Bigger: Pork Industry Sees Opportunity in Protein Boom
WOAH Publishes New Guidelines for African Swine Fever Vaccines
Farm Bill Lines Drawn, Courts Step In and Trade Pressures Build
Heavier Hogs Lift Pork Output As Prices Slip
Biosecurity Alert: European Commercial Outbreaks Spark Renewed Focus on Feed and Transport Vectors
US Pork Exports to Taiwan Up 53% Through April
Sustainability and Welfare: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Hog Herd Steady Year-on-Year as Pork Prices Tick Higher
Heat Stress May Start Earlier Than You Think
Keystone Cooperative Leadership Change: Scott Logue Named CEO
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