The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to review and adjust the parameters for the “Product of USA” label found on meat products, the Associated Press reported. Currently, companies can use the tag when animals are raised in countries outside of the U.S., as long as they are processed inside the U.S. (Newsweek)

Illinois’ longest continuously running county fair took time off last year for the first time since the second world war. Now, 2021 will mark its return, in what may be their biggest year yet. (The Register-Mail

Delivery company Grubhub Inc. plans to roll out food-delivering robots across U.S. college campuses from this fall, as automation grows in a sector turbocharged by the pandemic. (Wall Street Journal)  

Rain throughout the year usually is a good thing for farmers, but unusually heavy rains that hit Illinois beginning last week could cause some problems for farmers’ crops. (The Pantagraph)

Food commodities are likely to become cheaper in the coming decade as productivity grows, but global targets on reducing hunger and emissions are unlikely to be met under current policies, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation and the OECD said on Monday. (Reuters)

Late last week, a federal appeals court struck down a 2019 rule-change to expand summertime ethanol sales, saying the Trump administration overreached its authority when it lifted a ban on gasoline with a higher ethanol content. (Farmdoc)