Monday, Home Sweet Home Ministries opened the new and improved Bread for Life Food Co-Op. It’s been around for eight years but was previously operating in the basement of the shelter off of Oakland Avenue. (WMBD)

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Facilities & Services announced the final stage of completion for Solar Farm 2.0, totaling 12.3 MW (DC), with the planting phase of the farm’s pollinator habitat commencing this month. (Solar Builder Magazine)

Blue Mound Farmer Jeff Brown is known widely for his 350-bushel yield several years ago, but this year he’s with every other farmer, waiting for the crops to emerge. (WCIA)

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai hosted the first Free Trade Commission Meeting under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement yesterday, welcoming her counterparts from the neighboring nations as trade tensions flared under the new deal. An investigation into the imports of organic soybean meal from India is also on the horizon. (Politico)

U.S. corn futures rose 1.5% on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pegged planting behind market expectations, stoking concerns about already tight global supplies. (Reuters)

A study by University of Missouri researchers shows fruit and vegetable production could play a big role in doubling the state’s agricultural economy by 2030. (Herald-Whig)