The Lake County Farm Bureau sponsored its annual Race For Hunger Wednesday, April 7, at the Antioch Piggly Wiggly. (Daily Herald)

Wing prices typically increase in the run-up to the Super Bowl before returning to more normal levels, Chicago-area restaurant owners said. But this year, prices kept on rising thanks to growing demand and supply that’s been slightly below 2019 levels. (Chicago Tribune)

The U.S. pork industry faces a new speed limit on hog slaughtering, the result of a court ruling that worker groups welcomed and industry officials warned could disrupt farmers and processing plants. (Wall Street Journal)

Argentine farmers struggling to ship their crops through increasingly shallow rivers may soon face a new obstacle: One of the world’s key soy waterways needs to be dredged, and there’s no firm plan for who will do it. (Bloomberg

With newly planted crops emerging, farmers have barely had time to go from planting to crop scouting. WCIA 3’s Ag Reporter Stu Ellis is covering Bean Leaf Beetles in his report, From the Farm. (WCIA)

Packaged-food companies have been major beneficiaries of the pandemic as at-home dining soared. Now investors are concerned that sales will start to falter as people head back out to dine, even as margins are hit by rising input costs. Both concerns are starting to look overdone. (Wall Street Journal)