Stocks of corn held by Chinese feed makers and other commercial grain users have jumped to multi-year highs in some areas, indicating that heavy corn users remain concerned about crop shortages even in the wake of the recent harvest. (Reuters)

Tom Vilsack, President Biden’s nominee for secretary of agriculture, pledged Tuesday to focus on climate change initiatives and work to address racial inequities in agricultural assistance programs. (CBS News)

For students in Illinois State’s Agriculture Department, hands-on learning opportunities are essential for merging the past and present with classroom theory and current best practices. Illinois Farm Bureau is a partner in providing these experiential learning opportunities. (Redbird Scholar

The only operating grocery food cooperative in Chicago, Logan Square’s Dill Pickle is a community-owned store run by its members. Now residents around the region — from Rogers Park to Lombard to Woodstock — are in different stages of trying to launch more food co-ops. (Chicago Tribune)

The National Chicken Council completes a survey every year to measure Americans’ love for chicken wings at the Super Bowl. The council estimates that 1.42 billion wings will be consumed this Super Bowl weekend — up 2% from 2020. (The Courier)

Images of thousands of farmers streaming into India’s capital on tractors and carrying banners to decry potentially devastating changes in agricultural policy can seem a world away, but the protests in New Delhi raise issues that resonate in the United States and have led to dramatic change in rural America. (ABC News)