A small group of animal welfare scientists is seeking answers to that question. Facing a growing anti-dairy movement, many farmers are altering their practices. (New York Times)

A partnership between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and Illinois Farm Bureau is making headway in its goal to develop strategies to improve the nation’s water quality. (Agri-News)

– The government on Monday refused to roll back farm reform laws, prompting farmers to threaten to step up their weeks-long protests, but the two sides agreed to meet again on Friday. (Reuters)

Farmers and other food producers that pivoted their business models to find new revenue streams are making some of those changes permanent. Grocery stores are adapting to consumers’ embrace of online food shopping. And restaurants that survive the wreckage of their industry are expected to come roaring back. (Lincoln Journal Star)

An infusion of aid is on its way to farmers, ranchers and hungry families after Congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus response bill last month. (Politico)

In that rarefied category of things that seem engineered to dominate our social media feeds, we’ll put hot cocoa bombs. (Washington Post)