Welcome to election week. Let’s get right into it, starting with what we’re watching and what’s at stake for food and agriculture policy this week. (Politico)

As federal aid to the U.S. Farm Belt surges, a fraction of farmers are reaping a big portion of the government largess. (Wall Street Journal)

Leaders from agricultural and environmental groups joined together to mark the historic announcement that gray wolves in 48 states have fully recovered and will be returned to state management after having received various levels of protection under the Endangered Species Act for nearly 40 years. (The Fence Post)

The Illinois Department of Agriculture received more than $591,000 through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. (Metropolis Planet

American dairy giant Land O’Lakes Inc. is selling record amounts of butter as consumers cook more at home, helping boost profits even as the pandemic upends global commodity markets. (Bloomberg)

Nearly 95 percent of all processed pumpkins—enough to make 90 million pies—are grown every year in the Pumpkin Capital of the World. (Roadtrippers