Beyond the financial cost of the destruction in Napa Valley is the emotional price, as wine that’s been nurtured from vineyard to barrel flows down the drain. (New York Times)  

Three more cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, Germany’s federal agriculture ministry said on its website on Monday. (Reuters)

Farmers in the Midwest know that ethanol is probably going to be around in some form right up until the day the last gas-powered car heads to the scrapyard. (In the near-term, ethanol demand has already recovered to about 90% of normal.) (Forbes)

Growing giant pumpkins is a world onto itself, with its own jargon, legends, rumors, superstars, even endorsement deals, a book of rules and a governing body. (Chicago Tribune)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced it will award $498,010 for a new wetland mitigation banking project in Illinois through the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program. (The Telegraph

If you want to head out and pick a pumpkin at a farm, you have a wide range of places to choose from. (Times of Northwest Indiana)