The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) on Thursday announced $5 million will be available for livestock producers and small meat and poultry plants suffering interruptions as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (The Telegraph)

An Iowa pig farmer shares how the coronavirus has reshaped the pork market and radically altered his family’s farm. (Wall Street Journal)  

President Donald Trump signed stopgap spending legislation early Thursday to avert a government shutdown weeks before the presidential election, the White House said. (Bloomberg)  

Leaders of the Illinois Pork Producers Association said employees were shocked Monday morning when they came into work and found the organization’s grill missing from the property. (WAND)

Brazil’s biggest lobby group for soy farmers Aprosoja has broken ties with the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) over its support for an initiative calling on the Brazilian government to rein in soaring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. (Reuters)

Warm, dry weather marked last week for Illinois farmers. (WJBC)