The U.S. Department of Agriculture will host a webinar on the Farmers to Families Food Box Program to discuss a new solicitation opportunity on July 28, 2020, at 2 p.m. CT. The webinar will discuss technical details of the USDA’s solicitation for the next round of purchases for the program. Register on our COVID-19 page.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers and agrichemical facilities to save their empty agrichemical containers as they will once again be hosting free container recycling days throughout the state. (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show. (Associated Press)

The legislation for the first time guarantees money for land acquisition and preservation, but conservatives denounced it as a federal land grab. (New York Times)

U.S. frozen pork inventories fell 25% from a year earlier at the end of June, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday, after coronavirus outbreaks in meatpacking plants slowed production. (Reuters)  

A pickup in demand for milk products in China and other parts of Asia has sparked a rebound in global dairy prices, improving the profit outlook for farmers from New Zealand to the U.S. (Wall Street Journal)