– Vertical agriculture company Plenty Inc. has an unusual selling point: Its crops of arugula, kale and microgreens are grown in an indoor farm run by robots. (Bloomberg)  

Over the past few months, Americans have seen prices increasing in the grocery store. At the same time, though, some items got cheaper last month. Here’s a quick guide to what people were paying last month. (The Pentagraph)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to amend the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances. (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

A strong planting season for U.S. corn is expected to lead to a record-high supply, as demand for the crop remains muted thanks to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. (Wall Street Journal)

Meat production has rebounded from its low point during the coronavirus pandemic when dozens of plants were closed, but experts say consumer prices are likely to remain high and it will take months to work through a backlog of millions of pigs and cattle, creating headaches for producers. (Chicago Tribune)

An emergency motion was filed late last night, June 11, asking a federal court to halt all dicamba use and hold the EPA in contempt of court for its decision to allow farmers to use existing stocks of three dicamba herbicides. (DTN)