CFAP Handbook: Chapter 141, Pages 5-31 through 5-36, contains information on the eligibility of marketing contracts, including examples. The remainder of the handbook provides additional information for hybrid seed and popcorn, wool, silage, etc. Read it on our COVID-19 page

Less than one week after the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated three dicamba herbicide registrations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cancellation order. For more information, visit FarmWeekNow.

The North American operations of travel food and beverage retailer SSP stood out across the company’s global business as the sole driver of growth over the six months to the end of March. (Forbes

Horse racing is returning to Illinois tracks in June. The Illinois Department of Agriculture worked with various stakeholders to bring patron-free standardbred and thoroughbred racing back on tracks around the state while adhering to the social distancing guidelines. (AgriNews)

Many grocery stores that shut their doors this week during the fallout from George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis started to open again Thursday with limited hours, hoping the unrest that damaged dozens of neighborhood businesses had quieted. But some remain closed with no word on when they might resume operations, raising concerns about food access in communities that already had limited options. (Chicago Tribune)

North American leaders are selling USMCA as a big win that will remove uncertainty in the region, but some agricultural issues between the U.S. and Mexico remain unresolved. (Politico)