Winter wheat condition declines: Half of the U.S. winter wheat crop was in good or excellent condition at the start of this week, down 5 points from last week as arid conditions spread; in Kansas, No. 1 in winter wheat, 36 percent of the wheat was rated good or excellent, down 7 points. (USDA)
Torres Small subs for Vilsack: Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small will stand in for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during a roundtable discussion on rural prosperity in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday morning and join House Agriculture chairman Glenn Thompson in the afternoon at a hospital expansion project that received USDA funding. (USDA)
America’s caffeine buzz: Two thirds of Americans said in a National Coffee Association survey that they drank coffee in the past day, the highest level in more than 20 years, with drip coffee being the most common form of the beverage. (Axios)
Shortage of rural doctors: Primary care physicians are in short supply across the nation, and rural communities, with higher rates of chronic disease, have an especially difficult time, says a study by the American Academy of Family Physicians. (Daily Yonder)
CNH hit after CEO switch: Stock prices fell by as much as 9.3 percent on U.S. exchanges after CNH Industrial, a maker of farm machinery, announced Gerrit Marx would become chief executive officer on July 1, following the unexpected resignation of CEO Scott Wine. (Bloomberg)