Standstill in Southeast Asia: With rising income and population, Southeast Asia “has the potential to be an important overseas market for U.S. agricultural products,” but the U.S. share of the market has been static for a decade at a bit above 11 percent, said USDA analysts. (USDA)
Rise and fall?: A little over a year ago, state funding helped the Rise Community Market open in Illinois’s poorest county, but the store struggles to stay in business nowadays, a problem that appears repeatedly in food deserts. (Illinois Capital News)
Canadian rail strike possible: A strike by unionized workers or a lockout by management could shut down Canada’s two major railroads on Aug. 22 just as the summer grain harvest swells demand for rail cars. (AGCanada)