More faux meat is coming (Reuters): Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods, the largest hamburger maker in the world, says it is partnering with U.S. grain giant ADM to manufacture vegetable protein products.
Algae chokes off summer lakeside fun (New York Times): Sewage and fertilizer runoff mixed with climate change is a recipe for record-breaking algae blooms across the country, including in New Jersey, where the state’s largest lake is mostly shuttered.
‘Red flags’ on USDA agency relocations (House Agriculture): The chairwomen of two House Agriculture subcommittees said an inspector general’s report was “latest in a long line of red flags” surrounding the relocation of two USDA agencies to Kansas City, “a naked and shameless attempt to force dedicated civil servants out of their careers.”
Farm fields far deadlier to insects (NPR): When the toxicity of pesticides is combined with their persistence in the environment, U.S. agriculture is 48 times more deadly to insects than it was a quarter-century ago, say researchers.
Fischer becomes AFPC co-director (Texas A&M): Bart Fischer, an economist and senior aide to the past two Republican chairmen of the House Agriculture Committee, will become co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University.