HPAI slows egg output: The recent outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza will reduce U.S. egg production by 60 million dozen, or 0.6 percent, in 2024, but output still would exceed the 2023 total. (USDA)
Three-year climate roadmap: At the UN climate summit, the FAO released a three-year roadmap to achieve food security and constrain global warming through more efficient food production and a “rebalancing” of global diets. (Food and Agriculture Organization)
USDA’s disaster-aid math: Responding to congressional complaints, the USDA said nearly 170,000 farmers received larger payments and almost 66,000 received smaller payments because of its decision to focus 2022 disaster relief on smaller operators. (DTN/Progressive Farmer)
Schools distrust electric buses: Rural school officials in Northern California say electric bus technology will have to improve tremendously for them to give up diesel-powered buses entirely, notwithstanding the state’s push for zero-emission fleets. (Los Angeles Times)