Perdue to pay: Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $1.9 million and upgrade the wastewater treatment system at a chicken processing plant in Washington State to settle a lawsuit over pollution. (Food Processing)
Iowa’s solar arrays: A bill moving in the state Senate would outlaw “commercially owned solar panel farms” on high-quality farmland. (KWWL)
More cover crops: Three major farm groups hope to double the acreage of cover crops planted in the U.S. through an initiative targeting midwestern corn and soybean farmers that relies on cost-share and educational programs. (Agri-Pulse)
Unequal supermarkets: “There’s a lot of racism … behind these decisions, whether it’s unconscious or implicit,” said Andrea Richardson, a policy researcher at the Rand Corp., about the products supermarkets in different communities choose to feature on their shelves. (Kaiser Health News)
Sustainable water, lower yields: Researchers found that the production of corn, soybeans, and winter wheat — which account for 52 percent of the country’s irrigated land — could be dramatically reduced if a sustainable water supply was used to grow them. (Modern Farmer)