First decline in cattle inventory since 2014 (USDA): There are 94.4 million head of cattle and calves in the nation, down 0.4 percent from 2014 and the first contraction in cattle numbers in six years.
FDA approves peanut allergy drug (Washington Post): It isn’t a cure but Palforzia, approved by the FDA, is the first drug to treat potentially life-threatening reactions in people allergic to peanuts.
No ads for Roundup lawyers? (Reuters): The maker of Roundup weedkiller, Bayer, is considering a proposal that would bar lawyers involved in lawsuits accusing Roundup of causing cancer from advertising for new clients.
Two hemp companies face bankruptcy (Lexington Herald-Leader): Creditors filed a petition in federal court to force GenCanna, one of Kentucky’s largest hemp companies, into Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy; three weeks earlier, hemp fiber manufacturer Sunstrand filed for Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy.
First GMO food crop approved in Nigeria (The Conversation): Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, approved for release to smallholder farmers a genetically modified strain of the cowpea that resists the damaging cowpea pod-borer.