Craig: ‘Pass the torch’: Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, became the fifth House Democrat to urge President Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee for president “and allow for a new generation of leaders to step forward.” (Craig)
Food Price Index stable: The FAO Food Price Index, based on average prices worldwide for grains, oilseeds, dairy, sugar, and meat, was unchanged in May and was nearly 25-percent lower than its inflation-driven peak of March 2022. (FAO)
Remaking the Mississippi River: Thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Biden administration has $2.5 billion available as a down payment on upgrading navigation infrastructure on the Mississippi River and other waterways. (Politico)
Outlook for cultivated meat: The leader of the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture said the cultivated meat industry is going through a consolidation phase common to emerging technologies and the long-term outlook is strong. (AgFunderNews)
Cucumber illnesses traced to canal: Untreated water from a canal in Florida was the likely cause of an outbreak of salmonella in cucumbers that sickened 449 people in 31 states, said federal officials. (USA Today)