Brown retires at Chicken Council: Mike Brown has retired after 13 years as president of the National Chicken Council, a trade group for the broiler chicken industry; attorney Gary Kushner will serve as interim president until a successor is named. (NCC)
USDA solar energy funding: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $81 million in partially forgivable loans to build a grid-connected solar system in western Colorado and two solar and battery storage projects in Weld County. (USDA)
China targets EU pork: Five days after the EU said it would impose anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, China announced an anti-dumping investigation of European pork exports; the EU is the source of half of China’s pork imports. (Reuters)
Corn, soy conditions dip: Some 72 percent of the U.S. corn crop and 70 percent of the soybean bean crop was in good or excellent condition at the start of this week, a decline of 2 points for each crop since the previous week. (USDA)