Three aggies oppose Jordan: Three Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee, Reps. Dan Bacon of Nebraska, Lori Chave-DeRemer of Oregon, and Doug LaMalfa of California, voted for former speaker Kevin McCarthy rather than GOP nominee Jim Jordan during a roll call on House speaker. (C-SPAN)
Iowa leads CRP payout: Colorado has the largest amount of cropland set aside in the Conservation Reserve Program, but Iowa is the leader in annual rental payments to landowners at nearly $402 million, or one fifth of the $1.77 billion issued nationwide. (USDA)
Ag-gag law is dead: The Supreme Court refused to review an appellate ruling that struck down North Carolina’s “extreme version of an ag-gag law” that made it a crime for employees to record and disclose wrongdoing in the workplace. (Courthouse News)
Black urban farmers to meet: More than 600 people are expected to attend the 11th annual Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners National Conference, the largest U.S. conference devoted to Black agriculture, from Friday through Sunday in Philadelphia. (BUGs)