‘Extreme’ adjustments: As extreme rainfall of 2 or 3 inches at a time becomes more common across the Midwest, farmers are looking for ways to adapt to the changing climate, including doing less springtime tillage, planting more cover crops to prevent erosion, and changing their mix of crops to suit the evolving weather. (Farm and Dairy)
Bags are back: Coronavirus-wary grocery shoppers are seeking packaged citrus fruit — in netting or reusable containers — to avoid handling fruit that may have been touched by other consumers, say growers. (The Packer)
‘Worked to death’: Latino farmworkers in California’s Imperial Valley, who live among industrialized farms with jobs that bring “low wages, poor nutrition, and scant access to healthcare,” have one of the highest death rates in the country from Covid-19. (USA Today)
Keep ethanol at 10 percent: A group of Republican senators asked the EPA to require no more than a 10 percent mix of corn ethanol into gasoline in 2021 to help the oil industry cope with the steep decline in fuel sales due to the pandemic. (Reuters)
Ag consultant dies: Steve Kopperud, a Washington consultant on food and livestock issues and former senior vice president of American Feed Industry Association, died on Monday during a trip to Minneapolis. (Brownfield Ag News)