Less Colorado River water: Less water would be released from Glen Canyon and Hoover dams under a proposal by the Bureau of Reclamation to conserve water in the drought-stricken Colorado River basin. (Interior Department)
Ag-labor reform: Pennsylvania farmers say the congressional session after the midterms is their best chance for Senate passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which would give legal status to undocumented workers and streamline the guestworker visa. (USA Today)
Food inflation indicator: Commodity prices are far more volatile than food prices, so the core CPI “is a better indicator of what’s happening and going to happen to prices,” said ag economist Aaron Smith. (Ag Data News)
Ag pavilion at COP27: The first-ever Food and Agriculture Pavilion at the 27th UN climate change conference “will put the transformation of agrifood systems at the heart of the COP agenda.” (FAO)
Stewardship agreement: The U.S. Forest Service will provide $50 million for a 20-year program with the National Wild Turkey Federation to reduce wildfire risk and improve wildlife habitat and water quality in national forests and grasslands. (USDA)