Klobuchar has big lead: Third-term Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, leads former NBA player Royce White by 11 percentage points, 51-40, with 8 percent undecided in a poll of 800 likely voters. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
Factory farming nation: Large-scale cattle, hog, poultry, and dairy farms hold 6 percent more animals than five years ago and 47 percent more than 20 years ago, creating enormous amounts of manure and pollutants, said an analysis by a consumer and environmental group. (Food and Water Watch)
Kahn blames corporate consolidation: Lina Kahn, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, says much of the increase in prices from food to concert tickets is due to corporate consolidation. (CBS News)
Egg production lags again: U.S. poultry flocks produced 9.08 billion eggs during August, the fifth month in a row that production was smaller than the same month in 2023; there have been fewer laying hens than a year earlier for the last seven months. (USDA)