Beef and pork, again: Beef prices will be 5-percent higher and pork 6-percent higher than last year, said the monthly Food Price Outlook, raising its forecast of beef and pork inflation for the sixth month in a row. (USDA)
South American drought: From Patagonia to Brazil, drought is withering crops, drying up waterways and driving up coffee prices. (Washington Post)
Ferret has Covid-19: A ferret in Florida is the first in the United States confirmed to have Covid-19; previously, a case was reported in a ferret in Slovenia. (USDA)
Virginia’s beehive lottery: In an attempt to reverse a decline of the honeybee population in Virginia, the state’s agriculture department inaugurated a lottery to distribute beehives, but only half of the recipients have beekeeping experience. (Modern Farmer)
Covid-19’s rural rates: The rural death rate from Covid-19 increased by one-third to a level not seen since early March and more than double the urban rate. (Daily Yonder)