High global wheat prices through 2023
There are no overnight replacements for Ukraine and Russia in global wheat production, said five IFPRI analysts on Monday. “Even under the most optimistic assumptions, global wheat prices will remain high throughout 2022 and the trend is likely to persist through 2023, given limits on expanding production.”
Avian influenza toll skyrockets to 7.65 million birds
This year’s outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) are hitting egg-laying flocks the hardest, as they did in 2014 and 2015. Laying hens account for two-thirds of this year’s toll, which more than doubled to 7.65 million birds over the weekend, said the USDA on Monday.
Today’s Quick Hits
‘Failing’ federal rangeland: Nearly one-fourth of rangeland leased by the Bureau of Land Management for grazing fails to meet the agency’s land-health standards, according to documents obtained by a watchdog group. (High Country News)
Hagedorn’s widow runs: Jennifer Carnahan, former chairwoman of the Minnesota Republican Party, is a candidate for the GOP nomination to fill out the term of her late husband, Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a member of the House Agriculture Committee. (KSTP-TV)
GE soybean deregulated: A genetically engineered soybean variety, developed by BASF to resist the parasitic soybean cyst nematode, was approved for commercial use after a review concluded it was unlikely to pose a risk to other plants. (USDA)
Deadly camel attack: A rampaging camel killed two men on a farm in northwestern Tennessee and charged at sheriff’s deputies who were trying to move one of the men. (New York Times)
