Biden to launch two-week ‘investing in rural America’ blitz
After three rounds of promoting Bidenomics this fall, President Biden will launch an “investing in rural America” blitz at a farm in southern Minnesota on Wednesday to call attention to the billions of dollars being spent on rural development and agricultural projects. Rural voters increasingly have voted Republican in the past two decades.
‘Traditional’ dairy states catch up with ‘modern’ ones
A generation ago, California surpassed Wisconsin, “America’s Dairyland,” as the No. 1 milk-producing state, a shift that exemplified the growing prominence of dairy farms in the West and Southwest with huge herds producing a flood of milk. The competition is more equally balanced now, said an analysis on Monday. Milk production is roughly equal between the “traditional” dairy states of the Midwest and Northeast and the “modern” states.
TODAY’S QUICK HITS
Fewer home-cooked meals:Americans are back to pre-pandemic levels of cooking meals at home, an average of 8.4 meals per week, possibly a reflection of workers returning to the office and greater confidence that it’s safe to eat out. (Axios)
GoFundMe for rural hospital: The struggling 43-bed Bucktail Medical Center in Pennsylvania started a crowdsourcing campaign aiming to raise $1.5 million to stay open; $15,500 has been raised so far. (Daily Yonder)
St. Lawrence Seaway reopens: Cargo was moving on the St. Lawrence Seaway after a weeklong strike by workers; grain and iron ore account for nearly half of the traffic on the Seaway. (Canadian Press)
Saturday is Bison Day: The Senate passed a resolution to designate Saturday as National Bison Day in honor of the animal’s cultural significance among Native Americans and its place as a symbol of the American West. (Heinrich)
Twice-as-big food prize: The World Food Prize, sometimes called the Nobel Prize of agriculture, now carries an award of $500,000 for its annual winner, double the original amount for work that increases the “quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food.” (World Food Prize Foundation)
