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Benson Hill, a St. Louis-based food tech company focused on producing non-GMO, plant-based ingredients, is acquiring a soybean crushing facility in Seymour, Indiana, from Rose Acre Farms.

Major processor ADM announced Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with LG Chem to research lactic acid production to be used in bioplastics and other plant-based products.

Livestock industry leaders joined with producers and government officials at a virtual forum Tuesday to consider the question of how animal agriculture can sustainably feed a growing world.

The Biden administration is requiring all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and will extend the mandate to companies with at least 100 employees. 

The Agriculture Department announced two new grant programs earlier today for certain commodities largely left out of the agency’s previous COVID-19 financial assistance programs.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese unveiled a new report that blamed consolidation in the beef, pork and poultry sectors for higher grocery store bills and unveiled new actions to address the situation.

House Democrats are proposing a $35 billion expansion of child feeding assistance as part of their massive tax and spending package, and a lawmaker announced Wednesday that the measure also would include $1 billion in biofuel aid.

More children experienced food insecurity in 2020 than in 2019, the Agriculture Department said in its annual report on household food security in the U.S. But nationwide, the overall rate remained steady despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

An Agri-Pulse analysis of the compensation earned by leaders of the nation's most prominent farm, food and energy groups is beginning to reflect the months when the nation shut down and the food chain faced unprecedented challenges. But the true impacts; and their reflection in publicly available tax documents; might not be realized for another year or two.