USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
Corn was 25% planted, soybeans were 23% planted and winter wheat was rated 30% good to excellent as of Sunday, April 26, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.
Age Catches Up to USDA South Building
Once considered the largest office building in the world and a symbol of federal ambition during FDR's New Deal, USDA's South Building is now facing a far different legacy: an underused, aging complex burdened with a maintenance backlog topping $1.6 billion. USDA officials have to figure out how to close and potentially sell one of the biggest office buildings in Washington, D.C.
SCOTUS Hears Bayer Roundup Label Fight
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over whether federal approval of Bayer's Roundup label preempts state cancer-warning lawsuits. Justices appeared divided on the fundamental conflict within federal pesticide law.