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Rural Health Gap Gets Grim

The gap: A new study is putting hard numbers behind something rural communities have felt for years: living farther from care, services and support is not just inconvenient. It can be deadly. The numbers: In the late 1990s, working-age rural adults were about 9% more likely to die from natural causes than urban adults. By 2019, that gap had widened to 43% more likely. That is not a statistical pothole. That is the county road washing out. The culprit: The researchers point to

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Soy Oil Gets on the Train

All aboard: AGP says the first long-haul U.S. unit train of soybean oil has shipped from Nebraska, giving renewable fuel supply chains a new rail-sized flex. That is a lot of soy oil moving at once, which is either logistics innovation or the most Midwestern train set imaginable. The route: The train left AGP's David City processing facility and headed toward renewable diesel demand on the West Coast. Unit trains move a single commodity in bulk, which can reduce handling and

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Habitat Gets Un-Harmed

The word: The Trump administration finalized a rule narrowing how the Endangered Species Act treats "harm," specifically by removing language that allowed agencies to consider habitat modification as a form of taking an endangered species. The pitch: The Interior Department says rescinding the definition restores the law to its original text, improves clarity and reduces regulatory confusion. In Washington, "clarity" often means everyone immediately hires different lawyers. T

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Rural Health Gap Gets Grim

The gap: A new study is putting hard numbers behind something rural communities have felt for years: living farther from care, services and support is not just inconvenient. It can be deadly. The numbers: In the late 1990s, working-age rural adults were about 9% more likely to die from natural causes than urban adults. By 2019, that gap had widened to 43% more likely. That is not a statistical pothole. That is the county road washing out. The culprit: The researchers point to

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Soy Oil Gets on the Train

All aboard: AGP says the first long-haul U.S. unit train of soybean oil has shipped from Nebraska, giving renewable fuel supply chains a new rail-sized flex. That is a lot of soy oil moving at once, which is either logistics innovation or the most Midwestern train set imaginable. The route: The train left AGP's David City processing facility and headed toward renewable diesel demand on the West Coast. Unit trains move a single commodity in bulk, which can reduce handling and

Farming

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Habitat Gets Un-Harmed

The word: The Trump administration finalized a rule narrowing how the Endangered Species Act treats "harm," specifically by removing language that allowed agencies to consider habitat modification as a form of taking an endangered species. The pitch: The Interior Department says rescinding the definition restores the law to its original text, improves clarity and reduces regulatory confusion. In Washington, "clarity" often means everyone immediately hires different lawyers. T

Policy

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Rural Health Gap Gets Grim

The gap: A new study is putting hard numbers behind something rural communities have felt for years: living farther from care, services and support is not just inconvenient. It can be deadly. The numbers: In the late 1990s, working-age rural adults were about 9% more likely to die from natural causes than urban adults. By 2019, that gap had widened to 43% more likely. That is not a statistical pothole. That is the county road washing out. The culprit: The researchers point to

Industry

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Specialty Growers Feel the Heat

Specialty growers are adapting to extreme heat the usual way: earlier mornings, more shade and a weather forecast that gets stared at like it owes someone money. Heat harvest: Annie Woods, Kentucky specialty farmer, has been shifting squash and zucchini harvest into cooler morning and evening windows on her 50-acre farm. Shade tents help at farmers markets, but shade is not a business plan. It is a survival tactic with tent stakes. Crop chaos: Extreme heat does not arrive alo

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Beef Sales Get Overcooked

The weekly beef export sales sheet showed up with a number so big it needed its own squeeze chute. Big beef number: Net U.S. beef export sales for 2026 delivery hit 126,062 metric tons for the week ended June 25. That was a marketing-year high and almost 500% above the previous week. In a normal market, that would be the kind of demand signal that makes everyone stand up a little straighter. Paperwork pasture: Then the fine print walked in. Much of the jump appeared to come f

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Input Costs Get Corny

U.S. growers can do a lot of things well. Apparently, buying seed and chemistry cheaply is not one of them. Sticker shock: A new corn-grower analysis called Productive but Priced Out puts hard numbers behind a complaint producers have been making for years: the checkout lane looks different depending on which side of the equator you farm. The comparison looked at seed and crop protection costs in the U.S. and Brazil, which is a tidy way to ruin a perfectly good morning coffee

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