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Work continues on cleaning up from Hurricane Ida with logistical problems remaining for moving grains. Now, Risk Management Solutions is estimating total insured losses between $31 billion and $44 billion.

On Wednesday, Reuters reported EPA is mulling cuts to biofuel blending levels, calling it a win for big oil. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley commented on the RFS rumors on AgriTalk.

Chip Flory is joined by USDA Secretary Vilsack to discuss who is affected by stepped-up basis and why he thinks agricultural America should be in support of it.

“Right now, Florida citrus growers are facing some major issues, including resistance and invasive diseases like citrus greening, which are threatening their ability to produce a citrus crop,” Lee Shekels says.

Plant health is making serious contributions to crop-yield outcomes this year. In some cases, the thanks is due to hybrid genetics while in others, timely fungicide applications paid for themselves.

On Tuesday, Bill Northey weighed in with some perspective on the budget reconciliation bill, which is part of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda.

President Biden recently pledged to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by the end of the decade. The commitment could impact agriculture, but work is already underway in the cattle sector to reduce cattle manure.

Even with inflationary and labor pressures impacting the U.S. dairy herd, USDA’s latest check of the dairy balance sheet shows the forecast for lower production this month, but higher production for the year.