The White House Office of Budget and Management on Wednesday sent a
funding request to Congress that seeks $11.1 billion in aid to farmers. The
request also calls on Congress to immediately pass year-round E15.
@^White House OMB Calls for Farmer Aid
Retail fertilizer prices were mostly lower for the second week in a row,
according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of June
2026. Leading the fertilizers lower were urea and UAN32. Urea was 12% less
expensive with an average price of $731/ton while UAN32 was 7% lower compared
to last month and had an average price of $544/ton.
BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
The Senate Agriculture Committee released its version of the farm bill,
the Agriculture Act of 2026, advancing key priorities in farm lending,
conservation tools and landownership oversight while leaving out several
long-debated provisions, including Prop 12 and year-round E15.
BSenate Ag Unveils Farm Bill, But No E15
Areas of dryness in parts of the northern Corn Belt are a continued
possibility for summer 2026.
7^Ag Weather Forum
A new swine influenza vaccination technique has been developed by
researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). The new vaccine
approach encases DNA into fat-like microscopic carriers called lipid
nanoparticles, which are then injected into pigs' muscle tissue. Previous
DNA-focused vaccine approaches failed to generate such strong protective
responses to combating swine influenza.
BUNL Pioneers Swine Vaccine Innovation
