Nantucket denies fertilizer: Nantucket Island residents voted unanimously to ban the use landscaping fertilizers. Some blame local algae blooms for causing the ban. (Boston Globe)
Oklahoma wheat crop halvedOklahoma’s hard-red winter wheat harvest will be half that of 2021, an estimated 57,000,000 bushels. This is due to high winds and drought that have stunted the crop. (DTN/Progressive Farmer)
Indiana lifts HPAI controlsThe Indiana Board of Animal Health made a significant step in ending all bird flu control areas in Indiana. This was after the state lost 188,403 turkeys, ducks, and birds in nine highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks. (BOAH)
Corn planting will pay off: Futures prices are currently high enough for farmers to see more revenue from low-yielding and late-planted corn than from collecting payments from crop insurers for prevented planting. (farmdoc daily)
Gustin is a top-rated writer: Georgina Gusein, Inside Climate News, won the North American Agricultural Journalists’ writer-of-the-year award for her story about land clearing that threatens Amazons role in climate change mitigation. (NAAJ)