Meatpacking Consolidation & Grocery Prices: Schumer’s “Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act” targets big meatpackers’ market power, aiming to curb high retail prices and protect farmers as USDA warns food prices may rise in 2026. USDA Livestock Pest Defense: USDA opened the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory to speed tools against invasive cattle pests like screwworm, boosting border protection research. Farm Disaster From Weather: USDA disaster declarations and state actions continue after late-April freezes hit Northeast and Pennsylvania fruit growers, with growers pushing for relief as orchards were wiped out. Conservation Funding for Working Farms: North Dakota’s Legacy Soil Health and Habitat Program may get a federal match via Conservation Stewardship Program support, backing perennial grasses and wildlife habitat. Food Safety Recall: A Walmart ranch seasoning recall is tied to salmonella risk linked to contaminated powdered milk from California Dairies, Inc. Livestock & Waterways Restoration: Gonzaga students are using “beaver dam analogs” to slow streams and restore habitat, reflecting how farming landscapes can recover with smarter water management. Trade & Protein Shifts: Chinese tilapia exporters are seeing more EU interest as cod supplies tighten and prices stay high. Policy Fight Over Pork Standards: Pennsylvania pig farmers are warning that the “Save Our Bacon Act” could undercut humane pork rules in California and Massachusetts.