AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoKansas Wheat Harvest Update: Southwest and central Kansas wheat harvest is moving but results are uneven as drought cut yield potential and recent storms keep combines idle; producers report test weights and bushel-per-acre outcomes ranging from disappointing to near-expected where timely rain arrived, while humidity is also boosting weed growth in fields. Food Supply & Prices: A new Canada Competition Bureau review will examine whether competition issues across the food-and-drinks supply chain are contributing to higher prices, covering production, transport, distribution, and retail practices. Input Costs & Geopolitics: Commentary links food affordability pressure to fertilizer and oil supply disruptions tied to the Hormuz blockade, warning that shipping constraints ripple from farm inputs to grocery shelves. Hunger Watch: FAO and WFP warn acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 hotspots through June–November 2026, with conflict and funding gaps driving risk of catastrophe in parts of northeast Nigeria, and famine risk in Somalia’s Bay region. Local Crop Stress: Coldwater’s Strawberry Fest is sold out but faces a strawberry shortage after winter damage and heavy spring rains left berries scarce and small. Farmer Support: Delaware expanded deer-damage assistance with faster enrollment in its Extreme Deer Damage Assistance Program to help growers facing higher crop losses.
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