Making the rounds

You may have noticed I've added a couple of wrinkles to the blog this week. One is a walkabout in various produce departments in my shopping area, taking note of prices and promotions. Another is a daily market snapshot at the f.o.b. level. Give me any feedback on those items, if you wish.

I'm anxious to hear United's reaction to House Agriculture chairman Collin Peterson's remarks about providing $685 million in baseline funding for f/v priorities in the chairman's mark of the farm bill. We don't know the breakdown of those funds yet, and that will be revealing. Still, it's a huge step forward. If Peterson has taken an accurate read of the full committee - if he can preserve his language that includes mandatory funding for f/v priorities - that is huge indeed.