The Daily Dirt
Each morning, our editors compress the previous 24 hours into a single readable digest. Breaking-news editions ship as events warrant.
- June 26, 2026 · 2026-06-26-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Overnight June 25–26: Screwworm spreads in Texas, California advances PFAS ban, USDA opens specialty crop assistance, and DOJ continues meatpacking antitrust push.
- June 25, 2026 · 2026-06-25-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
April bankruptcy filings hit a 6-year high, farm debt climbs to a record, and the structural squeeze on family farms shows no sign of easing.
- June 24, 2026 · 2026-06-24-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Federal wage cuts hammer farmworkers while courts block food restriction policies. The morning briefing on labor, food access, and the farm crisis.
- June 23, 2026 · 2026-06-23-evening
The Daily Dirt — Evening Edition
Screwworm chaos spreads, federal land access under fire, and a debt crisis tightens its grip on family farms across the U.S.
- June 23, 2026 · 2026-06-23-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Overnight June 22-23: PFAS pesticides in California's water systems, H-2A reform bill circulates in Congress, and ranchers share cross-border accounts of the screwworm threat.
- June 22, 2026 · 2026-06-22-evening
The Daily Dirt — Evening Edition
The DOJ meatpacker probe, climbing farm bankruptcies, the AFIDA gap, NY dairy overtime, and factory farm food safety risk — accountability on every beat.
- June 22, 2026 · 2026-06-22-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Overnight June 21–22: Congress moves on regional food programs, New York dairy workers rally for overtime parity, paraquat stays legal despite an EU ban, and more.
- June 21, 2026 · 2026-06-21-evening
The Daily Dirt — Evening Edition
H-2A wages slashed and upheld by courts, paraquat still spraying US fields, a bipartisan bill to rebuild local food markets, and seven screwworm cases now confirmed.
- June 21, 2026 · 2026-06-21-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Bipartisan bill to revive regional food systems, USDA reorganization fallout, screwworm cases climbing, and Pacific fishing protections rolled back — the morning briefing.
- June 20, 2026 · 2026-06-20-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Farm bankruptcies hit a six-year high, California advances a PFAS pesticide ban, and USDA cuts $300M in young-farmer land-access grants. Here's the dirt.
- June 19, 2026 · 2026-06-19-evening
The Daily Dirt — Evening Edition
Tonight's wrap on farm country: the resistance is real. Land trusts, packer lawsuits, regenerative wins, and the farmworkers still waiting on a heat rule.
- June 19, 2026 · 2026-06-19-morning
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Your morning rundown on the fight for American farmland: foreign ownership, the FTC's Deere lawsuit, and the debt clock ticking under farm country.