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The US House passed the $390 billion Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 on April 30 with historic bipartisan support — but the bill now heads to a Senate where 60 votes are needed, and farm groups are watching closely as the planting season clock ticks.
A series of major studies published in early 2026 has strengthened the case against ultra-processed food, linking it to a 47% higher risk of heart attack, a 64% higher prediabetes risk in young adults, elevated dementia risk even in otherwise healthy eaters, and a 20% higher risk of depression.
Around one in eight American adults is now taking a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic, and the cumulative effect on dining, snacking, and grocery shopping is becoming a measurable structural force — with dinner traffic down 6% among regular users and food companies scrambling to adapt their products.
The USDA's May WASDE report projected US wheat production at 1.561 billion bushels — the smallest crop since 1972 — sending wheat futures to their daily limit and raising concern about food price pressures across bread, pasta, and baked goods in the months ahead.
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