- The American Soybean Association announced the regional winners of the 2013 Conservation Legacy Awards program.
- The American Farm Bureau Federation announced that Dale Moore will lead the organization’s public policy department.
- USDA reports U.S. commercial red meat production for December was down five percent on the year at 3.997 billion pounds.
- After seeing the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for January, that wheat stocks are declining, market watchers turned their attention to the next crop.