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In the world of agricultural commodities, cost prices are notoriously volatile. These commodities are crucial for the nutrition supply chain, especially in animal feed production and essential food industries like flour milling. ...
ByBESTMIX
In the nutrition industry, where every percentage point of margin counts, protecting those margins can be a challenging task. With agricultural commodities driving costs and market dynamics constantly shifting, staying ahead requires a proactive approach. ...
ByBESTMIX
October is the fifteenth month of accelerating annual food and drink inflation, with prices rising by 16.4% compared to a year ago, above September’s 14.6%. This is estimated to be the highest inflation rate since September 1977. Month-on-month, prices have risen by 2.0%. Higher energy and food prices pushed up UK inflation to 11.1% in October, up from 10.1% in September. Of the 49 main ...
“As a global leader in agriculture with significant scale and reach, we have an increased responsibility to address the challenges facing our food system and agriculture’s impact on the environment, and we believe in strong partnerships,” said Matthias Berninger, Head of Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability at Bayer. ...
ByBayer AG
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), incoming Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced her agenda for the beginning of the 117th Congress. ...
(September 04, 2020) — Ecological Laboratories, Inc. announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The products: Microbe-Lift® Septic System &Cesspool Treatment Microbe-Lift® IND Hi Count Microbe-Lift® /HOG Microbe-Lift® /DFP are now able to display a unique USDA label that ...
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the agreement on the continuing resolution. ...
Department of Agriculture will distribute a second round of assistance to agricultural producers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
In March, we unanimously passed the CARES Act, which included funding for the Department of Agriculture to address needs related to the pandemic. We included $9.5 billion for Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to deliver emergency support for those in the agriculture and food industry who have suffered losses due to COVID-19. And, we included a ...
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, raised questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program. “As you know, COVID-19 has caused great hardship for farmers and families across the country,” ...
It goes without saying that cost prices are very volatile in the world of agricultural commodities. This makes it quite challenging to determine the price of the finished products. ...
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SPAA (the) Society of Precision Agriculture Australia is pleased to announce its newest appointment with Ms Kristin Murdock as the association’s new PA project officer. ...
Ms Pech will be busy on the road organising events across Australia advocating the latest information available in precision agriculture (PA) and delivering relevant and timely information to landholders and industry across the range of agricultural commodities. ...
Gary Adams says, “The U.S. decision to pursue a challenge against Chinese agricultural subsidies for grain crops reflects a growing desire in the United States and abroad to address more effectively the range of policies in major developing countries that affect agricultural markets.” He further noted that through the semi-annual dedicated ...
Biggest event on agri calendar “Agritech Expo has become the biggest event on our agricultural calendar” says Dr Nguleka, “It’s a very critical agricultural technology and agribusiness forum, not only for Zambia but for our neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe, DRC, Angola and Malawi. ...
Objective 1: Identify trade barriers and approaches to promote equal access and simultaneous introduction for pest management tools, which includes: MRL Alignment: This objective includes the alignment of maximum residue limits (MRL) to encourage registrants to consider potential export markets of agricultural commodities intended for treatment with proposed ...
Farmers and producers can gain a sharper edge and glean cutting-edge ideas from experts from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University during this year’s Farm Science Review Sept. 22-24 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio. The Review will again emphasize the best ...
For the director general of ITA, Ababacar Sadikh Ndoye, there are several economic benefits of this project, such as increasing the value of a primary agricultural commodity, local production of food products and reducing imports of equivalent ones. ...
The new facility is a reaction to the growing demand for agricultural commodities and will expand Bayer's production capacities in the area of crop protection. ...
In 2013, according to Agrievolution Alliance estimates, the global market for agricultural tractors grew by 10 per cent to 2,150,000 units. This high number of new tractors sold represents a great step towards increased mechanization on the farm throughout various world regions - one of the core objectives of the Agrievolution Alliance. ...