Separating otherwise safe, concurrent uses of chemicals is as wrong a strategy as the Maginot Line. Organic matter is chemical matter at its base. Chemophobes Win After being pilloried in the social media by activists, the Subway sandwich chain announced it would stop using azodicarbonamide as a bleaching and conditioning agent in its bread. The complaint was that the chemical is also used in making yoga mats. Actually, it is used in the manufacture of many plastics, but the sweaty yoga mat provides a graphic image to chemophobes. One could make this ever grosser: benzoic acid is used to fight fungus in food as well as athlete's foot in humans (food odor is caused by isovaleric acid, also found in foods). Additionally:
Sodium benzoate...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
Key Takeaways: With the fall calf run now upon us, producers are finally getting a glimpse of what their realized profits will be for 2026. Some producers may have already obtained a strong estimate of 2026 revenues, especially if calves were forward sold in, for example, the mid-summer...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
