Nice Talk President Barack Obama hosted a meeting today with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the post script is that each talked nicely. U.S. trade interests had hoped that the meeting would result in some kind of commitment by Singh toward ending the proliferation of barriers his government is erecting against imports, but it was just a nice talk. Skulls and Crossbones FoodNavigator notes that consumer researcher Lynn Frewer of Newcastle University wrote in the journal, Trends in Food Science & Technology, that regulations should require the labeling of foods produced with nanotechnology. The belief is that, "...such measures should be considered in order to increase wider ethical and societal acceptance." Presuma...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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