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AgriTalk Host Chip Flory says some people would argue E25 or E30 is the proper blending target.
Analysis confronts attacks on U.S. farm policy by Heritage Foundation
At least two ships loaded with sorghum have changed course while sailing across the Indian Ocean after China imposed a hefty tariff on U.S. supplies this week
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has said that he will not immediately act to remove the Phase 1 trade agreement, which President Donald Trump inked with China, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The dollars tagged for such purposes are part of the Build Back Better program, the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief plan.
Secretary Vilsack addresses issues in market disruptions, climate change, and animal disease prevention as well as how the Biden Administration plans to eliminate them.
“This is my plea, from a humble farmer in Ukraine to the people of the world: Please ask your governments to stop this reckless war, launched by that cruel and power-hungry authoritarian, Vladimir Putin.”
Have the Pacific Coast port bottleneck issues been resolved, or moved somewhere else? The East Coast may now be carrying the burden.
Putin said he now wants to renegotiate the U.N.-brokered Ukraine grain export deal, raising concerns the pact may not be able to last. Meanwhile, G7 countries mull over a $44 price cap on Russian oil.
“Friend shoring means that, rather than just bringing everything [manufacturing] back to the U.S., which is feasible, let’s make sure our supply chains are with countries that are friendly to us,” Heidelberg says.