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It is far too common to see waterways in Louisiana clogged by giant salvinia, an invasive aquatic plant native to South America. Now, Louisiana is looking at an alternative use for the noxious plant — paper.

Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada recently published a study showing kids who eat a vegetarian diet had similar growth and nutrition compared to children who consume meat.

A bullish set of fundamentals pushed corn prices to this high level, says Dan Basse, president of AgResource Company, and those factors could actually be getting more bullish.

Biofuel & farm groups see E15 & higher blends of corn ethanol into gasoline as the strategy to increased sales, but the current structure of the RFS “does not serve to incentivize ethanol blends higher than E10...

Opponents of wind energy may be encouraged by the financial difficulties of the industry, since wind generated electricity costs are now rising after years of being driven lower by new technology and competition.

CEO of ClearFlame says its modified diesel engines in trucks and farm machinery offer the same power and performance of traditional diesel engines but with lower fuel costs and fewer emissions. Look for them this summer.

The European Union has agreed on a 7% cap for food-based biofuels. Germany is seeking to reduce that figure further.

History strongly suggests retailers will be buying beef quite strongly over the next six weeks.

Farmers in Canada are struggling to plant crops in fields that are either too wet or too dry in the Prairie provinces.

One of Brazil’s largest farmers plans to reduce fertilizer use by a quarter next season, relying on more precise applications and soil testing to maintain crop yields, Bloomberg reported.