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Sustainability in Feed Production

Future of sustainable farming requires optimization, communication

Four industry leaders at the Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit discussed the complex issues surrounding environmental sustainability and global food production. Each explained what sustainability means to their organizations and offered suggestions on how agriculture can move forward into the future of feeding 9 billion people by 2050.

May 12, 2014

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USDA funding to help farmers, ranchers cut energy costs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems. Up to $12.3 million in grants and $57.8 million in loan guarantees are being provided through the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

May 7, 2014

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National Geographic examines future of global food production

National Geographic has launched an online portal, The Future of Food: How to Feed a Growing Planet, to explore the issues surrounding how people eat and the future of global food production. The initiative will aggregate content from an eight-month series in National Geographic magazine and digital-only material, covering topics such as sustainability, crop yield, food policy, climate change, aquaculture and more.

April 21, 2014

Sustainability in Feed Production

Sustainable agriculture to headline summit in response to poll

An industry panel seeks to define sustainability as it relates to agriculture at the Animal Agriculture Alliance's 13th annual Stakeholders Summit in May. Summit panelists will discuss the complex nature surrounding sustainability and marketing to the millennial generation.

March 31, 2014

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Agricultural sciences need more scientists, study says

Agricultural sciences need more scientists, study says The gricultural industry anticipates hiring more trained scientists, but there is growing concern that they will not be able to find suitable candidates. Too few scientists are being trained in the agricultural fields of science, ac

March 20, 2014

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Farmer CEOs must confront challenge of big investment, small company

Thetricky problem for today's economic scale farms is that they are largeinvestments of dozens of millions of dollars, but small companies from amanagement standpoint. Consequently, the challenge for the farmer as CEO is toassemble the talent team needed for success in today's increasingly complex andrisky environment was the message Gregory Duerksen, President of Kincannon & Reed, delivered yesterdayto the audience at the Farm Futures Business Summit 2014 in his address"The War for Talent and What It Means for 21st Century Agriculture."

January 13, 2014

International Trade

Canadian and US grain sectors release cross-border trade study

A new study, released by the Canada-U.S. Task Group, a groupof Canadian and U.S. non-profit and trade organizations, documents thecommercial flow of grain from the United States to Canada. The study addressesU.S. and Canadian trade volume, handling and processing practices for more than15 commodities traded between the United States and Canada.

January 10, 2014

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China, Brazil elbow US out of the market

China, the main market for U.S. agribusiness exports in 2011, dropped down to the third position in 2012, according to USDA. The U.S. exports revenue to that country was affected by the reduction in the soybean exports, to US$25 billion, 14 percent less than the year before.

January 1, 2014

Poultry

Earth Policy Institute: Rising meat consumption drains grain harvest

The future growing of world's population will put a lot of pressure on food production as to answer for its increasing demand. However, the food demand will not just increase as will change its current pattern, given the changes world's population will undergo over the next decades will have a significant impact on the profile of the average diets around the world.

January 1, 2014

Business & Markets

Brazil estimates 162.9 million tons for 2010/2011 harvest

According to the latest estimate made by Ministry of Agriculture, the Brazilian 2010/2011 harvest will set a new record at 162.9 million tons, a 9.2% rise compared to the previous year's 149.2 million tons. The outstanding performance can be mostly attributed to the excellent climatic conditions over the majority of the production areas.

January 1, 2014

Business & Markets

Asia, Latin American soybean elbows out American product

According to Asian traders, about half of the China’s soybean imports in the Q4 of the year must come from Brazil and Argentina, in the midst of the competitive offer of the grain in the stream of the record harvest in the region. The leader soybean importing country must buy from Brazil and Argentina some 7 million tons of the grain between October and December 2011, part of a total demand of 15 million tons, compared to 5 million tons a year ago.

January 1, 2014

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Brazil: record 161.5 million MT for next harvest

The most recent study by CONAB (Brazilian supply company) of the Ministry of Agriculture, estimates a new record harvest for Brazil - 161.5 million MT in 2010/11. In the period, the cropland grew 4.7%, to 49.6 million hectares, 2.2 million more than 2009/10.

January 1, 2014