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Ag Groups Write Schafer on ACRE Implementation
(09-05-08) -- NAWG and other commodity groups told Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer this week that USDA plans to implement the ACRE program would undermine its goal of providing an accurate revenue guarantee.
CIMMYT Head Says Biotech Resistance Causing Hunger
(09-05-08) -- The head of CIMMYT, the leading world wheat research center, told news agency Reuters this week in stark terms that resistance to biotech wheat from rich countries was hurting food security in poor countries.
Word on Wheat: Politics, Like Policy, Really Does Matter
(09-05-08) --
At this point in the election cycle, NAWG leaders and staff often get asked where the organization stands on the presidential contest. Will we be endorsing any candidates? The short answer is: no.
USDA Shows Wheat Price Up, But Not High Enough
(09-05-08) -- USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) said in a report this week that the price received by farmers for wheat in August was up 86 cents from July and $2.38 from August of last year.
USDA Report Shows Rising Farm Incomes on Grain Prices
(08-29-08) -- USDA agencies issued reports Thursday projecting record net farm income in 2008 and lowered exports in the 2009 fiscal year.
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