Adapting global food system to climate change is priority
The first portion of Advancing Global Food Security in the Face of a Changing Climate focuses on the science of global warming and the impact it will have on agricultural production.
The Renewable Fuels Assoc. accuses Big Oil companies of manipulating the retail fuel market to block the sale of higher-volume renewable fuels such as E15 and E85 ethanol blends.
Pointing to swings in crop prices, grain processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced it was buying a Swiss maker of food ingredients for $3 billion.
Illinois bucks Census trend by having more farm acres
When the USDA released its 2012 Census of Agriculture report earlier this year, they could have used an image of former southern Illinois farmer Eddie Simmons.