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Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety OMB reports asks Congress to avoid sequestration – Food Safety News With potentially massive budget cuts looming across the board, including food regulatory agencies, the White House Office of [...] July 24, 2012 Drought MonitorCourtesy of http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ Food prices are expected to jump in 2013 following this summer’s drought. The increase – expected to be 3 to 4 percent in 2013 on top of a projected 3.5 percent for this year – follows additional impacts from the drought, including an estimated $12 billion in [...] This summer’s drought has devastated much of what was supposed to be a record corn crop for the U.S. But it’s not just heat and lack of water that can cause problems for corn farmers; the recent high temperatures and dry conditions also can lead to the growth of certain types of aflatoxin-producing fungus. Aflatoxin, [...] The overwhelming damage to U.S. tart cherry crop was detailed in a USDA report. The numbers are truly staggering – the tart cherry crop in Michigan, the nation’s largest grower of tart cherries, is down 97 percent from last year. This caused a 68 percent drop nationally. The forecast estimated Michigan will produce 5.5 million [...] |
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