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Do a little light reading with the Monday links

Editor’s note: Hi all! Just a little FYI – next week’s edition of the links will be posted next Wednesday. 

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

Groundbreaking study into peanut allergy – Food Standards Agency

The United Kingdom’s (U.K.) [...]

USDA project sequences wheat genome

Researchers hope the newly sequenced wheat genome will contribute to global food security.

The “shotgun sequencing” was reported in the journal Nature, and is expected to help increase wheat yields and thereby increase food security, while hurrying the development of enhanced wheat with higher nutritional content, according to the USDA, which worked with an international [...]

Start the week off right with the Monday links

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 [...]

Welcome back from the long weekend. Here are the belated Monday links

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Food safety

Obama administration sued for delay of FSMA implementation –Food Safety News

The Food and Drug Administration and the Office of Management and Budget are the target of a lawsuit [...]

U.S. drought causes concern domestically and abroad

The lack of rain and the prevalence of high temperatures across the U.S. heartland have people worried worldwide.

The reason is one near and dear to everyone’s hearts: food, specifically corn. Drought conditions in the U.S., as the plants head into a critical stage of growth, may mean severe repercussions for this year’s corn harvest, [...]

To help you kick start your day after the long weekend, here are the belated Monday links

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.

Agriculture

Wheat falls on rain, weather focus turns to Midwest

The weather takes a toll on wheat futures.

New microloan proposal helps small farmers avoid high-interest credit card and personal loans

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Have a case of the Mondays? Break it up with some links

Here are some interesting articles from around the Web.

Happy National Poultry Day!

CNN’s Eatocracy blog gives suggestions on how to celebrate this fowl holiday.

Near-record wheat product expected this year

The year’s wheat production season is predicted to have the second highest yields on record, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the [...]