Domestic corn and soybean stocks were up from March, while wheat stocks had a larger than expected decline. Before the report, analysts were expecting stocks to be around 449 million bushels, so this does indicate better than expected usage. soybean ending stocks totaled 615 million bushels, compared to 595 million for March. Domestic corn ending stocks were reported at 877 million bushels, compared to the March total of 752 million. wheat ending stocks came out at 422 million bushels,...

I appreciate the fact that biodiesel provides support for American farmers as a home grown fuel, said Decker, who is industry and government relations director for Decker Truck Line, inc. He also said the added lubricity that biodiesel provides would help meet fuel lubricity requirements when used with the newly mandated Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. I appreciate the fact that biodiesel provides support for American farmers as a home grown fuel, said Decker, who is industry and government...

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First came cellulose sponges that incorporate chemicals to retard the growth of bacteria, then plastic cutting boards, brushes, and other housewares impregnated with pesticides. In many cases, bacteriocins attack potentially fatal food-poisoning germs, such as Listeria monocytogenes or the Clostridium responsible for botulism. Over the past few decades, Muriana and his colleagues around the world have identified upward of 80 bacteriocins, most of them produced by fermentation microbes....

His current column in Reason, "A Tale of Two Scientific Consensuses," wonders why environmentalists, who are so quick to cite the scientific consensus that global warming is real and caused by humans, refuse to accept a similar consensus declaring that genetically modified crops are safe. His current column in Reason, "A Tale of Two Scientific Consensuses," wonders why environmentalists, who are so quick to cite the scientific consensus that global warming is real and caused by humans,...