Wheat Trade Team from Taiwan Visits Colorado: http://bit.ly/Pmoj25
Wheat Planting Decision Meetings Next Week! http://bit.ly/MZgMMb
Reuters: GRAINS-Drought rally pauses as chances for rain improve http://reut.rs/PmeAst
Farm Futures: House Turns Attention from Farm Bill to Disaster Aid http://bit.ly/MT2oVV
Reuters: GRAINS-Prices in 3-day retreat; has rally paused or peaked? http://reut.rs/MUJ9eE
Farm Futures: Grain Futures Rise as Producer Speak Out http://bit.ly/NQSIei
Environmentalists, farm groups criticize House drought bill http://bit.ly/PL6cDl (for different reasons, of course.)
Huffington Post: Gluten-Free Diets And Celiac Disease: Study Finds Little Link http://huff.to/T6uprZ “‘Sense’ should prevail over ‘sensibility’ to prevent a gluten preoccupation from evolving into the conviction that gluten is toxic for most of the population,” wrote the paper’s authors, Dr. Antonio Di Sabatino and Dr. Gino Roberto Corazza, both of the University of Pavia in Italy. “We must prevent a possible health problem from becoming a social health problem.”
Salon.com: Congress Hangs Farmers Out to Dry http://bit.ly/QMOQdh “I think it’s absurd to imagine that in the few months that passed since assistance programs ended in late 2011, farmers could have been able to appropriately prepare for one of the two or three worst droughts in a century.”
Washington Post: How to ensure the world’s food supply http://wapo.st/Tb6R5d
Kansas City Fed – Main Street Economist: Initial impacts of the 2012 Drought. American farmers are battling one of the worst droughts in U.S. history. The latest issue of the Main Street Economist discusses some of the frequently asked questions surrounding the drought and its initial economic impacts on agricultural producers, agribusinesses and U.S. food prices. Read the complete article at: http://bit.ly/ROXaqH
mcclatchydc.com: Widening of Panama Canal will remake world trade patterns
http://bit.ly/NxuBLQ
Rollcall.com Recess May Boost Farm Bill’s Prospects http://bit.ly/NksSKP
