June 2016

  • Warehouses are full. Prices are low, and prices of other commodities are even lower. Inputs are not lower, except maybe fuel, and now the European Union is dictating what products can be used on peanut, that is if you could possibly be sending your product overseas to one of their ports. With all of this,…

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  • From half a world away — through an app on a cell phone — a farmer can track the weather back home and schedule watering. Through software and a laptop or tablet,  a farmer can tell you precisely how yields on one field fare against another and the effect of dozens of decisions made between…

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  • Bran lovers rejoice. Fibre-rich diets have been shown to protect against peanut allergy in mice, by increasing gut bacteria that bolster the immune system. If the same holds true for humans, our diets could prevent or even reverse allergies to peanuts. Click here for more details.

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  • It’s a mystery playing out in post-Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) fashion. Supply chains are being laid down side by side to see if there is any way that soft red winter wheat grown in southern Georgia could have been contaminated with peanut residue. Click here for more details.

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