The National Chicken Council, along with broad coalition of 78 food and agriculture associations, sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees requesting that as part of the committee’s recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, “you include a two-year moratorium on all discretionary, non-essential regulatory actions that would increase the cost of food and agriculture production and processing.”
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Eight poultry and meat organizations sent a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday requesting that USDA “give the highest priority to completing the review as soon as possible” for determining the status of Chinese plants seeking approval to export cooked poultry to the United States.
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The federal goals for “cellulosic” ethanol–made from corn cobs, wood chips, and other “biomass”– are almost impossible to achieve unless dramatic technological breakthroughs occur and massive federal subsidies are offered, according to a study by the National Research Council (NRC).
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Ethanol manufacturers faced with slowing growth in demand are turning to the corn oil market to help boost revenues, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Several of the nation’s largest ethanol companies, including Green Plains Renewable Energy and Valero Energy, have invested in equipment to produce the oil.
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