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  • Turkey Officially Lifts Ban on Biotech Imports
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    Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released a directive Wednesday, Dec. 16, repealing the Oct. 26, 2009, regulation that restricted market access of products with biotechnology derived content. The directive instructs Turkish ports to resume pre-Oct. 26 procedures. “This is great news for U.S. farmers and exporters of U.S. value-added products like
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Feeding a Growing Population 

In this video titled, “Feeding a Growing Population,” the Council for Biotechnology Information highlights the benefit of biotechnology to improve crops. Plant biotechnology is already helping the world grow more and better food. It is also producing greater yields of crops used to produce biofuels to help meet energy needs. The development of drought-tolerant crops are helping farmers cope with drought and water shortages in order to better preserve and manage water resources. This new technology holds even more promise for a sustainable future in each of these areas. 
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Market Perspectives

December 18, 2009

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Ethanol margins are running 90 cents a bushel and that could encourage bidding supplies away from exports. 

 


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U.S. Grains Council Return on Investment

Find out how the Council is working for you. For every bushel of corn, barley and sorghum you produce for market, you receive direct value in return from the activities of the U.S. Grains Council. That’s like money in your pocket! Use the calculator below to find your ROI.

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My ROI: $--.--
Figures based on a study recently conducted by Informa Economics LLC
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The U.S. Grains Council is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to building export markets for barley, corn, sorghum and their products. The Council is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has nine international offices and active market development programs in more than 50 countries. Financial support from the Council’s private industry members, including state checkoffs, agribusinesses, state entities and others, triggers federal matching funds from the government and support from cooperating groups in other countries, producing an annual market development program valued at more than $26 million.

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