WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report on Oct. 15 on the import and export price indexes for September 2020: Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.3 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, following advances of 1.0 percent in August, 1.2 percent in July, and 1.3 percent in June. In September, rising prices for nonfuel imports more than offset lower fuel prices. U.S. export prices increased 0.6   more

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 16 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release: A new federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) will support Iowa State scientists and collaborators as they develop improved seed corn tailored to the needs of the rapidly growing organic industry. The lead investigator for the four-year, $1,996,500 grant is USDA Agricultural Research Servic  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it deals with the study of human and animal bones from archaeological contexts, published research articles on the following topics in its September/October 2020 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Sample specific sex estimation method using parameters around dominant nutrient foramina in unknown femur bones collection of contemporary Egyptians * Investigating wheat consumption based on   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 17 -- The National Grain and Feed Association issued the following news release: The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) commended the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for its Oct. 15 approval of a final rule on speculative position limits that preserves critically important hedging and risk-management strategies for the agricultural industry. "NGFA congratulates Chairman Heath Tarbert, his fellow commissioners, and CFTC staff on approval of a final   more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 15 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: In recognition of its extraordinary community engagement initiatives, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named Purdue University and Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) an exemplary designee. Launched in 2007, the PICS program disseminates triple-layered, airtight storage sacks that enable farmers to store harvested crops, like cowpeas, maize, wheat and rice, safely for extend  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 13: Today, Congressman Filemon Vela (D-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $14,504,850 to the Port of Brownsville through a Port Infrastructure Development Grant. The awarded funds will support the expansion and upgrade of a grain and bulk handling facility and ship-loading capacity. In 2016, WestPlains LLC refurbished the grain elevator at the Port of Brownsville, whe  more