WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSPol) (TNSCapV) -- The Corn Refiners Association issued the following news: A coalition of 33 U.S. food and agriculture industry members call for the prompt confirmation of the Honorable Kenneth Salazar to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. In a letter sent to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the groups site Senator Salazar's proven statesmanship and keen insights into the long, rich, and complex relationship between the United States and Mexico. The letter a  more

BASEL, Switzerland, July 23 -- The Journal of Genetics from the Indian Academy of Sciences published research articles, including the following topics, in its October 2021 edition: Research Note: * Parental balanced chromosomal rearrangement leading to major genomic imbalance and an autosomal trisomy resulting in consecutive pregnancy loss: a case report Research Articles: * Induction of polyploidy through colchicine in cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) and its conformity by cytology and flow c  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 23 (TNSOps) -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: In the midst of wheat harvest, LaRue County farmer Ryan Bivens watches his combine's yield monitor as he gives directions by cell phone to his teenage son, Cyrus, who is driving a wagon following the combine. "If you take out the 2012 drought that destroyed our corn crop, we have had outstanding crops yields in the past 10 years," said Bivens, who runs Fresh Start Farms with his wife, Misty, and sons  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economics, Statistics and Market Information System issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (No. WASDE - 614) on July 12, 2021, report for July 2021: * * * Here are excerpts: WHEAT: The outlook for 2021/22 U.S. wheat this month is for reduced supplies, lower domestic use and exports, and decreased ending stocks. Supplies are lowered on reduced wheat production and beginning stocks. All wheat production is   more