BASEL, Switzerland, March 28 -- Agriculture, a scientific open access journal on the science of cultivating the soil, growing, harvesting crops and raising livestock, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2022 edition: Articles: * Genetic Effects of Indica Lineage Introgression on Amylopectin Chain Length Distribution in Japonica Milled Rice * Fatigue Analysis of Spike Segment of Special Tractor Wheels in Terms of Design Improvement for Chernozem Soil * T  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 1 -- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a peer-reviewed research journal in nutrition and dietetics from the American Society for Nutrition, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2022 edition: NARRATIVE REVIEWS: * A scoping review of intermittent fasting, chronobiology, and metabolism ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS: * Association of waist-calf circumference ratio with incident cognitive impairment in older adults * Matched w  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 29 -- The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: The war in Ukraine has brought into sharp relief how tenuous some of the staple foods we take for granted can vanish. The situation is dire and threatens world's food security, with many GAIN countries directly affected. Russia and Ukraine are particularly important for Africa's wheat imports with almost 40% being sourced from that area. Disruption there means these c  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: On March 1, 2022, Michigan corn stocks totaled 173 million bushels, 11 percent higher than a year earlier, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. About 54 percent of the corn was stored on farms. The second quarter disappearance was 90.3 million bushels, compared with 99.0  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release: Released March 31, 2022 Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2022 totaled 1.27 billion bushels, up 3 percent from March 1, 2021. On-farm stocks totaled 560 million bushels, while off-farm stocks totaled 706 million bushels. The December 2021 - February 2022 indicated disappearance is 601 million bushels. Soybean stocks in  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Missouri Field Office issued the following news release: Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2022 totaled 204 million bushels, down 25 percent from March 1, 2021. On-farm stocks totaled 120 million bushels, while off-farm stocks totaled 84.0 million bushels. The December 2021 - February 2022 indicated disappearance is 130 million bushels. Soybean stocks in all positions on March   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: ARIZONA Off-farm corn stocks in Arizona on March 1, 2022 were 2.65 million bushels, up 34 percent from March 1, 2021, according to the March 1 Agricultural Survey and March Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Off-farm all wheat stocks  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: All wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2022 totaled 36.7 million bushels in Idaho, down from 53.3 million bushels a year ago. Off-farm stocks were down 32 percent, while on-farm stocks were down 31 percent compared to the previous year. In Oregon, wheat stored in all positions totaled 13.8 million bushels, down   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant a record high 91.0 million acres of soybeans in 2022, up 4% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Planted acreage intentions for soybeans are up or unchanged in 24 of the 29 estimating s  more

LONDON, England, April 1 -- The Plant Journal, a journal from the Society for Experimental Biology that says it addresses fundamental questions in plant biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 109, No. 6 edition: FOCUSED REVIEW: * Bulk segregation analysis in the NGS era: a review of its teenage years ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel 6 is involved in extracellular ATP signaling and plant immunity * The RNA-binding protein RBP45D of   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following column: Farming and ranching are just about as Missouri as it gets. Our state's fertile land has been farmed for hundreds of years and we are one of the nation's top ag states, ranking second in the nation for number of farms. From soybeans, to corn, to hay, rice, cotton, cattle, hogs, and turkeys - Missouri farmers and ranchers are producing a variety of commodities the world needs. And they're doing it well. Our  more

ALGIERS, Algeria, March 31 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on March 30, 2022, at a news availability: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to begin by announcing another five stops on this trip. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Not funny. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Yeah. (Laughter.) In all seriousness, I am very glad to be back in Algeria. I visited in 2016 when I was the deputy secretary, but this is the first trip that I'm making here as Secretary. If you've n  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to allow flexibilities for prime agricultural lands under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to be utilized for the production of food and feed-grade grains to help American crop growers respond to global food shortages and supply chain impacts caused by Russia's inva  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 30 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued the following news release: Six leading footballers, three of whom are former refugees, are fronting a joint appeal with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme (WFP), to raise funds to help refugees who have fled their homes and displaced people inside Ukraine.* The global appeal #football4ukraine comes at a time when almost a quarter of Ukraine's population - more than 10 million peop  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 30 -- The United Nations World Food Programme issued the following news release: Six leading footballers, three of whom are former refugees, are fronting a joint appeal with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), to raise funds to help refugees who have fled their homes and displaced people inside Ukraine. The global appeal #football4ukraine comes at a time when almost a quarter of Ukraine's population - more than 10 million people - hav  more