WASHINGTON, July 6 (TNSreact) (TNScapv) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release and letter: Despite opposition from more than 235 civil society organizations worldwide, shareholders of the World Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have approved a $200M loan to Louis Dreyfus Company Brazil (LDC). The loan will support the purchase of soy and corn--mostly destined for factory farms--- from large-scale industrial farms in the heavily threatened  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, for its Small Grain Crops County Estimates Survey (Crops CE). The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested, and tot  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSpol)(TNScapv) -- The Corn Refiners Association posted the following joint news and letter with 97 organizations: A coalition of nearly 100 U.S. food and agriculture organizations called for the prompt confirmation of Doug McKalip as Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. In a letter sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, the groups highlight McKalip's deep familiarity with the food and agriculture industry and institutional re  more

RIVERSIDE, California, July 7 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following Q&A on July 6, 2022, with Kelechi Kalu, political scientist and NATO expert: * * * Turkey's Black Sea seizure could set a NATO template; Russia gets aggressive against NATO member country * * * NATO member countries have walked a line in the months since Russia invaded Ukraine: Supporting Ukraine short of triggering large-scale war with Russia. That line may soon become more difficult to navig  more

ROME, Italy, July 6 -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization issued the following news on July 5, 2022: To address the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new $17 million project to help Ukrainian farmers save the upcoming harvest in July-August while ensuring export of critical agricultural goods to international markets. Funded by Japan and implemented jointly with th  more