WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44000) on Aug. 5, 2022, entitled "Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief" by Middle Eastern affairs specialists Jim Zanotti and Clayton Thomas. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY U.S. relations with Turkey take place within a complicated environment and with Turkey in economic distress. Existing U.S.-Turkey tensions that worsened after a failed 2016 coup in Turkey - including ongoing dis  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Krisy Gashler A new project seeks to improve sorghum breeding by combining the best aspects of two powerful software applications, applying cutting-edge genomic research to agriculture, and building partnerships between scientists in the U.S., Senegal and Costa Rica. Sorghum, a grain that grows faster than wheat and has stronger drought tolerance than corn, is a critically important crop in both Senegal an  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- The Soil Science Society of America issued the following news release: Fields of amber grain may be the poetic image of American farmland. And it's true that the U.S. grows plenty of wheat. But fields of yellow grain - corn - may be more accurate. American farmers harvest nearly five times more corn than wheat. But this productive, useful crop requires fertilizer to reach its maximum potential, and is often not able to take up all the fertilizer it's giv  more

ROME, Italy, Aug. 5 (TNSres) -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization issued the following news: The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined significantly in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The closely-watched FAO Food Price Index averaged 140.9 points in July, down 8.6 percent from June, marking the fourth consecutive monthly  more

KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to Ugandan officials, farmers, consumers and employees during a visit to Maganjo Grain Millers: * * * This has been extraordinary. I only spent a few minutes seeing the work that is being done here. But I was extraordinarily impressed by what I saw - the technology, the dedication, the commitment of the staff. And as I am here to look at food security - food inse  more