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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (grain) Newsletter for Sunday December 03, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Kaine & Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Commemorate 90th Anniversary of Holodomor, Reaffirm Support for Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a resolution commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Ukraine Famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, and underscoring the threat of Russia's current war on Ukraine to the existence of the Ukrainian people and global food security. The resolution comes in advance   more

National Sorghum Producers: USDA RMA Announces Continued Improvements to Sorghum Crop Insurance
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The National Sorghum Producers issued the following news release: The United States Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (USDA RMA) released (https://www.rma.usda.gov/Policy-and-Procedure/Bulletins-and-Memos/2023/Actuarial-23-048) several important updates to sorghum crop insurance that will continue to expand sorghum production and empower farmers across the nation. Effective in 2024, the price election factor for sorghum will be at its highest level ever r  more

University of Western Australia: How Going Against the Grain Forged an Industry-Leading Career
PERTH, Australia, Dec. 2 -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: If Hackett Professor Kadambot Siddique was more swayed by first impressions, WA would almost certainly not be home to one of the world's leading agricultural scientists - the first in his field to be named WA Scientist of the Year (2023). In 1981 the in-demand master's graduate, lured from India to complete a PhD at The University of Western Australia, arrived at the old Perth Airport in the middle of a   more