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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (grain) Newsletter for Sunday February 04, 2024 ( 2 items )  

FAO Food Price Index Down Again in January Led by Lower Wheat and Maize Prices
ROME, Italy, Feb. 3 -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2024: The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell further in January, albeit slightly, led by decreases in the prices of cereals and meat, which more than offset an increase in the sugar prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a set of globa  more

Rep. McMorris Rodgers Puts Biden Administration on Defense Over Plans to Breach Snake River Dams
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Today, Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) led an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on President Biden's plan to dismantle the Lower Snake River dams. In December, the Biden administration announced an agreement the United States Government negotiated with plaintiffs in ongoing litigation over Columbia River System Operations (CRSO). This agre  more