Farmers in the south west of the UK are facing a tough start to the new year due to bad weather and high feed costs reports Farming UK. Wet weather means cattle are spending longer indoors and diets have to supplemented with expensive feeds.
There has also been less revenue coming into the UK from farming, with
poor forage being blamed for falls in milk yields and beef farmers struggling to produce cattle at their
finished target weight.
This article looks at wheat supply issues in the USA. Following the 2012 drought and poor weather this year, the supply chain is under pressure. Kim Anderson from Oklahoma State University forecasts that the problem could last until September 2013 with prices dropping by 50 cents a bushel.
The
first recipients of the International Milling Education Foundation
(IMEF) Scholarship Program for Professionals have been named as Dan Ramseyer, Benjamin Ruch and Julie Wavinak . The scholarships will
provide tuition for all three professionals to take the IAOM
Correspondence Course in Flour Milling over the course of the next two
years.
IMEF is the philanthropic partner of IAOM. The IMEF Scholarship program was established in 2008 to support the
education of undergraduates in the sciences of grain milling. In 2012,
the program was expanded to include training opportunities for
professionals already working in the industry.
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| Cattle (Photo credit: CameliaTWU) |
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