18/12/13: Cargill's ethanol expansion; half equals whole says the USDA; strategic grain stocking in India

Cargill has announced that it will invest 60 million Euros in building a new ethanol facility in Barby, Saxony Anhalt, Germany. The plant will produce premium ethanol destined for the German and European beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

The plant will produce ethanol through state of the art innovative technology by using feedstock from the adjacent wheat facility, using primarily locally grown wheat. 
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that you make at least half of your grains whole grains.

To put whole grain on the label, the grains in the product must be at least 50 percent whole grain. It is best to eat 100 percent whole grain products.

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To ward off any grain shortage once all states start implementing the ambitious food security law, the central government plans to increase the buffer stocking and strategic reserve limits of Food Corporation of India (FCI) for both wheat and rice.

The move could push up the requirement by at least 50 per cent from the current norm. 
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