The head of the Australian Milling Group - one of the country's biggest grain milling
companies - recently suggested that recent droughts are not only posing a risk to farming
families, but to Australia's ability to supply its customers.
"Domestic prices continue to firm which is compromising export margins so it's an extremely tough environment," commented Peter Wilson, chief executive officer.
In a notice issued yesterday, China's central government said it will establish systems to guarantee the supply of quality food, and a system aimed at helping people improve their nutrition.
The guideline said that although the production capacity of food has been strengthened and people's diet and health has improved, China's food production cannot meet high nutritional demands.
European Union ministers were divided today following a decision to allow a new strain of genetically modified maize to be grown on EU soil,
handing responsibility for the decision to the European Commission.
Nineteen states opposed approval of Pioneer 1507 an
insect-resistant maize developed jointly by DuPont and Dow Chemical, while five supported it and four abstained from any view, EU
officials reported.
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