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| | | | | | | 89% of consumers support companies that make plant-based products |
| | | Unlike ten years ago, there's nothing niche about eating plant-based anymore: Nearly 9.7 million Americans define themselves as vegan and millions more identify as climatarians, vegetarians, and flexitarians. There is no doubt that plant-based foods are now mainstream, and new research indicates that plant-based consumer interest is higher than ever. The report details that 89% of consumers are somewhat, very, or extremely likely to support a company that produces and/or uses products made from plants. |
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| | | | | Breakfast Cereals and How They Are Made: Raw Materials, Processing, and Production, Third Edition |
| | Edited by Alicia A. Perdon, Sylvia L. Schonauer, and Kaisa Poutanen |
| | This updated edition of the highly recommended second edition covers the transformation of a cereal grain across the supply chain—from ingredient to finished product and everything in between. |
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| | | | | | Reasons for US flour extraction rate increase | |
| | | World Grain | 4 min. read | |
| | | The flour extraction rate in US flour mills has increased steadily over the past 80 years or so, from 71.6%% to 77.5%, according to statistics from the US Department of Commerce. The trend begs the question: What is the reason for this improvement? | |
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| | | | | | Get your grain marketing plan up to scratch | |
| | | Lancaster Farming | 3 min. read | |
| | | Many factors are influencing the commodity markets — South American weather, expanding Chinese production, tension in the Black Sea region and inflation, just to name a few. Grain prices may now move more in a day than they once did in months. Experts point out with the cost of producing a bushel being higher than it ever has been, it’s ever more important to pay attention to your grain marketing plan. | |
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| | Cgrain Value can look for insect damage of individual kernels, even find the larvae itself as noted in this image. |
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| | | | | | How will plant-based meat alternatives look in 2030? | |
| | | Meat + Poultry | 4 min. read | |
| | | Plant-based meat alternatives could account for 6% of total meat consumption by 2030 if they continue expanding at the current rate, according to a new report from The Good Food Institute (GFI). Such a scenario would require manufacturers to produce approximately 25 million tonnes of product per year. The report maps out the investments needed to expand ingredient supply chains and manufacturing capacity to the extent that consumer demand doesn’t outpace the industry’s capabilities in the coming decade. | |
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| | | | | Cereals & Grains Commentary | |
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| | ICYMI: Cereals & Grains Association's Food for Thought collects leading information on the topics most important in the world of cereal grain science today. Check out our latest topic, “plant-based proteins.” Access here. |
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| | | | | | South China’s Guangxi offers million-yuan bonus to ramp up grain production | |
| | | Global Times | 3 min. read | |
| | | South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a large grain production hub in Southern China, rolled out various measures to promote grain production expansion, with a million-yuan bonus being offered by the government. The financial support is centered on upgrading grain quality and quantity, introducing new categories and technologies, upgrading the production base and growing the footprint of arable land. | |
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| | | | | | UC Davis team identifies wheat gene that increases yield | |
| | | Morning AgClips | 3 min. read | |
| | | A team of scientists from University of California, Davis, have identified a new gene variant in wheat that can increase the amount of the grain produced, new research published in the journal PLOS Genetics finds. Wheat is a staple of food diets worldwide and the gene discovery could allow farmers to grow more food without increasing land use. Increased yield could also lower consumer prices, making the crop more accessible. | |
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| | | | | | Gene-edited wheat resists dreaded fungus without pesticides | |
| | | | Powdery mildew certainly sounds unappealing, but for wheat farmers the fungus can mean a serious hit to the pocketbook. It infects crops, yellowing leaves and stunting growth. In countries where the blight is common, like China, the microbe can destroy up to 40% of a field, making it one of the most damaging and costly pathogens for wheat farmers. Now, researchers have developed a gene-edited wheat that’s impervious to the fungus, without stunting the grain’s growth. | |
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| | | | | | US winter-wheat area in grips of worsening drought | |
| | | Grain Central | 4 min. read | |
| | | The drought situation in the United States is becoming a huge concern for global wheat supply in 2022. Much of the nation west of the Mississippi Valley is either in drought or abnormally dry, and the latest long-range weather outlook shows very little relief as the critical spring months approach. | |
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| | | | | | India mulls MoUs with multiple countries to boost pulses import | |
| | | Financial Express | 3 min. read | |
| | | Officials said that since the domestic consumption of pulses, especially lentils, in Russia and Kazakhstan are negligible, they want to import annual commitments so that farmers there would be encouraged to grow the variety of pulses, which has one of the largest shares in India’s pulses imports basket. | |
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