Soybean producers are pooling resources to combat rising transport costs, compounded by heavy rain and flooding, in a move which could ultimately benefit food manufacturers, according to an industry analyst. Transportation has increasingly become an obstacle to profitability for the industry, according to The United Soybean Board, which oversees the soybean checkoff, a collective of […]
Believe it or not, now is the time to begin thinking about weed management for the 2009 growing season. And as always, the watchword is “stewardship”, sais Micheal Owen, from the Department of Agronomy of Iowa State University. As you begin to harvest the fields, note the weeds that are present and think back to […]
Fermenting wheat flour with yeast helps reduce the levels of a precursor to acrylamide by almost 90 per cent, suggests a new study from Denmark. Sourdough fermentation, which is used in the production of rye bread, did not greatly reduce the level of asparagine, which may then be transformed into acrylamide on baking or toasting, […]
Ambitious Russian grain processor PAVA spears higher margin value-added ingredients, announcing plans to break ground on a grain fractionation plant for the production of wheat gluten, starches and syrups. Scheduled to be up and running in 2010, the new plant will seek to extract „all valuable components” from the wheat kernel. The Barnaul-based firm said […]
Asoyia has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to market its low linolenic soybean oils which offer an alternative to trans fats. Asoyia CEO, Greg Keeley, said the company will use the funds for marketing its newest product, Asoyia Mid Oleic Ultra Low Linolenic Soybean Oil (Asoyia-MO), which […]
Higher food prices have led to larger areas planted with cereals in Russia and Ukraine, which is expected to result in higher agricultural output this year, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
