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Maize to Lead Global Grain Contraction
2015-04-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL – Smaller maize output will drive a ‘modest decline’ in global grain production this year.
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VIDEO: Zambia's disgruntled maize farmers
2015-04-17 14:45:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Despite a bumper harvest, Zambia's maize farmers are unhappy about subsidies, prices and profit.
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New Proposed Maximum Levels of Fumonisins in Maize
2014-09-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The current report of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO) on contaminants in foods includes a new proposal for maximum levels for fumonisins in maize and maize products.
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French government bans GM maize MON 810
2014-03-15 23:36:18| Chemicals - Topix.net
France's agricultural ministry on Saturday banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto's genetically modified maize MON 810, after France highest court twice previously struck down similar measures.
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Why maize for biogas should be banned
2014-03-14 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In principle it's a brilliant solution. Instead of leaving food waste and sewage and animal manure to decay in the open air, releasing methane which contributes to global warming, you can contain it, use micro-organisms to digest it, and capture the gas. Biogas from anaerobic digestion could solve several problems at once. As well as a couple of million tonnes of sewage sludge, the UK produces between 16-18m tonnes of food waste, much of which still goes into landfill. Farms in this country generate...
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