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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, general election, Trans-Pacific Partnership, immigration reform, path to citizenship, Howard Dean, Betty Ritchie, Tom Vilsack, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sean McGarvey, Solar Power, Belt, Bayer Crop Science
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Obama signs historic GMO labeling bill

President Barack Obama today quietly signed into law legislation that prevents states from requiring on-package labeling of genetically modified ingredients, capping an historic win for farm groups, food companies and the biotech industry.
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, general election, Trans-Pacific Partnership, immigration reform, path to citizenship, Howard Dean, Betty Ritchie, Tom Vilsack, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sean McGarvey, Solar Power, Belt, Bayer Crop Science
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OECD outlook signals 'era of high prices is likely over'

The decline in prices for food and feed crops, livestock and fish products in 2015 signals that an era of high prices is quite likely over for all sub-sectors, economists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) say.
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US energy mix changes - coal consumption declines

Primary energy consumption fell slightly in 2015 as a decline in coal use exceeded increases in natural gas, petroleum and renewables use, says a report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In most cases, changes between 2014 and 2015 reflect longer-term tr
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Hydropower modeling software informs stakeholders

- A stream s potential for small-scale, run of river hydropower can now be assessed by a new computer modeling package developed by a team of engineers at Oregon State University (OSU). Run of the river hydropower is one where little or no water storage is pro
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