A very interesting presentation at our Farm Foundation Global Trade and Policy Issues conference had to do with the impact on poverty. Tom Hertel, Purdue University, was our presenter. He says they conducted an international study of 16 developing countries and the impact of biofuels production on the poverty level. As he puts it, it’s a very complex issue. Most …
Food Issues & Energy Policies
Former Texas Congressman Charles Stenholm was the moderator for our second session here at the Farm Foundation Global Trade & Policy Issues conference. I don’t think you’ll find anyone more knowledgeable about the policy side of this discussion. He says that it’s clear to everyone that the price of our basic commodities which was extremely beneficial to our producers has …
Global Biofuels Analysis
Providing us with a “Technical Global Biofuels Analysis” here at the Farm Foundation Global Trade & Policy Issues conference was Thomas Alfstad, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Thomas was on the program to speak about a technical global biofuels analysis. He says that last year they completed a study on biofuels. They looked at the U.S. importing fuels to meet the RFS. …
2009 Global Energy Outlook
Michael Schaal is with the Energy Information Administration which is part of the U. S. Dept. of Energy. He spoke early on the program at the Farm Foundation conference about the global outlook for energy. He says they were actually looking at trends through 2030. He says that developing countries will be significantly increasing their fuel consumption which will increase …
Live Feed From Farm Foundation Conference – Archived
I’ll be updating and monitoring this feed as much as I can during the next several hours of the Farm Foundation’s Transition To A Bio Economy Conference: Global & Trade Issues. The focus is on biofuels. Update: I’ve closed the session but it’s archived for you to “replay” if you’d like. I’ll be posting speaker interviews over the next several …
Global Trade & Policy Issues and Biofuels
Wally Tyner is an energy economist with the Dept. of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. He’s one of the first speakers on the Farm Foundation, Transition To A Bio Economy Conference: Global Trade and Policy Issues. I was able to speak with him before the program kicks off this afternoon here in Washington, DC. Wally says Farm Foundation decided to …
Going Global In DC
I’m heading east out of a sunny St. Louis in just a few minutes to Washington, DC. I’ll be covering Farm Foundation’s “Transition To A Bioeconomy Conference – Global Trade and Policy Issues.” I should have online coverage and Twitterage starting after lunch tomorrow here and on Domestic Fuel. I’ll be posting photos and interviews which all media are welcome …
Farm Foundation Sponsors Food Safety Regulation Forum
Our friends at Farm Foundation are at it again, sponsoring another discussion on the pressing issues facing farmers and those in ag-related businesses. The latest discussion… which always presents both sides of the issues, not just everyone agreeing with what everyone else is saying… will feature the “Future of Food Safety Regulation” on Tuesday, April 7. Presenters will be: * …
Farm Foundation Facilitates Transition to a Bioeconomy Conversation
AgWired.com will be there as the Farm Foundation hosts the next in its series of meetings to talk about what needs to be done for this country… and the world, for that matter… transition to a bioeconomy. In the fourth in the series of “Transition to a Bioeconomy” conferences, our friends at Farm Foundation will facilitate conversation focusing on global …
Food Price Drivers Unchanged
Farm Foundation has issued an update of a report last year on “What’s Driving Food Prices?” and found the same factors affecting commodities. “In July 2008, crude oil prices were at record levels, as were most agricultural commodity prices. Low supplies generated fears of food shortages. The rhetoric of the food-versus-fuel debate rose along with food prices. Today, despite remarkable …