Commentary: Biden Promises More U.S. Wheat Production to Combat Loss of Ukrainian, Russian Wheat Exports, Despite U.S. Wheat Production Being Down 15 Percent Since 2019

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• CNBC12 hour(s) ago
• U.S., Europe race to improve food supply chains after India bans wheat exports
• VIDEO3:3203:32EUs Vestager says Ukraine war has revived the transatlantic relationshipSquawk Box Europe PARIS — The United States and the European Union are looking at how to improve food supply chains with export restrictions from India and other nations accentuating global problems, the EUs trade chief told CNBC. G-7 foreign ministers warned over the weekend that the war in Ukraine is increasing the risk of a global hunger crisis. This is because Ukraine has been unable to export grains, fertilizers and vegetable oil, while the conflict is also destroying crop fields...
• tennesseestar.com14 hour(s) ago
• CBP’s Air and Marine Operations Interdicted 62 Tons of Drugs in First Three Months of Year
• by Bethany Blankley   Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations interdicted 62 tons (124,000 pounds) of illicit drugs in the first three months of this year, CBP reports, working with international, federal, state and local partners. “Collaboration keeps us all safer,” CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said of their efforts. “CBP AMO works with U.S. and international partners to stem the flow of illicit narcotics. Through the end of March, AMO has contributed to the seizure of over 124,000 lbs of narcotics by partner agencies.” AMO, working with...
• wtop.com1 day(s) ago
• India open to exporting wheat to needy nations despite ban
• NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Sunday said it would keep a window open to export wheat to food-deficit countries at the government level despite restrictions announced two days earlier. India’s Commerce Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam told reporters the government will also allow private companies to meet previous commitments to export nearly 4.3 million tons of wheat until July. India exported 1 million tons of wheat in April. India mainly exports wheat to neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of...
• tennesseestar.com2 day(s) ago
• Commentary: Joe Biden vs. We the People
• by Josh Hammer   The Biden Administration last June unveiled its “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.” Despite its anodyne-sounding name, the “national strategy” was anything but anodyne. The pamphlet represented the logical culmination of the Left’s cynical use of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot as a means of ginning up large-scale, nationwide anti-Republican/anti-Trump voter sentiment. The result, evinced again by Attorney General Merrick Garland’s disgraceful October 2021 memo directing the FBI to intrude on local school board meetings and crack down on anti-critical race theory parental...
• tennesseestar.com2 day(s) ago
• Virginia Governor Announces the Members of the Commission to Combat Antisemitism
• Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin recently announced the Commission to Combat Antisemitism members, according to a press release by Youngkin’s office. The purpose of the commission is to make recommendations to the governor and General Assembly with the goal of identifying ways to reverse increasing antisemitic incidents in the Commonwealth, according to the press release. The commission will study antisemitism in the Commonwealth, propose actions to combat antisemitism, reduce the number of antisemitic incidents, and compile materials and provide assistance to Virginia’s public school system and state institutions of higher education...
• theblaze.com2 day(s) ago
• India, the worlds second-largest wheat producer, bans all wheat exports after record-breaking heatwave
• Indian wheat producers were preparing to find new markets for their product in Europe, Africa, and Asia. However, this plan has been halted for the foreseeable future. Much of the wheat and barley that was expected to be exported in this lot would have been sent to developing countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. The recent heatwave, however, wasn’t the only issue facing India’s wheat supply. The country’s historically vast stocks of wheat and barley — which in years past have served the country well as a...
• CNN2 day(s) ago
• India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar
• MumbaiIndia banned wheat exports on Saturday — days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year — as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high.The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and to countries that request supplies to meet their food security needs.War-fueled food inflation will cause social unrest, UN official saysThe move to ban overseas shipments was not in perpetuity and could be revised, senior government officials told a press conference.Global buyers were banking...
• wtop.com3 day(s) ago
• India bans exports of wheat, citing threat to food security
• NEW DELHI (AP) — India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the food security of India and neighboring and vulnerable countries. Before the war, Ukraine and Russia accounted for a third of global wheat and barley exports. Since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, Ukraine’s ports have been blocked and civilian...
• cbslocal.com3 day(s) ago
• Florida Sees Record Tourism In First Quarter
• TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Florida attracted a record number of tourists during the first three months of 2022, surpassing totals from similar quarters before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the hospitality and leisure industry. Visit Florida, the state’s tourism-marketing agency, posted information Friday showing that 35.982 million people traveled to the state between the start of January and the end of March. READ MORE: Broward Health Patient Whose Life Got Turned Upside Down After Stroke Wants You To Know Warning SignsWith tourism a key engine of the state’s economy, that was 39.6...
• wtop.com3 day(s) ago
• Treasury: Russia war bolsters need to combat illicit finance
• WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department laid out recommendations Friday for tightening laws to guard against money laundering and illicit threats to the U.S. financial system, citing the conduct of Russians backing the invasion of Ukraine as evidence of how loopholes are being exploited. Treasury’s 32-page strategy document outlines recommendations to close loopholes in anti-money laundering laws, combat the use of real estate for money laundering schemes and enhance information-sharing between the government and private sector financial firms. “Illicit finance is a major national security threat and nowhere...
• presstories.com4 day(s) ago
• The pungent smell of gas!
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was on an official visit to Algeria to invite or “invite” its President to visit Moscow, not for Algerians. The sulfur compounds in the Algerian gas are toxic because it’s really about that. Sergei Lavrov was certainly pleased with the increase in trade between Algiers and Moscow, but it was the usual nonsense. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Joint Declaration of Strategic Cooperation between the two countries, so much importance was given to the official side of...
• CNN4 day(s) ago
• Energy watchdog does a U-turn, saying world can withstand loss of Russian oil supply
• LondonThe world will not be left short of oil even with lower output from sanctions-hit Russia, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, in a U-turn after it predicted a possible global supply shock in March.The IEA, after warning on March 16 that 3 million barrels per day could be shut in from April, lowered that figure for a second time as it noted only 1 million barrels per day had gone offline.Production ramping up elsewhere and slower demand growth due to Chinas lockdowns will forestall a big deficit, the...
• tennesseestar.com5 day(s) ago
• Commentary: Despite Rising Crime, Nations Capital Is at Forefront of Cities Pushing Leniency
• by Eric Felten   WASHINGTON, D.C. — “But she told me she was 16 years old.” Under a new criminal code being considered by the District of Columbia city council, that statement would be what is called “an affirmative defense to liability” for an adult who has sex with a minor. Put more plainly, an adult accused of sexual activity with a minor could avoid culpability if found to have “reasonably” believed the child’s claim at the time to have reached the age of consent. This more lenient approach...
• CNN5 day(s) ago
• Rivian shares rise, despite larger than expected loss
• New York (CNN Business)Electric truck maker Rivian delivered some much needed assurance to Wall Street Wednesday, even as it reported a larger than expected first quarter loss.The company said that it had 7,000 new orders for its R1 electric pickup in the last two months, bringing total net orders up to 90,000 vehicles. And it said that despite supply chain problems that have cut its production by 25% since the end of March, it is still on track to build 25,000 vehicles by the end of this year.And perhaps most...
• CNBC5 day(s) ago
• Watch: Biden debuts efforts to boost U.S. crop production as Ukraine invasion fuels food prices
• [The stream is slated to start at 2:15 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to outline White House plans to help American farmers boost crop production to counter reduced food exports from Europe caused by Russias invasion of Ukraine. The president, set to speak from Kankakee, Illinois, will likely highlight how Russian President Vladimir Putins attack has driven up the global prices of wheat, corn, barley, oilseeds and cooking oil. Russia and...
• wtop.com6 day(s) ago
• Biden sees bigger role for US farms due to Ukraine war
• WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to put a spotlight on the spike in food prices from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when he travels to an Illinois farm to emphasize how U.S. agricultural exports can relieve the financial pressures being felt worldwide. The war in Ukraine has disrupted the supply of that country’s wheat to global markets, while also triggering higher costs for oil, natural gas and fertilizer. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said its food price index in April jumped nearly 30% from a year ago, though...
• breitbart.com6 day(s) ago
• Global Food Crisis: Ukraine Crop Planting Down by Quarter as Nation Struggles to Export Last Harvest
• Food planting in Ukraine is down between 25-30 per cent as the country struggles to export already harvested produce. Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to cause havoc for the country’s vital agricultural sector, with crop sowing falling by 25-30 per cent thanks to the ongoing conflict. The war-torn country is also struggling to export crops that have already been harvested, an issue that has already prompted fears of famine across the world due to the nation traditionally being responsible for a major share of the world’s wheat trade. According to...
• tennesseestar.com7 day(s) ago
• Wisconsin Family Action Promises It Wont Back Down After Madison Arson
• by Benjamin Yount   The head of one of Wisconsin’s most prominent pro-life groups is vowing not to be intimidated by a weekend arson at their Madison office. Wisconsin Family Action’s Julaine Appling said on Sunday that the attack on their office was an attempt to silence pro-life voices in the state. “While this attack was directly provoked by the leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dobbs case earlier this week, this has far broader implications,” Appling said in a statement. “Apparently, the tolerance that the left...