Making Safe, Abundant Food Supply a Global Reality - Ted McKinney, Senior Director of Global Affairs, Elanco Animal Health, from the 2011 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholders Summit, May 5-6, Arlington, VA, USA.
The Diane Rehm Show brought together four experts on world economies and agriculture to address the current commodity prices and their impact on food, fuel, and fiber.
In this conversation with Jim Kielkopf, economist for AgriBank,
we look at how economic uncertainty has impacted producer decisions and
what role speculators and hedge fund industry play in agriculture along with the global increase in commodity prices.
Joel Haggard, US Meat Export Federation Vice President for Asia, updates us on the
export picture for US beef in Asia and the Pacific communities. Part 2 or 2 (Catch up on Part 1).
Joel Haggard, US Meat Export Federation Vice President for Asia, updates us on the export picture for US beef in Asia and the Pacific communities. Part 1 of 2 (Follow-up with Part 2).
Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kansas State University Agriculture Economist, highlights his recent trip to Australia. He comments on cattle marketing and animal identification approaches in Australia that could have appeal to the U.S. beef sector.
Contrast of Need and Plenty Roger Thurow, former Wall Street Journal correspondent and co-author of Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, shares the "complexities of economic dysfunction" in trying to help the countries in Africa feed their people. Part 1 and Part 2.
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