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Gary Drimmer, President

Gary DrimmerPresidentDrimmer & Associates International What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Fertilizer Musical Chairs Coming to Sad End- Agrium & CF Industries Last Offers

November 6, 2009

Agrium increases cash portion of bid in final attempt to buy CF Industries | www.chicagotribune.com

Since the beginning of the year Agrium Inc.  and CF Industries Holdings  Inc.  have been seeking to make a major acquisition in consolidation effort after drop in sector share prices. This week new offers went out and we might be reaching an end to this round of efforts as the outlook for the sector...

Why Biofuels are Good for the Us, the Environment and the Economy

November 4, 2009

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Biofuels do harm, aren't they? | pellets-wood.com

Food vs fuel proponents argue biofuels replace food crops, therefore causing food shortages For the following reasons this is a short sighted argument. 1. Most crops used for biofuels production in the US aren't for human consumption, their alternative use is as animal feed2. A co-product of theethanol...

Gary Drimmer, President

Gary DrimmerPresidentDrimmer & Associates International What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Omega-3 Soybean Oil Closer To Commercial Reality For Monsanto and Solae

November 1, 2009

Solae, LLC and Monsanto Company reach important regulatory milestone that advances the development of foods containing the world's first stearidonic acid (SDA) omega-3 soybean oil product | www.seedquest.com

The GRAS certification of Monsanto's new omega-3 Soybean Oil is a major step not only for Monanto and their partner on this product, Solae LLC, but a it could also help pave the way to the acceptance of GMO crops around the world. The product still needs to be developed and marketed correctly as it...

Gary Drimmer, President

Gary DrimmerPresidentDrimmer & Associates International What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

"Where's the Beef?" Will Meat Lose Global Favor?

October 30, 2009

Vegetarian diet is better for the planet, says Lord Stern | www.guardian.co.uk

The production of meats is responsible for 18% of man made green house gas emissions and 25% of man made methane emissions. No wonder there is talk that eating beef is not very green. WIll sustainable farming and green consumers move away from meats and towards a vegetarian diet? 

James Aliucci, President

James AliucciPresidentThe Global Group What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Ecuador Shrimp Problems May Be Good News For US Shrimpers

October 22, 2009

The Disappearance of Ecuador’s Mangroves | fishfarmaz.com

The USA shrimp industry has taken its share of hits lately. The imports form China, Cental and South America have caused the prices to drop to a point where US wild shrimp just seems to expensive to the average consumer. This may be about to change, as we look more closely at what is happening with...

James Aliucci, President

James AliucciPresidentThe Global Group What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Did CBS Just Wake Up To The Growing Salmon Problem

October 21, 2009

Salmon Industry in Deep Water | www.cbsnews.com

The story presented by CBS recently is a great illustration on why no one outside the industry seems to be aware of our growing crisis. Unfortunately food production, fisheries and more directly the farmed salmon industry does not garner the headlines. Well not yet, although they do at times, when...

Gary Drimmer, President

Gary DrimmerPresidentDrimmer & Associates International What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Farmer Bill Gates Defends Biotech Crops and Pushes For Sustainability

October 18, 2009

Gates chides critics, defends biotech crops « Des Moines Register Staff Blogs | The Des Moines Register | blogs.desmoinesregister.com

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is putting big bucks behind a push to improve farming in Africa and the rest of the thrid world; he includes biotech crops as part of the solution.

James Aliucci, President

James AliucciPresidentThe Global Group What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Salmon Problems Continue To Accumulate, Needlessly

October 17, 2009

Jacob Scherr's BlogBlown Away by Bristol Bay? Take Action on Climate Change on October 24th | switchboard.nrdc.org

We recently read about the billion dollar wild salmon industry in Alaska and its well documented problems. Some, inflicted by climate change, and how this is crippling a this billion dollar industry. In the short term we appear to be helpless. However, to see the latest developments out of BristolBay's...

James Aliucci, President

James AliucciPresidentThe Global Group What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

The Aquaculture Industry Can Lead The World In Food Production

October 16, 2009

How will the world feed itself in 40 years' time? | www.guardian.co.uk

2050 is shaping up to be quite an ominous year. Forget the new millennium and " the end of the world ", recent predictions that our food supplies could be running out in 2050 seem much more troubling. Predictions about our oceans bounty, climate changes effecting land based crops, and the population...

Joe Victor, Vice President

Joe VictorVice PresidentALLENDALE INC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Dollars Role with Grains

October 16, 2009

GRAINS-Wheat, corn, soy firm as dollar falters | www.forexyard.com

Allendale's research suggest there is not a correlation of the US dollar on US grains or meat exports.

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