GLG News by Agriculture Consultants

Bill ManciPresidentFisheries Technology Associates, Inc.

Predictions come true, aquaculture can come to the rescue

February 3, 2012

 The U.S. continues to run a huge trade deficit in seafood, but some important shifts have occurred over the past twelve months.  I believe we have reached a tipping point of sorts, one that could mean the world for U.S. aquaculture.

Bill ManciPresidentFisheries Technology Associates, Inc.

The romantic notion of eating wild fish must end

August 26, 2011

Analysis of:The End of the Line | www.time.com

Fishing for the purposes of feeding the human population is unsustainable.  Aquaculture is the only answer to growing demand and limited supply from the wild.

Gary DrimmerChief Executive OfficerWorld Ag Associates LLC

Moderate Drought Now Impacting US Soybeans After Run Up in Corn and Wheat

August 18, 2011

Analysis of:U.S. Drought Monitor August 16 | droughtmonitor.unl.edu

Soybeans are in their pod filling stage. For the past 3 weeks there has been an area impacting some of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana with "abnormally dry" to "moderate drought". This will have an impact on yields.

Gary DrimmerChief Executive OfficerWorld Ag Associates LLC

Ethanol & Corn:Senate Tells Industry To Grow Up After Over 30 Years Of Subsidies

June 19, 2011

Analysis of:Senate votes to end US ethanol tax credits on July 1, rejects McCain amendment against blender pumps | biofuelsdigest.com

The US Senate last week approved to eliminate the blending tax credit and to open the market to Brazilian ethanol effective July 1st. This is not going to happen that quickly or completely, but something is going to happen soon.

Bill ManciPresidentFisheries Technology Associates, Inc.

Aquaculture receives good news about environmental impact

June 16, 2011

Analysis of:Blue Frontier: Managing the Environmental Costs of Aquaculture | www.conservation.org

Aquaculture has always been about environmental conservation, but some naysayers have continued to attack it with little regard for its upside. Now a new report reveals the truth about aquaculture and its benefits.

Gary DrimmerChief Executive OfficerWorld Ag Associates LLC

The Eastern Corn Belt Will Tighten Belt Next Year Without Corn

May 31, 2011

The wet spring has pushed back total seeded acreage of corn to where it will be impossible to have the high yield and large acreage needed to replenish inventories. In the Eastern Corn Belt delays in planting corn will force farmers to plant soybeans, if they can ever get into the field.

Bill ManciPresidentFisheries Technology Associates, Inc.

An aquaculture primer: a food production, investment, and conservation message

May 10, 2011

Aquaculture is the wave of the future. We grow our aquatic foods on fish farms, and at the same time preserve wild populations from decimation or extinction. Aquaculture has now come of age as an agricultural pursuit, and as a potential investment.

Gary DrimmerChief Executive OfficerWorld Ag Associates LLC

Where Will Climate Hit Crops Next

February 20, 2011

Analysis of:Droughts in China More Frequent and Intense, Scientists Say | www.cadenagramonte.cu

Climate change has been having a growing impact on crops around the world. Momentum seems to be picking up. China now facing a drought every year, instead of every 5 to 10 years.

Gary DrimmerChief Executive OfficerWorld Ag Associates LLC

DuPont Makes Major Push Into Food and Biofuels With Proposed Danisco Acquisition

January 10, 2011

Analysis of:DuPont looks to food, biofuel with Danisco play | www.reuters.com

Danisco has announced it has accepted a $6.3 billion offer from DuPont after reviewing several other offers. This is DuPont's largest acquisition in the food/natural science sector since they acquired Pioneer seed. It is a very interesting move that could add to their drive to be involved more in renewable products and one that may help define their 3rd century of existence. Other players may yet enter the bidding, though the price seems fair if not high.

Bill ManciPresidentFisheries Technology Associates, Inc.

As the rest of the world “catches up,” U.S. aquaculture will flourish

December 14, 2010

Despite a nasty recession (and to some degree because of it), the U.S. is poised to become a more significant producer of aquacultured seafood.

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