Georgia Peanuts for Poultry Feed and Mixed Message on Trump Tariffs

Georgia Peanuts for Poultry Feed and Mixed Message on Trump Tariffs

Bob Larson
Bob Larson
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.

**The Georgia Peanut Commission will promote peanuts as a poultry feed ingredient at the International Production and Processing Expo in Atlanta later this month.

In recent years, according to www.morningagclips.com, GPC has funded research conducted by Dr. Ondulla Toomer with the

USDA’s Ag Research Service examining the use of unblanched high-oleic peanuts as a preferred alternate feed ingredient in layer and broiler diets.

Georgia is the No. 1 producing state for broilers and peanuts.

www.morningagclips.com/gpc-to-promote-peanuts-as-poultry-feed-ingredient/

**A recent Washington Post report says President-elect Trump’s aides are considering narrowing his tariff plans, so they’d only apply to specific critical imports.

But, in a Truth Social post, Trump says that is false.

If it happens, the plan would mark a significant narrowing of the universal tariffs of 10 to 20% that Trump proposed during his campaign, a move economists expect to drive up consumer prices and distort global trade patterns.

**China approved five gene-edited crop varieties and 12 types of genetically modified soybeans, corn, and cotton.

Reuters says the expanded approvals are intended to boost high-yielding crops, reduce the need for imports, and ensure Chinese food security.

Many Chinese consumers remain concerned about the safety of GM food crops.

A ministry document says the safety certificates for the newly approved varieties are valid for five years, beginning last month.

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