Jordan’s state grains buyer has issued a new international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal feed barley, European traders said on Monday. The deadline for submission of price offers in the tender is June 8. Shipment in the new tender is sought in a series of possible combinations in 60,000 tonne consignments in the full month of September and/or
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Anti-counterfeit tags with QR codes are being trialled as a new kind of security measure to help reveal if the whisky you’re buying is fake. According to researchers at Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, the edible silk tags could be a step towards identifying fake alcohol products as well as counterfeit medications. Young Kim, associate head for research
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AUSTRALIA is forecast to produce 30.3 million tonnes (Mt) of wheat in 2022-23, with barley forecast at 10.9Mt and canola at 5.6Mt, according to figures released today by ABARES in its Australian Crop Report June 2022 edition. Both wheat and barley production from the crop now being planted are forecast to be the fourth-largest on record, while canola production at
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