The Van Trump Report

Month: June 2022

Big Meat Companies Gobbling Up Alternative Meat Companies

Big meat and food conglomerates are gobbling up producers of meat alternatives according to the latest industry reports. Meat companies such as JBS and Cargill have invested heavily in plant-based proteins and laboratory-grown meats in recent years and bought out several smaller companies. Other companies investing heavily in the space also include Kellog’s, Conagra, Tyson …

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Interesting… A Double-Edge Sword as Almond Farmers Juggle Drought and Plunging Prices

A majority of the world’s almonds supplies come from California, a state that happens to be experiencing a historic drought. As shrinking water supplies threaten to push already razor-thin margins into negative territory, growers are increasingly questioning the economic sanity of sinking more money into the water-thirsty crop. Almond prices have plummeted to around $1.75 …

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USDA Report Examines Barriers to Higher Ethanol Blends in U.S.

Today, virtually all gasoline sold in the U.S. contains 10% ethanol (E10) thanks to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that came into effect in 2005. Between 2005 and 2010, ethanol sales more than tripled before leveling off as a result of increased vehicle fuel efficiency and the rise of hybrid and electric vehicles. With these …

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GREAT LESSON – How Sri Lanka’s Organic Farming Experiment Went Terribly Wrong

Sri Lanka’s government was recently toppled amid the worst economic crisis since the island nation gained independence in 1948. The country’s ruling Rajapaksa family is blamed for severely mismanaging the economy, resulting in a default on Sri Lanka’s sovereign debt, the collapse of its currency, and a humanitarian crisis due to a severe shortage of …

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World’s First Ammonia-Powered Zero-Emissions Tractor Starts Testing

The world’s first ammonia-powered zero-emissions tractor successfully completed its first demonstration run at the Advanced Energy Center at Stony Brook University in New York last week.  The midsized John Deere tractor had its diesel engine replaced with an “ammonia to power” system developed by a startup called Amogy. The system converts the energy-dense chemical into …

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INTERESTING READ… Study Shows Crop Growth Locations Could Dramatically Shift

If Emily Burchfield, author of a recent study and assistant professor in Emory’s Department of Environmental Sciences is correct, the U.S. government might start to take a fresh look at what crops get subsidized and in what areas.  Don’t kill the messenger on this one. This study was sent my way last week and it …

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