Second infant formula flight: A cargo plane under contract with the Pentagon was scheduled to arrive at Dulles International Airport with 100,000 pounds of specialty infant formula on Wednesday afternoon, the second delivery through Operation Fly Formula. (FERN’s Ag Insider)
India limits sugar exports: A week after it restricted wheat exports, India said it would control sugar exports from June 1-Oct. 31 to prevent a surge in domestic food prices. India is the world’s second-largest sugar exporter. (Economic Times)
Using food as weapon: Russia is “using hunger and grain to wield power” by blockading Ukrainian ports and hoarding its own food reserves in pursuit of victory against its Black Sea neighbor, said the president of the European Commission. (Associated Press)
Beer, a GMO steppingstone: Bioceres Crop Solutions, a developer of GMO wheat, is in talks with a Brazilian maker of craft beers to brew a lager with its drought- and herbicide-tolerant wheat. (Bloomberg)
Bronaugh, Baldwin host roundtable: Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh was scheduled to join Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin at a roundtable on farmers’ mental health on Friday in Arlington, Wisconsin, about 20 miles north of Madison. (FERN’s Ag Insider)
Carbon neutral beef? New Zealand’s leading red meat company Silver Fern Farms launched USDA-approved net zero grass-fed beef, saying it could measure how much of the carbon emitted in cattle production is being absorbed by the diverse vegetation on its farms. (Silver Fern Farms)