Peterson raised the idea of putting the Agriculture Department in charge of a loan guarantee program that would support the first wave of cellulosic ethanol plants. Much of the new spending on renewable energy would be drawn from a reserve fund that requires lawmakers to find the money from other existing sources or "offsets. The chairman of the subcommittee that oversees biofuels, Democrat Tim Holden of Pennsylvania, said he aimed for "a robust multibillion-dollar" program to develop new...

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The market was subjected to two-sided activity, with old/new crop spreads featured over the course of the day, analysts said. The inverse spread relationship between nearby and deferred month futures widened Friday, with tightening old crop inventories and favorable crop conditions creating a divergence in price direction, analysts added. A quiet news front kept attention on weather and technical factors, with traders taking a cautious approach, looking ahead to next week's crop ratings...

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In the past decade, food allergies have become a major point of concern for paediatricians, especially those treating very young children. Already being marketed internationally, the results represent a major success for European medical research and development. Aside from the well-known 'immediate' forms of allergy, which involve rapid acute symptoms upon allergen ingestion, 'delayed' types have also been described since the 1990s. Benhamou says the Nutricia laboratory, a world leader in...

There is a seasonal tendency for wheat prices to slide as the markets prepare for supply from the winter wheat crop to come on line, analysts said. However, corn dipped into negative territory before the close, sending wheat on a track deep into negative territory, he added. wheat futures finished sharply lower Friday as prices got caught in a seasonal slump heading into harvest, traders and analysts said. origin to be offered under a tender issued by State Trading corp. on behalf of...