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MATRIC Publishes Book on Feeding Distillers Grains (news release)

Fall 2008 Iowa Ag Review
In this issue: dropping corn prices; hitting the ethanol blend wall; splash & dash in biodiesel; costs/benefits of fixing Gulf hypoxia

Summer 2008 Iowa Ag Review
In this issue: breaking the food-biofuels link; ACRE program primer; permanent disaster assistance; food demand projection

Branding Agricultural Products
Presentations for the Speaker Program on Food Branding, hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro. This program was initiated as part of U.S. Ambassador Roderick W. Moore's three priority areas in Montenegro, one of which is to connect food production and processing in the north with markets in the rest of the country.

Spring 2008 Iowa Ag Review
In this issue: Corn Belt crop insurance payments; 2008 corn price outlook; options for the CRP; ag trade with a weak dollar; crop insurance revenues from high prices

Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Demand for Corn-Based Distillers Grains by the U.S. Beef Industry
Roxanne Clemens, Bruce A. Babcock

Winter 2008 Iowa Ag Review
In this issue: the commodity price bubble; dried distillers grains and U.S. beef; biodiesel mandates; the outlook for corn and ethanol