Though portions of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales received some rain during May and June, those areas will need additional showers to recover from drought, according to DTN Meteorologist Joel Burgio. See DTN Ag News. BFull Story...

A coalition of food-processing companies and trade groups for livestock producers are asking President Bush to suspend the tariff on imported ethanol. See DTN Ag News. BFull Story...

Olsen Custom Farms focuses on recruitment and management to keep their foreign work force happy and their combines running. See DTN Ag News. 1^Full Story...

Science and technology ministers, meeting ahead of the G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan, addressed global food shortages and high prices. Part of their report called on expanded use of biotechnology to increase food production. See DTN Ag News. @^Full Story...