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THE NEWS WEEKLY OF GRAIN-BASED FOODS JUNE 14, 2011

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‘Grain chain’ gives unanimous support for MyPlate
WASHINGTON — The “grain chain,” which includes such leading grainbased foods groups as the American Bakers Association, the Grain Foods Foundation, the National Association of Wheat Growers and the North American Millers’ Association, issued unanimous support for the new MyPlate food icon introduced June 2 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The group said the new graphic “strongly illustrates the importance of grains in a healthy lifestyle.” “We commend the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.), Health and Human Services (H.H.S.), and First Lady Michelle Obama for their work to develop the new healthy eating icon released today,” the group said. “The icon will be a critical tool in educating children, parents, and individuals

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MacLennan named president of Cargill
MINNEAPOLIS — Cargill has realigned its senior leadership, including the naming of David MacLennan as president and chief operating officer. Mr. MacLennan joined Cargill in 1991 and has held various leadership positions within the financial, risk management, energy, and animal protein businesses in the United States, London and Geneva. He is a member of the Corporate Leadership Team and was named chief financial officer and elected to the company’s board in 2008. Prior to joining Cargill, he was senior vice-president with Goldberg Bros. in Chicago and a member of
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in healthy and sensible eating. With grains appropriately occupying a large portion on the dinner plate graphic, the agencies are making a strong statement regarding the importance of grains as the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. The average American should eat six servings of grain foods daily, at least
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Canadian government targets C.W.B. monopoly on wheat marketing
OTTAWA — Canada’s conservative government will use its majority in the House of Commons to enact legislation ending the monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board over the marketing of wheat and barley grown in western Canada by Aug. 1, 2012, said Gerry Ritz, Canada’s minister of agriculture and minister responsible for the C.W.B. Wheat board supporters challenged the government to put the future of C.W.B. monopoly to a vote by western Canadian producers, but Mr. Ritz asserted the vote that mattered was that of May 2, when Canadian voters elected a majority Conservative Party government. The Canadian Wheat Board was established in 1935, during the Great Depression, to be the sole marketer of western Canadian wheat. The same depression era saw the establishment of the Australian Wheat Board and the enactment in the United States of farm support programs that still underlie current U.S. farm policy. The Australian and Canadian governments opted to create single-desk-selling systems for producers’ wheat in the 1930s while the U.S. government sought less extreme measures to support depression-era farmers in dire straits. The Australian Wheat Board was
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