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The Ag Supply Chain Working to Curb Deforestation

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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While I was yanking your chain on Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Archer Daniels Midland is rolling out a proposal to "assess the impact of its supply chains on forests and other areas that have high conservation value. It will formally announce details of its policy at its annual meeting on May 7," the Times wrote.

Effectively, ADM and others are working to make sure their commodities are not sourced from land coming from forest-clearing around the globe. Forests, particularly rain forests, are the planets natural carbon sinks, but across the world forests are eroding due to clearing efforts to exand mass production certain crops. 

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ADM will work with a non-profit group to map out its supply chain and examine how that affects global forest systems.

ADM is seeking to match some of the work done by other companies such as Cargill and Kellogg.

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RJZ Peterson
4/9/2015 | 3:57 PM CDT
Jay, don't make us "monster pickup truck" owners out to be bad guys. I, personally, use my pickup almost daily for uses your puny electric car won't suffice. For me, it doesn't make sense to buy a car like yours for everyday driving because it would cost me more than what I would save. Another thing you need to realize is not everybody can afford to install solar and geothermal unless they borrow the money. As I see it, if you have to borrow the money to purchase that equipment most consumers won't be able to utilize that equipment to its full extent and save money with it. Until solar and geothermal become less expensive to install I don't foresee them to be a very viable option for many. If these alternatives work for you then great! But it is just simply not the same case for everybody. Yes, there are people who drive pickups that never use them for what they are, but you are on a ag forum, all of us use our pickups for pickups, not cars. Besides, I burn thousands of gallons of fuel each year, a small fraction of which is burned in my pickups. You are preaching to the wrong choir.
Jay Mcginnis
4/8/2015 | 8:28 PM CDT
Craig, I am sure the extra that those gas guzzling monster pick up trucks pay in road tax more then make up for my tiny electric car that Hannity and Rush claim doesn't work anyhow! 29,000 miles, $0 for gasoline, $0 oil change, $0 emission testing, $0 road tax,,,, upsetting neocons, priceless!
CRAIG MOORE
4/7/2015 | 2:41 PM CDT
Still not coming out here are ya, bud. And how much road infrastructure funds have you paid to be able to drive those 29,000 miles?
Jay Mcginnis
4/5/2015 | 8:34 PM CDT
Bet your great grandfather said the same thing about the Model T 100 years ago Craig! Of course no one would never replace horses with machines run by those tiny internal combustion engines! Some people just never change, thats why they are called conservatives.
CRAIG MOORE
4/3/2015 | 10:03 AM CDT
Still waiting for you to come out and drive around Montana in that fantastic car of your in January, Jay.
Bonnie Dukowitz
4/2/2015 | 8:01 PM CDT
You made my point very well, Jay. Thank you.
Jay Mcginnis
4/2/2015 | 7:00 PM CDT
Well Bonnie I have 29,000 miles on my electric car and only had to put air in the tires. 10 years now I've been solar powered and geothermal heat. A pretty clean and low carbon trail.
Bonnie Dukowitz
4/2/2015 | 7:12 AM CDT
I sure wish the Enviro's would also took a look in the review mirror and see their own waste trail.
Jay Mcginnis
4/2/2015 | 6:37 AM CDT
I feel much better now, nothing like industrial self regulation! Sort of like GM saying they will cut back on auto production to curb greenhouse gas emissions!