Refractory metals welded or brazed with tungsten inert gas equipment

Appropriate brazing metals and temperatures facilitate the welding or brazing of base metals with tungsten inert gas equipment. The highest quality bond is obtained when TIG welding is performed in an inert atmosphere

Round-Up® Ready Spring Wheat: Its Potential Short-Term Impacts on U.S. Wheat Exports Markets and Prices*

This report examines potential impacts on export markets and prices from commercializing GMO hard red spring wheat in the U.S. within the next two to six years. GMO crop technology offers possible large benefits to consumers in the future, if plant-breeding concepts in the development stage materialize. For the short run, however, there is much evidence suggesting that the majority of foreign consumers have serious reservations about purchasing food products made from GMO wheat.

Hurricane damage and the grain markets

As of September 8, several Louisiana port export elevators were beginning to handle grain and the basis (price difference vs. futures markets) was beginning to strengthen along the lower Mississippi River. A number of the elevators are north of New Orleans and were beyond the worst part of the storm. Reports on September 8 indicated the shipping capacity was up to about 50 to 63 percent of full capacity. After the large number of barges tied up in the Memphis area are moved down and unloaded, Iowa river elevators may begin loading out some grain. However, it appears likely that capacity will be somewhat restricted for at least another month, and possibly longer