Daily News Update, Dec. 11, 2007

Statistical analysis finds little connection
between corn ethanol production and consumers' food bills
A new report by Informa Economics finds a comparatively "weak correlation" between corn prices and overall food costs. Just four percent of the change in the food consumer price index could be attributed to fluctuations in the price of corn. more
 

NRCS provides $4 million for flood damage repairs
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has received $4 million through its Emergency Watershed Protection program to fulfill some of the requests for assistance in repairing stream banks and waterways damaged in spring floods in eight counties in central Texas. more
 

Gov. Dolph Briscoe honored for history endowment
Former Texas Gov. and TSCRA Past-President Dolph Briscoe Jr. was honored at a dinner hosted by the Center for American History at the University of Texas, Dec. 4 in Austin, Texas, for his endowment for Texas history. more
 

Here's the beef on passengers' rights: It's politics
In America, we guarantee better treatment of animals being sent to the slaughterhouse than we do human passengers on airplanes. more
 

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