Author: Darren Holt

BusinessTrade

ADM Offers Unusual Pricing Deal to Secure Soybean Supplies Amid Farmer Resistance

Global grain merchant ADM is implementing an unusual free deferred pricing program to encourage soybean deliveries from US farmers. The move comes as farmers resist selling at current low prices, creating supply challenges for major processors during peak harvest season.

Processor Implements Unusual Harvest Season Strategy

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co, one of the world’s largest grain merchants, is reportedly offering unusual incentives to U.S. farmers to deliver soybeans to its major processing facility in Decatur, Illinois, according to industry sources. The program, described as free deferred pricing, allows farmers to deliver crops immediately while setting the final sale price as late as September 2026 without paying storage fees, sources indicate.

by Darren Holt
HealthcareScience

Novel mRNA Nanoparticle Vaccine Shows Broad Protection Against COVID Variants in Mouse Study

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking vaccine platform combining mRNA technology with computationally designed protein nanoparticles. The approach generated robust immune protection against both original and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 strains in mouse models, according to newly published research.

Breakthrough Vaccine Platform Combines mRNA and Nanoparticle Technologies

A multi-institutional research team led by University of Washington scientists has engineered a novel vaccine approach that reportedly generates potent immunity against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine. The platform integrates messenger RNA delivery with computationally designed protein nanoparticle immunogens, creating what sources indicate could be a next-generation vaccine strategy.

by Darren Holt