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USDA ups forecast for dairy retail prices

By Guy Montague-Jones

The USDA has once again increased its yearly forecast for dairy retail prices but economists believe an end to price hikes is in sight.

Special edition: alternatives to carbon heavy processes

Distillers cut carbon bill by turning whisky by-products into energy

By Guy Montague-Jones

A group of distillers in Rothes, Scotland, began building a power plant this week that turns whisky by-products into energy and could cut total carbon emissions from the Scotch whisky industry by 6 per cent.