B vitamin essential for healthy development of babies early in pregnancy.

Follows abandonment of multi-year checkoff effort.

Plant is about one-third the size of a typical corn stalk.

Females growing in number, ascending to leadership positions in milling associations.

Consortium committed to diversity in agriculture and food sector.

Plan involves increasing self-sufficiency, investing in foreign agribusiness and farmland.

Surpasses 5.1 million tonnes loaded onto vessels in six-month period.

Event includes educational sessions, expo and awards.

Sessions will cover production methods, procurements systems for grains, oilseeds and more.

Farmers surveyed concerned about weaking grain prices.