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Friday, May 18, 2012
Australian Agriculture Shares A$70 Million in Research Grants AUSTRALIA - Over 100 research and demonstration projects across the country will share in A$72.5 million as part of the Gillard Government’s first round of Filling the Research Gap and Action...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Winners Emerging from the Global Economic Crisis ANALYSIS - While the US economic recovery is continuing, it is slowing. There has been increasing consumption and increasing residential investment, but with falling non-residential investment,...
Mixed Reactions to Go Ahead for Grocery Adjudicator UK - The announcement in the Queens speech yesterday (9 May) that the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill is likely to be introduced shortly has been met with mixed reactions.
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
315 Million Households to Enter Middle Class by 2020 ANALYSIS - In the next eight years, another 315 million households around the world will shift in status to middle class, pushing the limits of food security for many countries, writes Sarah...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Kansas Wheat Tour: Yield Estimated at 49.1 Bu/A ANALYSIS - The final estimate for the 2012 Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour is a yield of 49.1 bushels per acre, 11.7 bushels higher than the 2011 estimate of 37.4 bushels per acre, writes Sarah Mikesell,...
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Impacts of Limits on Crop Insurance Risk Subsidies US - Discussion has centered on limiting crop insurance risk subsidies. In a March 2012 report, for example, the General Accounting Office (GAO) used a $40,000 limit on risk subsidies to calculate...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Economist: US Farm Bill Shifts to Risk Management, Reduces Overlap ANALYSIS - Karl Zulauf, agricultural economist and professor at The Ohio State University, said with the elimination of direct payments, creation of ARC, and enhancements to crop insurance, the...
Record Farm Output Levels Spur Solid Performance UK - New government figures show farming is performing strongly despite the on-going struggles of the wider economy, the National Farmers Union (NFU) said today.
Siquijor gets Agriculture and Fishery Projects PHILIPPINES - Long neglected and skipped over, Siquijor will finally have its day as P35 million worth of agricultural and fishery projects are poured in this island province and in Negros Oriental....
Monday, April 30, 2012
US Farm Bill: Who Won and Who Lost? ANALYSIS - The US Senate Committee on Agriculture's approval of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, also known as the 2012 US Farm Bill, finally gives the industry a chance to...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Vietnam's Middle Class Lifts Food, Feed Demand ANALYSIS - The growth in China has garnered a lot of attention lately, but China's neighbor - Vietnam - is another emerging market that is building our global middle class and increasing grain...
Monday, April 23, 2012
Rural Women Fall Behind on Millennium Development Goals GLOBAL - Governments have missed an important opportunity to support rural women, according to the NFU. The failure of the negotiations at the Commission on the Status of Women to reach an outcome...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
What's the Future for Corn Ethanol? ANALYSIS - Could the glory days for corn ethanol production in the US be grinding to a halt? And could there be a shift away from using corn for fuel production easing prices on grains used for...
US Sugar Programme 'Bad for Consumers, Bad for Agriculture' US - The Coalition for Sugar Reform yesterday pointed to the findings of a new Heritage Foundation policy brief as further evidence that the US sugar programme costs American consumers and food...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Brazil's Grain Crop Planted Area to Increase BRAZIL - The area planted for grain crops in Brazil is estimated at 52.29 million hectares and is 4.8 per cent higher than the cultivated crop in 2010/11, 49.89 ha, according to a survey by Conab...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Soybeans to Become Market Driver US - A new report on world agricultural supply and demand estimates issued earlier this week by the Agriculture Department is setting up what could be an interesting new crop market dynamic,...
Monday, April 09, 2012
Food Prices Remain Nearly Unchanged in March GLOBAL - World food prices in March remained virtually unchanged from their February levels, according to the latest FAO Food Price Index, published Thursday. The Index averaged 216 points in...
Thursday, April 05, 2012
UK Donates $25M to Improve Ag Statistics GLOBAL - The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has signed an agreement with FAO to donate £16 million ($25...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Expert: Global Agriculture Sees 'The Rise of the Rest' ANALYSIS - Jim Wiesemeyer, senior VP of Informa Economics, said that the emerging BRIC countries, not existing advanced economies, are where the economy and agriculture's future growth will come...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Possible Import Tariff Surcharge for Corn & Chicken Imports from Argentina CHILE and ARGENTINA - Chile's National Farm Bureau (SNA) is asking for surtax for corn and chicken imports from Argentina to avoid an estimated loss of over US$100 million for corn produce...
Monday, March 26, 2012
Bid to Move World Trade Talks Forward GLOBAL - Negotiators in the World Trade Organisation need more time to reflect on how to move the farm talks forward, according to the chairman of the negotiation panel, John Adank, New Zealand’s...
Friday, March 23, 2012
US Corn Quality Report Hits Algeria & Morocco ALGERIA & MOROCCO - In recent training seminars in Algeria and Morocco, the US Grains Council’s first annual US Corn Quality Harvest Report presented regional importers and feed millers...
Canadian Governments Enhance Crop Insurance CANADA - Alberta producers will have more crop insurance options to protect against losses caused by weather-related disasters in 2012.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Spain Calls for Advance on Subsidies to Combat Drought SPAIN - The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Miguel Arias Canete has said that Spain will request an advance of EU aid to ease the financial burdens on farms dealing...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
NFU on Ryan Budget: We Must Learn from the Past US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement following US House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan for Fiscal Year...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
No Increase for Cereal Growers in Levy Rate Changes UK - Levy rates to be charged to farmers, growers and others in the supply chain by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board have been approved by UK ministers.
Monday, March 19, 2012
New Study of Global Freshwater Scarcity & Agriculture's Impact GLOBAL - A new report analyzing water consumption in 405 river basins around the world found that water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people for at least one month each year.
Indian Government Donates Agriculture Equipment to Myanmar INDIA - The Indian government will provide US$10 million in assistance for the agriculture sector, its embassy in Yangon said last week.
India Soybeans to Trade Higher on Positive Global Cues INDIA - At e-CBOT platform soybean is seen trading flat at 1374 flat from its previous close.
Friday, March 16, 2012
NFU Outlines More Effective Farm Bill Plan During Senate Committee Hearing US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson testified yesterday before the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to discuss risk management and commodities...
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