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Ag secretary says U.S. isn’t “going to run out of corn”

October 17, 2012

washington / reuters U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says tight corn stocks aren’t a cause for concern. “We really have to wait until the kernels are counted and the (soy) beans are counted to know the impact of the drought,” said Vilsack. “I don’t think the United States of America is going to run out

Crops, International news, News

EU official says strategic food stocks not the way to tame food prices

October 17, 2012

Reuters / Increased production, not strategic foods stocks, is the most effective way to tame food prices, says a senior EU official. Last month, French President Francois Hollande launched a global campaign to win support for creating strategic stockpiles of food commodities to keep a lid on food prices. But it would be better to

Crops, International news, News

One in eight of world population still going hungry: UN

By Catherine Hornby October 17, 2012

One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations’ food agencies said Oct. 9, and aid groups warned that rising food prices could reverse gains in the fight against hunger. In a report on food insecurity, the UN agencies said 868 million people were hungry in 2010-12, or about

Opinion

Letters — for 2012-10-11 00:00:00

October 17, 2012

Government actions to blame Regarding the Sept. 6 story “Latest feed crisis may be too much for the battered hog sector, I believe there is another very important factor that should not be disregarded. For every action, there is and will be, an opposite and equal reaction. The final straw, in this most recent case,

Crops

Japan corn users urge U.S. to limit ethanol

By Risa Maeda October 17, 2012

Six key groups of corn users in Japan, the world’s biggest user of the grain, have urged the United States, the world’s biggest supplier, to cut back on using corn to make ethanol, so as to ease a supply shortage due to the worst drought in 56 years. In the first request of its kind,

Beef cattle, Crops, Hogs, Livestock, News, Weather

U.S. drought heading from croplands to the meat counter

By P.J. Huffstutter, Theopolis Waters September 22, 2012

The worst drought to hit U.S. cropland in more than half a century could soon leave Americans reaching deeper into their pockets to fund a luxury that people in few other countries enjoy: affordable meat. Drought-decimated fields have pushed grain prices sky high, and the rising feed costs have prompted some livestock producers to liquidate

Crops, News

France putting brakes on biofuel push

September 22, 2012

paris / reuters / French President Francois Hollande wants “a pause in the development of biofuels” and creation of strategic food stocks. The move is in response to the third global food price spike in four years, this time sparked by the worst U.S. drought in over half a century and persistent dry conditions in

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Food price shocks a serious threat, UN says

By Reuters September 22, 2012

World leaders must take swift, co-ordinated action to ensure that food price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe that could hurt tens of millions of people in coming months, the United Nations’ food agencies said in a statement on Sept. 4. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis of the kind seen

News

EU to limit crop-based biofuels

By Reuters September 17, 2012

The European Union will impose a limit on the use of crop-based biofuels over fears they are less climate friendly than initially thought and compete with food production, draft EU legislation seen by Reuters showed. The draft rules, which would need the approval of EU governments and lawmakers, represent a major shift in Europe’s much-criticized

News

Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics

By Barbara Lewis, Ivana Sekularac September 18, 2012

Drought-stricken crops and record-high grain prices have strengthened critics of the European Union biofuel industry, adding fears of a food crisis to their claims that it does not ultimately reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The renewed anxiety adds to pressure on the EU’s executive commission to forge a deal this year to help ensure that EU

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

Tag Archives Biofuels

Ag secretary says U.S. isn’t “going to run out of corn”

EU official says strategic food stocks not the way to tame food prices

One in eight of world population still going hungry: UN

Letters — for 2012-10-11 00:00:00

Japan corn users urge U.S. to limit ethanol

U.S. drought heading from croplands to the meat counter

France putting brakes on biofuel push

Food price shocks a serious threat, UN says

EU to limit crop-based biofuels

Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics

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