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Hog Losses Cut Wide Swath

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I was one of many who believed Saskatchewan, with its landlocked feed grain supply, was a logical place for the hog industry to prosper. Alarge number and individuals and businesses have lost money due to the demise of the Saskatchewan pork industry. Big Sky Farms, which is currently under creditor protection, is just the latest
Livestock

French Farmers Want More Flexible EU Aid

The European Union should vary the amount of aid it gives to farmers to help them cope with swings in market conditions, France’s main farm union said Jan. 7. EU farm aid totals some 40 billion euros (US$57 billion) annually and will be at the heart of negotiations starting this year on the future of
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Excess Liquidity Driving Up Food Prices

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Excess liquidity in global markets is driving up prices of farm commodities, which could be potentially dangerous in the near term, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said Dec. 11. With global interest rates at historic lows, investors are piling into different markets and asset classes in search of higher returns, raising concerns about possible asset
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Green Box Subsidies Can Also Distort Trade

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Efforts to overhaul agricultural support in rich countries are increasingly under challenge for failing to remove the unfair distortions in global trade that they purport to eliminate, a new study says. The study by agriculture and trade economists, published by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), questions the thrust of farm negotiations
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World Bank To Start Agriculture Fund With $1.5 Billion

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The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said Nov. 24, warning of the risk of another food price crisis. Crop shortages in India and the Philippines combined with increased speculation in commodity markets by investment funds have increased the
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Buying Of Developing Countries’ Farmland Slows: UN

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“Maybe some of them don’t want to take this political risk, reputational risk and economic risk.” – JEAN-PHILIPPE AUDINET, IFAD The pace at which investors in richer countries have been buying farmland in developing nations has slowed with the fall in food prices this year from peaks hit in 2008, United Nations farming experts said
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Fault Lines Run Deep As EU Farm Policy Talks Heat Up

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An “offensive strategy” by France to take the lead in shaping a reform of European Union farm policy may not be enough to shield French farmers from the far-reaching changes sought by other member states. The 27-nation bloc plans to overhaul its complex Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which often provokes fierce arguments, and wants to
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Development Policy Driven By Common Sense, Not Edicts

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…most of the recommendations he identifies are drawn from the actual practice employed by many of the leading countries of the world as they went through their development phase. Alast-ditch effort to conclude the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations was held in the summer of 2008 in the hope that George W.
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How Weatherindexed Production Insurance Works

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Bees don’t fly much when it’s cold so honey production suffers. The weatherindexed crop insurance Rick McConnell, a consultant, and Watts and Associates have developed would give beekeepers the option to insure against cold at specific times of the year. A farmer could insure against too much or not enough rain or heat for the

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