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Egypt to spend $1.6 billion on local wheat purchases

March 28, 2013

cairo / reuters / Egypt’s government has allocated 11 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) to buy 4.5 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers this year, state media said March 24 as the most populous Arab country struggles to ensure supplies. Economic turmoil and a weakening local currency has made it harder for the government to

International news, News

Policy shift needed to tap Africa’s farm potential

March 25, 2013

Reuters / Africa’s agricultural sector could become a $1-trillion industry by 2030 if governments and the private sector radically rethink policies and support for farmers, a World Bank report said March 4. Africa’s food market, currently valued at $313 billion a year, could triple if farmers modernized their practices and had better access to credit,

Crops, International news

Conservatives call for big cut in U.S. crop insurance subsidy

By Charles Abbott March 25, 2013

A coalition of fiscal conservatives March 5 called for a steep cut in federal subsidies for crop insurance, setting up a clash with U.S. farm groups that see the program as their top priority in a new Farm Bill. Growers have collected more than $15 billion in payments for 2012 losses resulting from the worst

News

Farmers warned of the perils of not having workers’ compensation coverage

By Lorraine Stevenson March 16, 2013

Every non-family employee working on a farm must have WCB coverage — even those working  for a custom operator or some other employer

The prospect of an employee suffering a serious injury or being killed on your farm is awful enough. But farm employers without Workers Compensation Board coverage would also face the prospect of a lawsuit in such a situation. That was the sobering message delivered to a recent farm safety meeting put on by Keystone Agricultural

Livestock

Supply management views aired

By Victoria Paterson March 16, 2013

It wasn’t quite a debate, but attendees at the Alberta Beef Industry conference in Banff last month got two different views on supply management. On one side was New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy Alistair Polson, who said Canada’s protected marketing system for dairy and poultry is a deal breaker for entry into the Trans-Pacific

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Wheat: Short-term trend down – long-term trend up!

By David Drozd March 7, 2013

The wheat market has been under pressure since prices peaked in July 2012 So what has changed since last summer’s high? Wheat futures prices have declined $2.50 per bushel and cash prices have declined $1. The $1.50 difference in price is due to a better basis and a lower Canadian dollar. We have an open

News

Farm prosperity will depend on income

By Gord Gilmour February 23, 2013

Farm Credit Canada’s top economist says if you’re a Canadian farmer, you should really be hoping for the best in the Chinese economy. That’s because while population growth catches all the headlines and is credited for growing food demand, it’s looking increasingly like we’ll be able to feed nine billion by 2050. The question is

Crops, News

French bank suspends agricultural fund

February 22, 2013

Reuters / BNP Paribas, France’s No. 1 listed bank, has suspended a 160-million-euro ($214-million) agricultural commodities fund after international aid group Oxfam criticized French banks for speculating on food prices. “We are suspending subscriptions,” a spokeswoman for BNP said of its Parvest World Agriculture fund, explaining the move as part of the bank’s policy on

News

FCC accused of overstepping its mandate

By Ron Friesen February 15, 2013

A new report by a leading public policy think-tank accuses Farm Credit Canada and other federal financial Crown corporations of “mission creep” by offering services far beyond their original mandates. The report by the C.D. Howe Institute recommends their authority “should be clearly circumscribed and even rolled back” so private lenders can do more to

Grain Markets, Livestock Markets, News

CME surveys members on trade hours

By Tom Polansek February 6, 2013

The Chicago Board of Trade has launched a survey asking customers whether it should shorten the nearly non-stop electronic trading cycle for grains and hinted that executives had grown less concerned about competition from rival IntercontinentalExchange. The Board of Trade, which dominates agricultural trading with U.S. grain and oilseed futures and options contracts, in May

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives Economics — page 5

Egypt to spend $1.6 billion on local wheat purchases

Policy shift needed to tap Africa’s farm potential

Conservatives call for big cut in U.S. crop insurance subsidy

Farmers warned of the perils of not having workers’ compensation coverage

Supply management views aired

Wheat: Short-term trend down – long-term trend up!

Farm prosperity will depend on income

French bank suspends agricultural fund

FCC accused of overstepping its mandate

CME surveys members on trade hours

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