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Dow seeks arbitration in pesticide bans

By Alex Binkley October 30, 2008

A pesticide manufacturer has pushed back against the provincial bans on so-called cosmetic pesticides. Dow AgroSciences has filed a notice with the Canadian government seeking arbitration on the impact of a pesticide ban imposed by Quebec in 2006. That action breached Canada’s obligations under NAFTA, the company says. Through the Chapter 11 investor protector provisions

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World food balance seen unclear for next decade

October 30, 2008

World farming will face uncertainty for at least 10 years over how far supply and demand can be balanced, implying little short-term relief from price volatility, the EU’s leading agricultural producer France says. In a working paper authored by France and being discussed by EU agriculture ministers at an informal meeting in late September, Paris

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India’s biofuel target risks food price row

By Mayank Bhardwaj, Rajkumar Ray October 23, 2008

India on Sept. 11 set an ambitious 20 per cent target for biofuels use within a decade, threatening to revive the food-versus-fuel debate just as global food prices stabilize to the relief of poor consumers and governments. Prices of grains like rice and wheat have fallen from record levels in 2007 and early 2008 as

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Manitobans earn “Golden Carrots” on World Food Day

By Lorraine Stevenson October 23, 2008

“Let’s continue to build on this effort to bring more food security to this province.” – Rosann Wowchuk Organic greenhouse grower and farm and rural advocate David Neufeld of Boissevain is the recipient of one of six “Golden Carrot” awards handed out at the Manitoba legislature on World Food Day last week. This is the

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U. S. farmers to get bonus to open CRP land

October 16, 2008

Farmers and ranchers will be paid US$3 per acre if they open up land they’ve enrolled in the Conservation Reserve program (CRP) to public activities, including hunting and fishing, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Oct. 3. The goal of the initiative is to double public access on CRP land to seven million acres by

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FAO urges world to rethink biofuel use

By Robin Pomeroy, Svetlana Kovalyova October 16, 2008

Growing demand for biofuels will boost prices of agricultural commodities in the next 10 years. The western world needs to rethink its rush to biofuels, which has done more harm pushing up food prices than it has good by reducing greenhouse gases, a United Nations report said Oct. 7. The UN Food and Agr icul

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Dow seeks arbitration in pesticide bans

World food balance seen unclear for next decade

India’s biofuel target risks food price row

Manitobans earn “Golden Carrots” on World Food Day

U. S. farmers to get bonus to open CRP land

FAO urges world to rethink biofuel use

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