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New EU Farm Chief Seeks Middle Ground

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The European Union’s top farm official said he would seek to combine market forces and support mechanisms for farmers in a debate on the bloc’s farm policy that is set to oppose countries like France and Britain. But European Agriculture Commiss ioner Dacian Ciolos said it was too early to discuss specific measures that may
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EU Ministers Discuss Policy Reform

EU farm ministers see market management instruments as a key component in tackling price volatility and supply crises in the European Union’s common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2013. The ministers debated the role of market-related agricultural subsidies as part of a wider review of the bloc’s farm policy Feb. 22, which eats up 40 per
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Drop Seen In Canadian Flax Output

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Canadian flaxseed production in the upcoming 2010-11 crop year is expected to be down significantly from the level achieved in 2009-10, based on data presented at the Canadian Wheat Board’s Grain World conference by Informa Economics Inc. Chuck Penner, senior consultant with Informa Economics Inc. estimated 2010-11 Canadian flaxseed output at 742,000 tonnes, which would
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Industrial Ag Model Is Broken, Says Ag Economist

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It’s just a matter of time before small towns humming with diversified, locally based economic activity surrounded by a thriving countryside filled with hardworking farm families start making a major comeback on the rural landscape. Why? There’s simply no other choice going forward, according to John Ikerd, a retired U. S. agricultural economist and author
Cereals, Livestock

FAO Sees Less Wheat, More Coarse Grains

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World wheat output could fall by five per cent in 2010 after two bumper crop years, but coarse grain output may rise, the United Nations’ food agency said. Wheat-planted areas in the United States dropped to the lowest level in almost a century because of bad weather and falling prices, the UN Food and Agriculture
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India Reforms Fertilizer Pricing, Farms To Gain

India has eased controls on several fertilizers and raised prices of the popular urea nutrient by 10 per cent, raising hopes of more reforms, lower subsidies and higher margins for producers. The government, facing protests against soaring food prices, has cautioned fertilizer firms that if prices rise sharply, it will reimpose controls to protect farmers
Cereals, News

EU Rejects French Request To Help Cereal Farmers

The Europe an Union executive does not have sufficient reasons to intervene in the cereal market, the bloc’s farm chief said Feb. 22, turning down a French request to help farmers hit by low prices. At a meeting of European Union farm ministers in Brussels, France asked the European Commission, which is in charge of
Crops, Oilseeds

Canadian Farmers Frustrated Over Flax Issue

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Western Canadian farmers taking part in a conference call Feb. 1, to discuss the state of the flaxseed industry, expressed concern over some of the plans offered by the market representatives to deal with the trace amounts of genetically modified material that has been found in flaxseed samples across the country. The requirement that producers
Cereals, News

Obama Export Plan Nudges Farm Trade Agenda Forward

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U. S. farm exporters are relieved that trade has finally made it on to President Barack Obama’s agenda, although his new goal to double U. S. exports in five years might be a little too optimistic. After a year when farm expor ters wondered aloud whether the administration even had a trade policy, Obama linked
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EU Weighs Proposals To Break GMO Deadlock

Plans to let national governments decide whether to allow genetically modified (GMO) crop cultivation on their land could unblock a paralysis in EU GMO approvals, but risk igniting internal-market disputes. Proposals from the Dutch and Austrian governments, under consideration by the executive European Commission, have won the backing of several countries and interested parties, and

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