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IGC crop estimates higher

The Internat ional Grains Council (IGC) has raised its estimate for world wheat production in 2008-09 to 683 million tonnes, up seven million from its forecast issued last month. The IGC put the 2007-08 wheat crop at 610 million tonnes. “Crops in several Northern Hemisphere producers, including the EU, Russia, Ukraine, the U. S. and
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Europeans to rethink fresh produce standards

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EU regulators hope to consider ways to prevent “non-standard” farm produce like pockmarked carrots, dirty leeks and unripe apples from being thrown away – and sold to consumers instead. The European Union has a raft of regulations to define farm products, setting down minimum standards, sizes and categories. Since a lot of produce taken from
Beef cattle, Opinion

Fusarium burgers? They’re scientifcally safe

Though grain and oilseed prices have fallen dramatically over the past few weeks, it’s clear that’s largely due to fallout from the international credit crisis. That hasn’t changed the fundamentals of the marketplace. The recovery in production this year has helped move off the knife edge between supply and demand that was talked about so
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World food balance seen unclear for next decade

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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What’s in a name? For EU foods, it’s paperwork

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“I do agree with those who say that if we have too many, then the value of this tool becomes less important.” – EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel Europe may risk devaluing the reputation of its treasure trove of high-quality foods as ever more product names win protected status, joining the ranks of hams
News, Oilseeds

EU livestock sector hit by non-GM policy

Europe’s livestock industry will face hefty losses next year if the EU continues to ban tiny amounts of unapproved biotech material in imports, industry groups have warned. While the EU has approved a string of genetically modified products – mainly maize types – by default rubber stamps since 2004, it does not permit the presence
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EU says poultry spat with U. S. too hard to fix

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A promise by the European Commission to lift an 11-year-old ban on U. S. poultry imports has proven too hard to fulfil and it was probably unwise to try, a top EU official said Oct. 18. “It is a very, very contaminated political area,” EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said, referring to resistance in European
Cereals, News

EU restores import tariffs on cereals

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“We have now seen, since February of this year, a strong drop in prices below the level that we had actually expected.” – Mariann Fischer Boel The European Union agreed Oct. 16 to restore import tariffs on all cereals due to recent price slides in internal wheat and other key grain markets, the European Commission
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U. S. bill to wipe out “splash and dash”

The lucrative “splash and dash” practice of collecting U. S. tax credits on imported biodiesel fuel that is sent to Europe would end under the financial rescue bill sent to the White House Oct. 3. President George W. Bush was expected to sign the bill, which also extends the $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax credit through 2009
Beef cattle, News

WTO says beef hormone ban still unfounded

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) top court largely backed the United States and Canada Oct. 16 in a mixed ruling on an appeal over the European Union’s long-standing ban on beef treated with growth hormones. The dispute, dating back to the 1980s, has led to U. S. and Canadian sanctions of $125 million a year

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