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Waiter! There’s a giraffe in my kudu

By Reuters March 16, 2013

Only three days after being told their hamburgers may in fact be donkey or water buffalo, South African meat lovers have been dealt another blow: biltong, the fabled dried-meat snack, may not be as “wild” as many packets suggest. Acting on a hunch — and four years before Europe’s horsemeat scandal broke —researchers at the

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Weather

Dry weather wilts South African crops

By Olivia Kumwenda March 16, 2013

Reuters / Dry weather conditions have hit the main maize-growing areas in South Africa, wilting the crop and dashing prospects for better yields this year. South Africa’s provinces of Free State and North West, which together produce more than half of the country’s total maize crop, have been the hardest hit by the dry conditions

Crops, International news, News

China delays GMO corn, rice to woo the public

By Niu Shuping March 16, 2013

China has delayed the introduction of genetically modified rice and corn as it tries to head off public fears, leading government scientists said March 7. The world’s largest rice producer and consumer gave safety approvals to Bt rice and phytase corn in 2009, but has not yet begun commercial production, even though it has already

Cereals, Crops, International news

German flour mills fined for anti-competitive behaviour

March 16, 2013

Hamburg / Reuters /German cartel agency BKA has imposed 41 million euros ($54.7 million) in fines on 22 flour mills and the German flour mills association for anti-competitive behaviour. BKA said it levied the fines for agreements in the marketing of flour. The investigation started in 2008 with searches of flour mills, and previous fines

International news, News

China’s planners push urbanization as main growth driver

By Aileen Wang And David Stanway March 16, 2013

Reuters / China’s planned urbanization drive will be main engine of growth for domestic economic activity in the years ahead, giving the government scope to boost domestic demand and infrastructure investment, a senior planning official said March 6. China plans to spend 40 trillion yuan ($6.4 trillion) to bring 400 million people to cities over

Livestock, Other livestock

U.S. animal rights groups: ‘Nay’ to horse slaughter plan

By Carey Gillam March 7, 2013

Reuters / Animal rights groups are threatening to sue the U.S. government if officials move ahead with plans to allow meat-packing companies to resume the slaughter of horses for human consumption, a practice that was banned in 2006. “It’s a big fight,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. “We

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Forced government furloughs could cause meat shortages

March 7, 2013

Reuters / Americans should expect to experience spotty shortages of meat due to furloughs of food inspectors caused by federal budget cuts, but the government will stagger the layoffs to minimize the impact, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 27. Automatic budget cuts began to take effect March 1 when the nation’s largest employer, the

International news, News

China’s giant challenge — defining who owns the farmland

By Lucy Hornand Hui Li February 22, 2013

Reuters / The bare lightbulbs, unheated rooms and elderly residents of the whitewashed village of Yangwang in eastern China make it seem an unlikely place for an experiment in cutting-edge satellite technology. This tiny village in Anhui province was home to a pilot project that for the first time mapped farmers’ land holdings, putting it

Crops, News

Glencore director questions corn-based biofuel

February 15, 2013

dubai / reuters / A director of commodity trading giant Glencore is questioning the conversion of corn into ethanol biofuel, saying it can contribute to higher prices. Critics of using foodstuffs to make fuel say the process can drive up food prices by reducing available supplies, hitting the world’s poorest people hardest. Responding to a

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, International news, News

Canada-EU talks hit a stalemate

By David Ljunggren February 15, 2013

Canada and the European Union failed to settle their differences on a proposed free trade deal this week at top-level talks to hammer out an agreement that is already well behind schedule. Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht spent Feb. 6 and 7 in Ottawa discussing contentious issues including

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U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

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