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Russia to face milling wheat, rye deficit

By Polina Devitt, Robin Paxton November 22, 2012

Reuters / Russia’s miller’s union said it has asked the government to ease conditions for importing wheat from Kazakhstan and rye from Germany this spring to cover a shortage after drought slashed grain crops. Russia, historically the world’s No. 3 global exporter, was hit by hot and dry weather this year, which slashed its wheat

Livestock, News

U.S. Farm Bill could be delayed until April 2013

By Christine Stebbins November 21, 2012

Reuters / The U.S. Congress could delay passage of a new five-year Farm Bill until spring planting given the full plate of legislation needed after the election to avoid a fiscal cliff with its mandatory U.S. budget cuts, a top farm policy expert said Nov. 5. “My prediction is that we will get a Farm

News

The long, brutal haul from farm to port in Brazil

By Peter Murphy November 15, 2012

Reuters / When Marcondes Mendonça hauls corn from Brazil’s Farm Belt to port in the distant south, the young trucker prays for protection from gaping potholes and dangerous drivers, and dreads the squalid toilets on the seven-day journey ahead. He also braces for other hassles: traffic bottlenecks, backlogs at port and a stifling bureaucracy. Overwhelmed

Livestock, News

New Mexico coyote-hunting contest pits ranchers against wildlife lovers

By Zelie Pollon November 15, 2012

Reuters / A statewide coyote-hunting contest planned for later this month has caused an uproar in New Mexico, pitting environmentalists against ranchers, as heated words flooded social media networks and thousands signed a petition opposing the hunt as cruel. The furor prompted the Albuquerque gun store owner who originally sponsored the contest to cancel, but

Cereals, Crops, News

India on track to produce surplus wheat for the sixth year in a row

By Mayank Bhardwaj November 15, 2012

India, which is also the world’s biggest consumer of grain after China, produced a record 93.9 million tonnes in 2012

India looks likely to harvest a bumper crop of wheat in 2013, its sixth in a row to exceed demand, after late monsoon rains replenished soil moisture, strengthening prospects for exports from the world’s second-biggest producer for a second year. Annual monsoon rains picked up after a slow start in June, prompting Farm Minister Sharad

News

Huge crop losses in southern Haiti from storm

By Susana Ferreira November 9, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy barrelled toward the U.S. East Coast Oct. 29, the full extent of the storm’s havoc on Haiti was just beginning to emerge. Extensive damage to crops throughout the southern third of the country, as well as the high potential for a spike in cases of cholera and other water-borne diseases, could mean

Hogs, Livestock, News

Exodus feared with new EU pig welfare rules in force Jan. 1

By Sybille De La Hamaide November 9, 2012

Reuters / Europe’s pregnant pigs will be happier next year but pork eaters will pay more and some breeders will go out of business as new porcine welfare rules compound the spiralling cost of the cereals for animal feed. Sow stalls, the metal cages used to hem in pregnant pigs and make them easier to

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Flooding delays Argentine soy planting

November 9, 2012

Reuters / Floods have severely delayed Argentine soy planting at a time when consumer nations are counting on the country to help control soaring grains prices by replenishing supplies. “Soy planting has begun, although with severe and continuous interruptions,” the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in its weekly crop report. Only two per cent of

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

XL takeover latest in a series by global meat giant JBS

By Daniel Winters October 26, 2012

News that XL Foods, one of the two major cattle-slaughtering plants in Canada, is cashing in its chips after a devastating beef recall raises an important question. Just who is JBS, the company taking it over? Founded in 1953 by Jose Batista Sobrinho, it began as a tiny, five-head-per-day abattoir in Anapolis, Brazil. Today, according

Crops, Grain Markets, News

U.S. opposes strategic grain stocks

October 26, 2012

The United States does not support the idea of creating strategic grains stocks to tame volatile food prices, a U.S. representative told a ministerial meeting on the food market situation at the United Nations’ food agency Oct. 16. “The United States generally opposes the creation of regional or global food reserve systems to manage price

Daily Network News

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

Tag Archives Reuters

Russia to face milling wheat, rye deficit

U.S. Farm Bill could be delayed until April 2013

The long, brutal haul from farm to port in Brazil

India on track to produce surplus wheat for the sixth year in a row

Huge crop losses in southern Haiti from storm

Exodus feared with new EU pig welfare rules in force Jan. 1

Flooding delays Argentine soy planting

XL takeover latest in a series by global meat giant JBS

U.S. opposes strategic grain stocks

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