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Berlin gripped by family feud over sausages

July 30, 2012

Call it the battle of the bangers. A family feud over sausage succession rights is adding some spice to Berlin’s summer. After months of bitter legal wrangling with his mother, Mario Ziervogel opened a fast-food outlet serving Berlin’s famous dish, the currywurst: fried pork sausage sliced up and smothered in ketchup and curry powder. His

News

Farmland isn’t a gold mine — it’s better

By Tom Bill July 12, 2012

London/Reuters — Farmland values in Britain will rise 37 per cent by 2016, beating forecast growth for gold, oil, 10-year British government bonds and homes in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods, according to data compiled by Oxford Economics and the research arm of property consultant Savills. Savills director Alex Lawson cited the need for increased global

Livestock Markets, News, Oilseeds, Opinion

China’s agricultural future: Adopt developed technologies

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer July 1, 2012

China is a grudging importer of corn and pork, preferring instead to increase domestic production  

As the most populous nation on Earth, China has intermittently been seen as the solution to the problem created by the ability of U.S. farmers to produce more than they can sell at a profitable price. Sometimes the discussion is focused on cotton; at other times it is corn or soybeans. Today, it is pork

Hogs, Livestock, News

China asks farmers to cut pork supply

June 30, 2012

beijing / reuters / China’s pig farmers should cut supply to stabilize pork prices, the country’s top economic planning body said June 25. The price of pork, a staple in the Chinese diet and a key factor in inflation trends snapped a four-month decline recently after tumbling more than a third from last year as

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Global dairy companies offer China “safe” alternatives

By Lucy Hornand jane Lanhee Lee June 30, 2012

Reuters – Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China’s fast-growing dairy sector, hoping to position themselves as safe alternatives even after a lethal baby formula scandal burned many of them the first time around. They are lured by a projected 10 per cent annual growth and by Chinese

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Opinion

Waste not, want not

By Laura Rance-Unger June 16, 2012

Every year we hear the stories — the farmer who lost a bin full of canola to spoilage, or the one who lost his sunflowers — and the bin — after the crop overheated and caught fire. Or the farmer who opened his grain bag to find an infested, rotting mess after birds or rodents

Crops, News

BASF sees strong growth tied to GMO crop traits

By Carey Gillam June 16, 2012

Reuters / Global conglomerate BASF is rolling out a series of new plant science and plant protection products for farmers in the United States as it aims to increase its share of fast-growing markets, executives of the German chemical giant said. South America is also a target as BASF shifts its agricultural emphasis — and

Hogs, News

Can’t live with them, or without them

By Rod Nickel May 30, 2012

A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried up for a Canadian research project that has stoked controversy about altering animal genes to produce food. Possible euthanization of the nine so-called Enviropigs, descendants of swine first bred 13 years ago by the University

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Wheat buyers fret as Canadian grain monopoly ends

By Rod Nickel May 17, 2012

Reuters / Global wheat importers fear the quality of Canada’s prized spring wheat and durum may deteriorate once the Canadian Wheat Board loses its marketing monopoly, creating problems for makers of breads and pasta. A broad swath of wheat buyers, including Japan, known as the most quality-conscious wheat importer, has raised concerns that the consistent,

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Marginal effect on trade as U.S. finds another mad cow case

By Rod Nickel May 3, 2012

Reuters / Canada, the third-biggest beef exporter in the world, is unlikely to face any trade backlash from a U.S. mad cow case, even though its beef market is highly integrated with the United States, industry and agriculture officials said April 25. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said April 24 it had detected mad cow

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

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