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Companies See Role In Food Security

By Nigel Hunt November 3, 2011

Food security concerns as the world s population surpasses seven billion have prompted global companies to become more actively involved in ensuring future supplies, participants at an agricultural conference said on Oct. 31. The increased role has come at a time government involvement is hampered by the global financial crisis and led to fears a

News

In Switzerland, Politics Can Really Get Your Goat

October 27, 2011

Political party s mascot has been on quite the adventure zurich/reuters He s suffered the trauma of abduction, been the subject of a propaganda war and painted black, but Zottel the Swiss goat is finally back where he belongs. Just days before a parliamentary election, the missing mascot of the right-wing Swiss People s Party

Livestock, News

Hedge Funds Move Into Cattle As Demand Grows And Supplies Shrink

By Theopolis Waters October 27, 2011

Joe Ocrant, a 40-year veteran of the U.S. cattle trade, started his livestock-centred investment fund years ahead of the new wave of managed money that has flooded into livestock futures this year. With U.S. pork exports to China surging, most of the new money is going into hog futures, but Ocrant is going long on

Cereals, Crops, News

Kazakhstan Back In The Grain Export Business

By Reuters October 20, 2011

Kazakhstan s state-owned grain trader will return to the export market this season, shipping up to 1.5 million tonnes of what promises to be the country s biggest post- Soviet grain crop, the head of the company said. Beibitkhan Kabdrakhmanov, chairman of the management board at the Food Contract Corporat ion, forecast that Kazakhstan would

Opinion

Lower Grain Price And Fuel Prices Needed

By John Kemp October 13, 2011

Sharp declines in prices for grains and gasoline will be the most effective stimulus for renewed growth, by easing the squeeze on household finances across North America and Western Europe, but only if price cuts can be sustained. Relative declines in prices for food, clothing and fuel have been one of the big drivers of

News, Oilseeds

China’s Corn Rush To Redraw Global Food Landscape

By Naveen Thukral October 13, 2011

When China abandoned its soybean self-sufficiency quest almost 20 years ago and started importing the oilseed feeding its hunger for livestock, it almost single- handedly transformed the industry. Today, it s poised to do the same for corn. The world s most populous nation is expected to triple corn purchases next crop year and, by

News

APAS President Resigns

October 13, 2011

BRIEFS Greg Marshall, president of the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan, has resigned from his position, citing health reasons, the association announced Oct. 6. Marshall is recovering from a heart attack. Mr. Marshall has provided valuable leadership on behalf of Saskatchewan producers, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said. We have enjoyed a good working relationship with

Dairy cattle, News

Slow Food:

By Bra October 13, 2011

Taking cows to pastures high in the Italian Alps and then making cheese by hand in a nearby tent while the milk is still warm may all seem a bit too much like unnecessary drudgery in an age of high-tech agriculture. But for a group of 14 makers of the rich Italian cheese Bitto Storico,

Crops

Hundreds Protest In South China Over Land Grab

By James Pomfret September 29, 2011

Hundreds of villagers enraged over government land seizures staged a third day of protests in southern China Sept. 23, a day after ransacking government buildings and engaging in skirmishes with police that left at least 12 people injured. The fresh demonstrations, the latest display of public fury in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong province, proceeded

Livestock

Poland To Campaign For GMO-Free European Union

By Gabriela Baczynska September 29, 2011

Poland will propose to the European Union that it introduces a complete ban on cultivating, feeding or trading any genetically modified agricultural products, Farm Minister Marek Sawicki said Sept. 23. The biggest ex-communist EU member does not have a proper overall GMO legal regulatory framework after attempts failed to reach a political agreement in the

Daily Network News

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award

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

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