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U.K. Organic Sales Stable After Recession Fall

By Nigel Hunt February 17, 2011

Sales of organic products in Britain has stabilized after a recession-driven decline which was particularly severe in the meat sector, the incoming director of the Soil Association said on Feb. 9. “Last year we saw a drop (in demand), particularly in some areas. The feeling is very much that it is more stable now and

Cereals, News

Food Costs At Records, UN Warns Of Volatile Era

By Svetlana Kovalyova February 10, 2011

Record-high global food prices showed no sign of relenting following a rash of catastrophic weather, highlighted by a major U.S. snowstorm and a cyclone in Australia, which could put yet more pressure on prices and spark further unrest around the world. The closely watched UN Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index touched its highest

News

FAO Head Wants New Commodity Rules

By Silvia Aloisi February 10, 2011

Market deregulat ion since 1999 has fuelled speculation on commodities markets, and that needs to be corrected to curb food price volatility, the head of FAO said Feb. 3. “We have created an environment that allows pure speculation,” FAO director general Jacques Diouf told Reuters Insider. “This is something that would require the necessary corrections

News

U.S. Rejects Mexico Plan For Doha Trade Deal

By Jonathan Lynn February 10, 2011

The United States rejected a Mexican government proposal to break the deadlock in long-stalled world trade talks Feb. 4, saying it failed to achieve the amount of new market opening needed for a deal. Trade ministers agreed last week to push for an outline deal in the decade-old talks by July, and instruct their negotiators

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Plant Gains Russia Access

February 10, 2011

Russia has allowed beef imports from Cargill’s plant in Guelph, Ontario, as the world’s No. 2 beef importer gradually lifts restrictions it has had in place on Canadian plants since a 2003 discovery of BSE, or mad cow disease in Western Canada. Access to Russia will mean an additional $2 million in annual sales for

Cereals, News

Saudi Arabia To Import More Wheat

By Asma Al Sharif February 10, 2011

Saudi Arabia plans to import around two million tonnes of wheat in 2011 like last year and will boost imports to three million tonnes after 2016 as it ends local production, a source at the grains authority said Feb. 2. The top OPEC oil exporter has emerged as a major wheat buyer to feed its

News

Cyclone May Be Tipping Point In Australia Climate Policy Debate

By David Fogarty February 10, 2011

Australia has endured two of its deadliest summers on record, blamed in part on global warming, but record fires, floods and cyclones have not persuaded it to take strong action on climate change. But some experts hope that the arrival of giant Cyclone Yasi on the coast of Queensland, already hit by massive floods last

News

Somalia Faces Worst Drought In Five Years

By Katy Migiro February 10, 2011

Somalia is entering its worst drought in five years and aid agencies are unable to feed the majority of people in need, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said Jan. 28. Al Shabaab rebels, who profess loyalty to al-Qaida, have refused to allow food aid to be distributed in southern and central Somalia, which they

News

Mind The Global Output Gap

By John Kemp February 10, 2011

Escalating food and fuel prices are a sign the global economy is approaching full resource utilization and the limits of sustainable output. Policy-makers, commentators and investors are still fiercely debating whether high unemployment and idle factories in the United States and Europe are caused by cyclical lack of demand (in which case Keynesian demand management

News

Maple Leaf Gives West Face CEO A Seat On Board

By Rod Nickel February 10, 2011

Maple Leaf Foods appointed the head of investment fund West Face Capital to its board Feb. 3, bringing in a leading activist shareholder who has been critical of corporate governance at the Canadian food processor. West Face chief executive Gregory Boland joins the board six months after the Torontobased investment fund took a stake in

Daily Network News

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Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

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U.K. Organic Sales Stable After Recession Fall

Food Costs At Records, UN Warns Of Volatile Era

FAO Head Wants New Commodity Rules

U.S. Rejects Mexico Plan For Doha Trade Deal

Beef Plant Gains Russia Access

Saudi Arabia To Import More Wheat

Cyclone May Be Tipping Point In Australia Climate Policy Debate

Somalia Faces Worst Drought In Five Years

Mind The Global Output Gap

Maple Leaf Gives West Face CEO A Seat On Board

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