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La Niña Seen Keeping U.S. And Argentina Dry

By Christine Stebbins January 13, 2011

The U.S. Plains and Argentina, two of the world’s top grain-production areas, will remain dry for the foreseeable future due to a strong La Nińa which is likely to hang on for months, a forecaster said Jan 5. “The southern plains dryness is of real concern. We see no sign of that changing anytime soon,”

Cereals, Crops, News

Kenyans Turn To Potatoes And Fish

January 13, 2011

Kenyans have changed their eating habits and consume more food other than the usual maize staple, driving up food security in the country, a senior Ministry of Agriculture official said. Key staple foods such as maize and wheat have previously been hit hard by high prices following shortages after bad weather conditions or diseases. “We

News

EU Draft Rules Increase Watchdog Power

By Emma Farge January 13, 2011

European regulators will gain unprecedented powers to control commodity markets through trade caps and heightened intervention if a draft EU document becomes binding, specialist lawyers said Dec. 3. Commodities are being integrated into sweeping reforms to the European Union’s markets in financial instruments directive (MiFID), which was released last month. A draft version seen by

Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat May Peak Near $11 In 2011 On Weather

By Karl Plume January 13, 2011

U.S. wheat prices will rise above $8.50 a bushel this spring and may approach $11 if adverse weather damages the crop in the United States and other top growing nations, said an analyst who was the second closest in predicting prices in a Reuters poll last year. Worries about snug global supplies of milling wheat

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Australia Wheat Quality Slumps In Bittersweet Harvest

By Bruce Hextall January 4, 2011

Up to half of Australia’s current wheat harvest could be downgraded to animal feed or low-grade milling grain, raising concerns for a severe global shortage of higher-quality wheat and marring the nation’s biggest crop in eight years. Crop analysts and farmers told Reuters that up to 50 per cent of the 2010-11 crop would be

Opinion

Where Their Food Comes From

December 16, 2010

There are two complaints which have been heard hundreds of times from farm meeting platforms or in coffee shop conversations. “Consumers don’t know where their food comes from anymore – they just think it comes from the supermarket.” Then there’s “Farming is not the traditional mom-and-pop operation anymore – it’s a business.” Those are statements

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Drought In U.S. Winter Wheat Fields Worries Experts

By Carey Gillam December 16, 2010

U.S. wheat experts are growing increasingly concerned about the new winter wheat crop in parts of top producer Kansas and other Plains states, as persistently dry conditions erode production potential. Drought conditions are plaguing the entire western third of Kansas, which routinely is the top U.S. wheat-growing state, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a

News

U.S. Ethanol Sector Contemplates Subsidy Cuts

By Carey Gillam December 16, 2010

Mark Marquis had planned to double the size of his Illinois ethanol plant in 2011, and was considering expanding a Wisconsin facility his family-run firm bought into last July. But those plans are now on hold, as Marquis and other ethanol producers brace for the possible end of $6 billion a year in U.S. subsidies

News

Warmer World Equals More Pests

By Timothy Gardner December 16, 2010

Beetles killing trees in North America, bluetongue disease ravaging livestock in Europe, and borers destroying African coffee crops are examples of migrating invasive species not getting enough attention at global climate talks, scientists said Dec. 8. Invasive pests have plagued agriculture and nature for thousands of years as mankind’s migrations brought them to places without

Cereals, Crops, News

Pakistan Lifts Three-Year Ban On Wheat Exports

By Augustine Anthony December 16, 2010

Pakistan decided on Dec. 7 to allow the private sector to export wheat, lifting a three-year ban after a bumper crop led to a market surplus. Pakistan, Asia’s third-largest wheat producer, in August deferred earlier plans to export two million tonnes of surplus wheat after summer floods washed away at least 725,000 tonnes of the

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans mixed on doubts over Chinese demand

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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La Niña Seen Keeping U.S. And Argentina Dry

Kenyans Turn To Potatoes And Fish

Wheat May Peak Near $11 In 2011 On Weather

Australia Wheat Quality Slumps In Bittersweet Harvest

Where Their Food Comes From

Drought In U.S. Winter Wheat Fields Worries Experts

U.S. Ethanol Sector Contemplates Subsidy Cuts

Warmer World Equals More Pests

Pakistan Lifts Three-Year Ban On Wheat Exports

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