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Brazil Farmers Look To A Return To Trees

By Inae Riveras December 16, 2010

Brazil’s leading agriculture lobby is recommending that farmers in the world’s emerging breadbasket plant trees as a way to boost financial returns while offsetting carbon emissions, according to a new report. Parts of Brazil’s agricultural sector have come under fierce criticism from the country’s international competitors for allegedly expanding output at the cost of destroying

Beef cattle, Livestock

Herd Rebuilding Still A Ways Off

By Ed Stoddard December 16, 2010

U.S. beef demand is good given the fragile nature of America’s economic recovery but corn prices and La Nińa are seen constraining expansion of the country’s biggest cattle herd in Texas, the head of the state’s cattle raisers association said Dec. 10. “I think we are very fortunate to have the demand that we have

Livestock

Renewable Fuels Association Wants 10 Per Cent Biofuel

By Nicole Mordant December 9, 2010

Canada’s renewable fuels industry is pressing the federal government to double the percentage of renewable fuels it will require in gasoline and diesel, the head of the industry association said Nov. 29. The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association wants Ottawa to raise the ethanol-in-gasoline mandate from five per cent to 10 per cent and the still-to-be-implemented

Crops, Oilseeds

Global Acreage Tussle Looms For Top Crops

By Gavin Maguire December 9, 2010

The U.S. Department of Agr icul ture provided fresh fuel to the already bullish grain and oilseed markets Nov. 9, and all but confirmed that an intense acreage battle among the world’s key food crops looms in 2011. Soybeans have been the chief momentum gainer in the immediate wake of the report after the USDA

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

StatsCan Boosts Canola And Wheat Estimates

By Rod Nickel December 9, 2010

Canada’s canola output got a bigger-than-expected late-season boost from good weather while wheat crops recovered modestly, Statistics Canada’s final report on the 2010 crop showed last Friday. Too much rain across most of the Prairies, cool weather and untimely frost reduced quality and production potential, but many crops finished well in warm, dry October weather.

News

Britain Wants Deeper CAP Reform

By Nigel Hunt December 9, 2010

The EU executive’s plans to reform the common agricultural policy are too timid, Britain’s farming and Environment Minister Caroline Spelman said Dec. 6. The European Commission adopted plans last month that would force farmers to do more to protect the environment in order to justify public subsidies. It also proposed moving some funding from direct

News

Brazil Farmers Urged To Plant Trees

By Inae Riveras December 9, 2010

Brazil’s leading agriculture lobby is recommending that farmers in the world’s emerging bread basket plant trees as a way to boost financial returns while offsetting carbon emissions, according to a report it released Dec. 6. Parts of Brazil’s agricultural sector have come under fierce criticism from the country’s international competitors for allegedly expanding output at

Cereals, Crops, News

Drought Spreads Through China

December 9, 2010

Drought has affected winter wheat crops in 17 per cent of China’s wheat-growing areas in the country’s northern bread basket, and dry weather is forecast to extend until spring next year, the government said. But analysts said it was too early to predict how the overall wheat harvest in May would be affected, since irrigation

Livestock

UAE Wants To Boost Domestic Food Production

By Amena Bakr December 2, 2010

The United Arab Emirates needs to boost investment in the agriculture sector, which can supply only 37 per cent of its annual food demand and makes it vulnerable to fluctuating prices, an official said Nov. 22. Gulf states including the UAE suffered when international food prices spiked to record levels in 2008, forcing up their

Livestock, Poultry

Foie Gras On French Fast-Food Menu

December 2, 2010

AFrench fast-food chain said Nov. 29 it intends to offer foie gras “burgers” at bargain prices as a treat for customers ahead of Christmas. Quick burger said its “Supreme Foie Gras” will consist of the normally expensive duck foie gras, beef, relish and lettuce and go on sale for only five euros (C$6.75) at more

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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