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India Politics Delay GM Vegetable Start

By Bappa Majumdar February 25, 2010

“It is my duty to adopt a cautious, precautionary, principle-based approach.” – JAIRAM RAMESH India has postponed the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant. “The moratorium will be in place until

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India Reforms Fertilizer Pricing, Farms To Gain

February 25, 2010

India has eased controls on several fertilizers and raised prices of the popular urea nutrient by 10 per cent, raising hopes of more reforms, lower subsidies and higher margins for producers. The government, facing protests against soaring food prices, has cautioned fertilizer firms that if prices rise sharply, it will reimpose controls to protect farmers

Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Feb. 18, 2010

February 18, 2010

Three-year plan: “Plan. Farm. Safety.” is the theme of a three-year Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign that will be launched March 11 at MacDon Industries. This year the campaign will promote “Plan” with safety walkabouts and planning for safety. In following years, the focus will be on implementation, documentation and training and on safety assessment, improvement

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Egypt Looks To Lease Land For Agro-Business In 2010

February 18, 2010

Egypt plans to lease farmland for agro-business projects during 2010 but is waiting for the Agriculture Ministry to allocate suitable plots, the trade minister said Feb. 1. The head of Egypt’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA) had told Reuters in April last year that Egypt would start up its agro-industrial zones project in June 2009. “The

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Foreign Farm Investors Must Avoid Resentment

By Asma Al Sharif February 18, 2010

Foreign investors must avoid provoking resentment as they buy and lease farmland from developing nations by using local manpower instead of industrialized agriculture, the head of a UN body said. Investors, mostly from the Gulf Arab region and South Korea, began buying and leasing farmland in developing countries in Africa and Asia to cut their

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Bunge Exits Brazil Fertilizers

By Inae Riveras February 11, 2010

The advance of mining companies BHP Billiton and Brazil’s Vale in the fertilizer sector in the past few years kept U. S. agribusiness group Bunge on tenterhooks. The world’s largest oilseed processor realized it was time for change in its operations. The result was the recent announcement that the firm would sell its upstream fertilizer

Dairy cattle, News

Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Ban Dairy Exports

February 11, 2010

The Saudi government will not implement a recommendation by an advisory council to ban dairy exports, the kingdom’s agriculture minister said in an interview Feb. 2. The advisory Shura Council approved a recommendation Feb. 1 to ban exports of dairy products as part of the desert kingdom’s efforts to save water. “The government’s policy is

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

By Rod Nickel February 11, 2010

Canadian year-end stocks of all wheat, barley, canola and oats were smaller than they were the previous year due to farmers harvesting smaller crops, Statistics Canada said Feb. 5. Stocks of all wheat in grain bins and country elevators totalled 21.685 million tonnes on Dec. 31, which was 1.5 per cent less than a year

Cereals, News

Obama Export Plan Nudges Farm Trade Agenda Forward

By Roberta Rampton February 11, 2010

U. S. farm exporters are relieved that trade has finally made it on to President Barack Obama’s agenda, although his new goal to double U. S. exports in five years might be a little too optimistic. After a year when farm expor ters wondered aloud whether the administration even had a trade policy, Obama linked

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Italy Court Allows A Farmer To Grow GMO Maize

February 11, 2010

Italy’s highest Appeals Court has ordered the Agriculture Ministry to allow a farm to grow genetically modified maize – overruling a de facto ban on GMO cultivation and causing an uproar in the country fiercely opposed to GMO crops. In 2007, the ministry denied authorization to grow a GMO variety of maize already allowed in

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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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India Politics Delay GM Vegetable Start

India Reforms Fertilizer Pricing, Farms To Gain

In Brief… – for Feb. 18, 2010

Egypt Looks To Lease Land For Agro-Business In 2010

Foreign Farm Investors Must Avoid Resentment

Bunge Exits Brazil Fertilizers

Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Ban Dairy Exports

Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

Obama Export Plan Nudges Farm Trade Agenda Forward

Italy Court Allows A Farmer To Grow GMO Maize

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