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Accuweather Sees Fewer U. S. Hurricanes In ‘09 Season

March 26, 2009

Private forecaster AccuWeather.com said March 18 it expects four tropical storms to strike the U. S. coastline during the 2009 Atlantic season, which begins June 1, compared with eight last year. AccuWeather’s chief long-range and hurricane Forecaster Joe Bastardi said the greatest risk this year may be to the U. S. East Coast, but a

News, Poultry

U. S. Lawmaker Blasts China Food Safety

March 26, 2009

The United States has “serious issues” with food imports from China and needs to do more to prevent contaminated products from entering the U. S. food supply, an influential House lawmaker said March 18. At the same time, Washington needs to toughen up its own outdated food safety laws after a series of food recalls

Crops

Biotech Giants Battle For Better Corn Seed

By Carey Gillam March 26, 2009

Competition is heating up in the lucrative U. S. corn market, as seed industry leaders Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co.’s Pioneer Hi-Bred race to win over farmers with an array of new seed products. For both, corn is king. It is the largest crop grown in the United States, and is a critical component not

Crops, Oilseeds

DuPont Tests Market For High-Oleic Soy Oil

By Carey Gillam March 26, 2009

DuPont Co. hopes to roll out this year what could be the world’s first genetically modified soybean seed aimed at health-conscious consumers and the food companies that serve them, company officials said. Regulatory approval is pending, but DuPont is already testing the product with food processors to gauge demand and pricing. A small-scale introduction is

Cereals, Crops

Scientists Join In Battle To Head Off Ug99

By Mica Rosenberg March 26, 2009

Amutant form of stem rust that wipes out wheat crops could spread to top producers in Asia unless new resistant varieties of wheat are distributed widely, experts say. Stem rust “annihilates, that’s not an exaggeration,” said Rick Ward, a rust expert from Cornell University. “Basically the entire world’s wheat crop is fertile breeding ground,” Ward

Crops

Viterra Takes Hit On Drop In Fertilizer Prices

By Scott Anderson March 19, 2009

Viterra slipped to a quarterly loss due mainly to lower grain margins and a writedown on its fertilizer inventory as farmers delayed applications until later in the spring, it said March 11. Viterra said it lost $33 million, or 14 cents a share for the first quarter, ended Jan. 31, compared with a profit of

News

FAO Says Grain Prices Could Rebound

By Nigel Hunt March 19, 2009

Stocks of agricultural commodities remain low and prices could start to rise again if there is an earlier-than-expected economic rebound, Alexander Sarris of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said March 12. “Stocks are not very big now. They still have to be built up… If all of a sudden demand turns out to

Beef cattle, News

EU To End Beef War With U. S. And Canada?

By Roberta Rampton March 19, 2009

“The EU and U. S. are engaged in negotiations to find a way forward on this issue, and I am confident we will find a solution very soon.” – CATHERINE ASHTON The United States will hold off on new retaliatory duties for European products while the two countries work on a possible fix to a

News

EU Slaps Duties On U. S. Biodiesel Imports

March 12, 2009

Akey European Union trade panel approved on March 3 temporary anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the United States, sources with knowledge of the decision said. “It went through with no problem,” one source told Reuters on condition of anonymity after a meeting of the EU’s anti-dumping committee of 27 national trade

News

U. S. Trade Agenda More Diplomatic

By Jonathan Lynn March 12, 2009

Developing coun-tries have high hopes that President Barack Obama’s readiness to work with other nations could clear the way for a deal in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) long-running Doha trade talks. But the reality of tackling the global crisis, as the United States seeks new export markets and poor countries push for a deal

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

Tag Archives Reuters

Accuweather Sees Fewer U. S. Hurricanes In ‘09 Season

U. S. Lawmaker Blasts China Food Safety

Biotech Giants Battle For Better Corn Seed

DuPont Tests Market For High-Oleic Soy Oil

Scientists Join In Battle To Head Off Ug99

Viterra Takes Hit On Drop In Fertilizer Prices

FAO Says Grain Prices Could Rebound

EU To End Beef War With U. S. And Canada?

U. S. Trade Agenda More Diplomatic

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