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EU export subsidies provoke Cairns Group

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“This is not the leadership we require from key economies at this point in time.” – Cairns group statement Canada, Australia and their farm trade allies called on Brussels Jan. 28 to repeal its decision to offer subsidies for European Union dairy exports, saying the move could drive down world prices and hurt poor farmers.
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Female chefs on rise for U. K.’s Michelin stars

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A record number of female chefs in Britain and Ireland have won coveted Michelin stars for their cuisine, according to the 2009 ranking, loosening men’s grip on the top restaurant jobs. The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2009 hits the shelves Jan. 23, and a record number of new stars were awarded. There were
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Grazing changes may improve climate

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Simple changes in grazing practices could soak up millions of tonnes of carbon a year, helping fight climate change, improving farm productivity and earning farmers carbon credits, a scientist said Jan. 20. But such measures needed to spread globally to more than 120 million farmers working grazing lands, such as savannah and shrubland, according to
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BSE test-kit firms raided in Belgium

Belgian authorities launched dawn raids Jan. 20 on several laboratories in an investigation into alleged price fixing of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) tests. “We had some information that the prices were the same among the different laboratories, and this is the reason why we made the dawn raids,” Bert Stulens, the prosecutor general for Belgium’s
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Farmers block Greek highways in price protest

Thousands of farmers blocked highways throughout Greece on Jan. 22, causing long tailbacks in a fourth day of protests to demand compensation for falling agricultural prices. Police said more than 8,000 farmers blocked roads in northern and central Greece and on Crete using trucks and tractors after talks with the government late Jan. 21 failed
Cereals, Crops, News

CWB total export outlook unchanged

The Canadian Wheat Board said Jan. 7 it expects to export 12.7 million tonnes of wheat when the crop year ends July 31, up 12 per cent from the 2007-08 crop year, due to a large harvest. The CWB also expects to export 3.35 million tonnes of durum compared with 3.1 million tonnes last year.
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Indian state reports fresh bird flu outbreak

Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in a densely populated eastern state in India Jan. 3 after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said. The latest outbreak of the virus in poultry is the fourth in the state of West Bengal since 2007. Bird flu first broke out in India in 2006. Millions
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Pay China’s farmers to halt bird flu: OIE

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China should focus on financial compensation for farmers who report new bird flu cases if it wants to stamp out the disease that killed a 19-year-old woman last week, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Jan. 7. OIE director general Bernard Vallat said many farmers hesitate to report bird flu cases for fear
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Lamy only candidate for next head of WTO

The current head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, is the only candidate to be the next director general, since no one has emerged to challenge him for the job, a WTO spokesman said Jan. 5. Lamy was the only candidate to have come forward when nominations closed on Dec. 31, spokesman Keith
Cereals, Crops, News

Saudi Arabia to increase wheat stocks

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Saudi Arabia expects to import up to 800,000 tonnes of milling wheat in the year to September 2009 as it seeks to build up stocks while scaling back domestic wheat farming, a grains authority official told Reuters. Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO) plans to issue a tender in April or

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