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Australian Wheat Area Seen Down

By Bruce Hextall March 11, 2010

Australia could harvest nearly seven per cent less of the grain in 2010-11 than the previous season, analysts said Mar. 4, making their first estimates for the year. “We expect Australian wheat area to fall by five per cent in 2010 and production to decline by 1.5 million to 2.0 million tonnes, said Luke Mathews,

Crops, News

Global GMO Crop Growth Expands

By Carey Gillam March 11, 2010

Led by U. S. producers, 14 million farmers around the world planted genetically modified crops last year, increasing planted biotech cropland by seven per cent, even as biotech crop use declined in Europe, according to an industry report issued late last month. Expansions were noted for biotech soybeans, corn and cotton, and the appeal to

Cereals, Crops, News

EU Grain Farmers Brace For Life Without Safety Net

By Martin Roberts March 11, 2010

European grain farmers can expect volatile prices after Brussels partially removes a safety net in May, and cannot readily switch to other crops and will have to deal with market forces as best they can. As part of a drive towards a free market, from May 31 the European Union will suspend automatic “intervention,” the

News

GMO Crop Growth Expands Around Globe

By Carey Gillam March 11, 2010

Led by U. S. producers, 14 million farmers around the world planted genetically modified crops last year, increasing planted biotech cropland by seven per cent, even as biotech crop use declined in Europe, according to an industry report issued Feb. 25. Expansions were noted for biotech soybeans, corn and cotton, and the appeal to farmers

Crops

GMO Rice Could Become Widespread In China

March 4, 2010

China could use its newly approved strain of geneti -cally modified (GMO) rice for up to 40 per cent of its rice crop, once it becomes commercially available, a Chinese expert on plant diseases said Feb. 26. China approved the safety of the insect-resistant Bt strain of rice last November, opening the door to widespread

Cereals, Livestock

FAO Sees Less Wheat, More Coarse Grains

By Svetlana Kovalyova February 25, 2010

World wheat output could fall by five per cent in 2010 after two bumper crop years, but coarse grain output may rise, the United Nations’ food agency said. Wheat-planted areas in the United States dropped to the lowest level in almost a century because of bad weather and falling prices, the UN Food and Agriculture

News

Indonesia To Limit Foreign Ownership In Food Estates

February 4, 2010

Indonesia will limit foreign ownership in food estates, such as rice cultivation, to less than 49 per cent, Agriculture Minister Suswono said Jan. 28, a decision that could discourage investor interest. Saudi Arabia, China and other countries are acquiring farmland abroad as part of efforts to achieve greater food security, following sharp increases in food

News, Oilseeds

Big South American Soy Crop To Test Storage Capacity

January 28, 2010

The record soybean crops that are fast approaching harvest in Latin America will put the Southern Cone region’s infrastructure to the test, more so in Brazil than in Argentina. Isolated harvesting in the world’s No. 2 soybean grower Brazil has already started in the centre-west, the main soy-growing region which has some of the greatest

Cereals, Crops

Smaller World Wheat Crop In 2010

By Nigel Hunt January 28, 2010

World wheat production looks set to fall this year following a sharp drop in plantings in the United States but the crop should still be the third highest on record, the International Grains Council said Jan. 21. The London-based IGC, in a monthly report, forecast world wheat production in 2010 at 653 million tonnes, down

Cereals, Crops

World’s Farmers To Grow Less Wheat In 2010

By Rod Nickel January 21, 2010

Farmers will produce the world’s smallest wheat crop in three years in 2010 as big global supplies weigh down prices and steer more acres to other crops, the Canadian Wheat Board said Jan. 15. In its first market outlook of 2010, the board, one of the world’s biggest grain marketers, also said the outlook for

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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