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USDA Partially Deregulating Biotech Sugar Beets

By Carey Gillam February 10, 2011

U.S. agricultural regulators Feb. 4 said despite a court ban, they would allow commercial planting of genetically modified sugar beets under closely controlled conditions while they complete a full environmental impact statement. The move marks the second-such boost by the United States for contested biotech crops in a week, and underscores U.S. determination to expand

Beef cattle, News

Where’s The “Taco Meat Filling?”

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 3, 2011

Where’s the beef? Not in the taco, according to a class action launched by an Alabama law firm. WSFA News in Montgomery reports that the firm has alleged that fast-food giant Taco Bell uses false advertising when referring to the filling in tacos as “beef.” “Rather than beef, these food items are actually made with

Cereals, Crops

Organic Wheat Tough To Move, Says CWB Marketer

By Daniel Winters February 3, 2011

Canadian organic wheat farmers have effectively been shut out of the European market due to lower-priced competition from Kazakhstan. After the meteoric rise of organic wheat to $30 per bushel in the spring of 2008 that ended in the global economic recession that began later that fall, food manufacturers started looking elsewhere for raw materials.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Smallest Cattle Herd Since 1958

February 3, 2011

Analysts are predicting higher beef prices after the USDA report Jan. 28 put the U.S. cattle herd as of Jan. 1 at 92.582 million head, down 1.3 per cent from a year earlier and the smallest since 1958. “We are headed for record-high cattle, wholesale beef, and retail beef prices in 2011 and again in

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Price Outlook Good — But Jumpy

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2011

It doesn’t seem to matter whether analysts are studying the market fundamentals, technical charts or the stars these days, they all agree on one thing. Prices are strong and there is plenty of potential for them to get stronger. But there was a caveat attached to the bullish outlook analysts dangled tantalizingly in front of

Livestock, Oilseeds

China-U. S. Soybean Deal Largest Ever

January 27, 2011

China wrapped up its biggest ever one-off U.S. soybean purchase on Jan. 21 in a $6.7-billion deal equivalent to nearly half of last year’s total trade, surprising dealers who had expected a more symbolic volume. With a second tranche of deals to buy 8.45 million tonnes, Chinese firms travelling as part of President Hu Jintao’s

Crops

Ethanol Production Boosts Demand For Corn

By Natasha Tersigni January 27, 2011

The USDA released a report Jan. 12 stating that corn crops will be the tightest than ever before, Mike Krueger, host of the “Money Farm” told farmers attending the 2011 Ag Days. “The single biggest thing that has changed the corn market worldwide and certainly our market is ethanol,” said Krueger. Ethanol production has increased

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Providing Home Where Buffalo Roam Stirs Battles

By Laura Zuckerman January 20, 2011

For the first time in more than a century, wild buffalo from the nation’s last purebred herd will be permitted to roam free in Montana outside the bounds of Yellowstone National Park. Government scientists plan on Wednesday to drive 25 buffalo, or bison, through ranchlands north of the park and into the wide-open valleys of

Forages, Livestock

Vilsack Seeks Biotech Compromise

By Charles Abbott January 20, 2011

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the largest U.S. farm group on Jan. 10 that farmers could see less government interference if they find a way for traditional and genetically modified crops to coexist. Farm groups and the biotechnology industry are skeptical of Vilsack’s “coexistence” proposal. He launched it last month at the same time the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Poultry

Meat, Poultry To Have Nutrition Labels By 2012 — USDA

By Christopher Doering January 13, 2011

Nutritional labels will be mandatory on 40 popular cuts of meat and poultry products beginning in 2012, a measure the U.S. Agriculture Department says will make it easier for consumers to understand the content of the foods they buy. USDA said the nutritional information will be required for major cuts of raw, single-ingredient meat and

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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