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APHIS: Unapproved Corn No Threat
By Richard Brock
An unapproved biotech trait was found at “extremely low” levels in some 2006- and 2007-crop U.S. corn, but the grain poses no safety threat and export trade is not likely to be affected, the USDA said on Friday...
Vegetable Oil Markets Soar
By Richard Brock
World vegetable oil prices continue to rise to new all-time highs amid ideas China will boost imports further as it tries to control strong food-price inflation...
Call For Farm Bill Conference
The leaders of the House Agriculture Committee, in an “open letter to the farm bill community,” dated Feb. 9, said the U.S. farm bill process was at a “critical” point...
Monthly Soy Crush Comes Up Short
By Richard Brock
The December soybean crush reported Jan. 24 by the U.S. Census Bureau came up short of trade expectations, while soymeal stocks were larger than expected, but the news had little impact on the soybean market...
Climate Change Policies Coming
By Richard Brock
Farmers and ranchers should prepare to deal with new policies designed to counteract global climate change, the head of USDA’s Global Change Program Office told attendees of the National Farm Bureau’s annual convention...
Some Help For Argentine Crops
By Richard Brock
Rainfall last week boosted planting of the 2007-2008 soybean crop in areas of central Argentina, but dryness continued to prevent planting and threaten yields in central Cordoba, southeast Buenos Aires and elsewhere, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange said in its weekly crop report on Monday...
China Sets Quota On Flour Exports
By Richard Brock
China's commerce ministry on Tuesday imposed export quotas on flour made from wheat, corn and rice to help stabilize domestic grain prices and guarantee the country's grain security...
WTO Starts Probe Of U.S. Subsidies
By Richard Brock
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday launched a formal investigation into billions of dollars in U.S. farm subsidies that Brazil and Canada claim break international trading rules...
Brazil Agriculture Ministry Lowers Soy Forecast
Brazil’s agriculture ministry now projects that country’s soybean production to fall below last year’s level based on the potential for the La Nina weather phenomenon to cause adverse growing conditions in early 2008...
USDA Raises Farm Export Forecast
By Richard Brock
The value of U.S. farm exports during fiscal year 2008 is now forecast to hit a record $91 billion, up $7.5 billion from a previous estimate issued in August, the USDA said on Friday...















