Stories Collection

  1. Japan's pigmeat imports have been climbing steadily despite the market protection mea...
  2. Ongoing US winter wheat crop/weather fears helped Chicago wheat futures bounce off re...
  3. The difficulties which beset Brazilian millers trying to get hold of Argentine wheat ...
  4. Former UK farm minister Nick Brown this week blamed the CAP for fuelling the wildfire...
  5. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 30 500 tonnes at a maximum re...
  6. Even die-hard grain bulls found little cheer in the latest supply / demand estimates ...
  7. Ukraine has seeded 300 000 hectares to spring grains so far this season, in line with...
  8. A study to be published by the European Commission next week is expected to reveal th...
  9. Market situation: There has been little change in the market situation since last mon...
  10. Sheepmeat exports from New Zealand to the EU grew by just over 1% in calendar year 20...
  11. Calls to transfer 10% of EU direct aid payments to farmers into rural and environment...
  12. Two separate reports have been published in the UK this week on genetically modified ...
  13. The Irish cattle herd had recovered gently by December 2001 after sustaining a declin...
  14. The euro was riding high against the dollar and yen this morning, borne forward in qu...
  15. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  16. Winter grain crops due to be harvested in 2002/03 currently have fair prospects in th...
  17. The euro has lost more ground against the major currencies overnight and risks breaki...
  18. Thailand's poultry industry is rolling forward unstoppably. Steadily rising exports a...
  19. Bread grain: EU markets benefited from the slowdown in supply from south-eastern Euro...
  20. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  21. A significant switch in the European Union's agricultural subsidy system from current...
  22. Recorded BSE cases this year to date are significantly more numerous in Ireland and F...
  23. Despite a wave of poor eurozone data this week the euro was trading strongly this mor...
  24. World maize export prices have been slow to respond to importers' reduced choice of s...
  25. Preliminary forecasts of bigger US grain and soya crop areas for 2002, released as pa...
  26. The European Commission is to publish with the next two weeks a rehash of its laws on...
  27. The republic of ireland is looking mainly to Continental european demand for finished...
  28. The case, announced by Brazilian officials on Thursday, would pit the world's two big...
  29. The UK department for environment, food and rural affairs (DEFRA) this week revealed ...
  30. Polish farm minister Jaroslaw Kalinowski drew worried reactions from the European com...
  31. Russia exported 3.24mt of wheat last year, 81% of its total exports of grain products...
  32. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) have reacted with disappointment ...
  33. Global wheat output could rebound by 19 million tonnes in 2002/03, according to the I...
  34. Grain markets in Argentina are still virtually frozen as bickering continues over how...
  35. The telephone survey, conducted for the department for environment, food and rural af...
  36. Acrimony over proposed changes to the EU's tobacco regime is expected to surface when...
  37. German households bought 1.3% more poultry meat in 2001 than in 2000, whereas they pu...
  38. Market situation: There has been little change in the market situation since last mon...
  39. Regulation 2571/97 (Sale of intervention butter at reduced prices and aid for butter ...
  40. With BSE cases on the increase, the Italian government is resorting to new measures, ...
  41. Useful end-of-season rains may keep Australia firmly in the no. 2 spot in the world w...
  42. The German meat market will probably be relatively flat next month, according to mark...
  43. South Africa's domestic maize balance, depleted by low harvests, has come under such ...
  44. FRESH Marketing year for lemons for processing: This was changed to October 1-Sept...
  45. Australian sheep prices may come under pressure this year as Saudi Arabia sources liv...
  46. The findings (see table on page EP/2) confirm Poland's status as an agricultural gian...
  47. The House's draft bill, which would provide some $73.5bn in farm subsidies over ten y...
  48. Profits from farming in the EU in the second quarter of 2001 were 2.2% up on the same...
  49. Agricultural prices for the week ending february 15, 2002 UK Germany Neth...
  50. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 66 200 tonnes at a maximum re...
  51. The future of British farming is likely to be a mixture of conventional, GM and organ...
  52. French farm agency SCEES reports that common-wheat seedings for 2002 have reached aro...
  53. Polish farm minister and deputy Premier Jaroslaw Kalinowski on Monday appealed for ca...
  54. The Spanish Presidency of the EU has warned reform-minded member states not to compli...
  55. The Danish pig herd had grown by 2.6% in the 12 months to January 1 this year - thoug...
  56. Reform of the CAP will dictate the direction of negotiations at the World Trade Organ...
  57. Inflation data from single currency countries seems to be plaguing the euro at the mo...
  58. EU member states were fiercely split this week in discussions over European Commissio...
  59. The US cattle herd is still in contraction, according to the latest survey from the u...
  60. The US government has threatened the EU with possible legal action over its blocked a...
  61. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 64 000 tonnes at a maximum re...
  62. German food minister Renate Kunast this week tried to reassure consumers that there w...
  63. France is aiming to build an alliance with Poland in the new enlarged EU to protect t...
  64. Following what one European Commission official described as "frankly a rather emotio...
  65. The pace of change in Spanish agriculture accelerated significantly during the 1990s,...
  66. A supposed 'radical' review of farm policy by a UK government advisory body this week...
  67. The process of eastwards enlargement will cost the EU budget some [euro]40bn over the...
  68. Market situation: Markets are positive in most member states, with all except Greece ...
  69. The report of the UK Government appointed Commission on Farming and Food, chaired by ...
  70. 2002 ought to be a more tolerable year for the EU beef sector. Admittedly, it could h...
  71. Export tender awards: A total of 21 bids were received for 39 000 tonnes, of which si...
  72. The Canadian malting industry has been checked this season by lower barley availabili...
  73. The US Senate has approved a draft Farm Bill worth some US$45 billion over five years...
  74. EU prices for malting barley have been struggling this season as generous supply fail...
  75. Candidate countries vying for EU membership have issued a near unanimous and resoundi...
  76. EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler has assailed the confused stance on Genetically M...
  77. The new legislation represents the fruit of an agreement between Council and Parliame...
  78. The latest crop estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) con...
  79. The United Kingdom should aim to divert 10% of its EU direct aid payments for farmers...
  80. The role of the new European Food Safety Authority will be jeopardised by the authori...
  81. Agricultural prices for the week ending January 25, 2002 UK Germany Neth...
  82. More tests are needed to determine the possible effects on human health of geneticall...
  83. The UK's red-meat sector faces challenges but is better equipped to meet them in 2002...
  84. Live-cattle exports from Australia should rebound to an unprecedented 950000 head tha...
  85. EU potato market prices have faltered this week and could remain under some pressure ...
  86. Poland has backed away from fresh confrontation with the EU over extra documentation ...
  87. Agricultural prices for the week ending february 1, 2002 UK Germany ...
  88. German farm minister Renate Kunast used Monday's Farm Council to explain the reasons ...
  89. EU and Lebanese negotiators this week initialled an agreement to form closer politica...
  90. French farm minister Jean Glavany on Monday unveiled a new package of measures valued...
  91. Following the successful growing and processing of Britain's first organic sugar beet...
  92. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 37 000t at a maximum refund o...
  93. The death toll from new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (VCJD) - the human form of ...
  94. Agricultural prices for the week ending January 11, 2002 UK Germany Neth...
  95. The French pig / pigmeat market has not seen the emphatic recovery which was hoped fo...
  96. Snow cover has wrapped a helpful protective blanket around vulnerable grain crops in ...
  97. This comments come in the wake of a mounting scandal involving shrimps which were con...
  98. Dealers forecast that India, the world's top buyer of edible oils, will purchase 4.45...
  99. Hungarian exports of agricultural products rose by 6.8% in value terms in the first n...
  100. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 4 250t at a maximum refund of...
  101. Placings of broiler chicks in UK hatcheries seem to have stopped increasing significa...
  102. Britain's National Farmers' Union (NFU) has declared itself implacably opposed to the...
  103. Fluctuations in this week's US wheat futures markets - and the trade talk which swirl...
  104. Non-durum wheat and coarse grains may well be strong-performing commodities in 2002/0...
  105. Much of today's market focus seems to be on the recent rally between the yen and the ...
  106. While the potential new members may not be entranced with agriculture commissioner fr...
  107. Market situation: The market situation was positive at the turn of the year. There we...
  108. Provisional figures from German agricultural census of May 2001 show that the industr...
  109. German officials had asked for the right to implement a case-by-case approach to slau...
  110. Bread grain: Business fell off rapidly in the second half of the month: millers were ...
  111. An eruption back into the wheat export market by Argentina has raised speculation tha...
  112. Spain has set out several objectives for farm policy in its six-month tenure of the r...
  113. This year's total EU-15 potato harvest, including starch potatoes, is just under 45 m...
  114. The EU is beginning to improve this season's balance of trade in common wheat and bar...
  115. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has placed these at 41.03 million ...
  116. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 350t at a maximum refund of [...
  117. The German beef industry bears deep scars from last year's BSE crisis, if the latest ...
  118. The refund rate for both skimmed and whole milk powder rose by [euro]10 to [euro]30/1...
  119. Agricultural prices for the week ending January 18, 2002 UK Germany Neth...
  120. Intensive discussions have been continuing this week over the agricultural detail of ...
  121. Brazil's meat industry enjoyed an extraordinary year in 2001, shipping nearly 50% mor...
  122. The economic and political crisis that has engulfed Argentina in recent weeks spells ...
  123. Russian meat imports rocketed by 92.9% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2001 ...
  124. The Portuguese dairy sector has wobbled a little over the last few years. An overshoo...
  125. The European Commission's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) this week warned EU member...
  126. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said on Monday that he had met with represent...
  127. The five largest EU member states - the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain - all ha...
  128. Gross factor income in Danish agriculture increased from a historic low of Dkrl8.9 bi...
  129. Farmers in Central and Eastern European Countries vying to join the EU from 2004 may ...
  130. Spanish plans to press for concessions to the EU proteins crop sector would entail pr...
  131. China has finally issued long-awaited rules on food and grain imports containing gene...
  132. Meat production in Poland should grow by 4-5% this year, but the price outlook is les...
  133. The Brussels policy machine is gearing up at the start of what may well prove to be a...
  134. Next week's Council of EU farm ministers in Brussels looks likely to approve subsidie...
  135. The euro is battling to keep its head above the level of $0.88 this morning as curren...
  136. The French foreign trade surplus for agri-food products amounted to [euro]916 million...
  137. On January 22, a panel of veterinary experts at the World Organisation for Animal Hea...
  138. After a light increase in 2001, onion deliveries from south of the equator to the EU ...
  139. Swiss agricultural production value amounted to around Sfr7.2 billion in 2001, accord...
  140. The Committee reports a total cereal harvest of 39.7 million tonnes (clean weight) --...
  141. The soyabean complex was the weakest link on US futures markets over the holiday rece...
  142. EU and Polish negotiators are "in the home straight and very close to agreement" in t...
  143. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  144. Better-than-expected exports trimmed back Malaysia's palm oil stocks in December last...
  145. The British government declared the last remaining 'at risk county 'free' of Foot-and...
  146. Tariff quotas for 2002 (Lithuania): Unanimous favourable opinion was reached, rolling...
  147. Speaking during a promotional tour in Japan, USMEF chief Philip Seng told reporters t...
  148. The Czech Republic is playing host to negotiators from the six 'Luxembourg group' cou...
  149. Market situation: The EU market is generally following the usual post Christmas trend...
  150. The strength of the dollar continues this morning against all the major currencies as...
  151. The value of Danish agricultural exports in the first eleven months of 2001 amounted ...
  152. Warsaw has riled EU exporters yet again with measures that could hamper trade in agri...
  153. A bacterial disease, thought to be new to New Zealand, that was discovered in goats a...
  154. Agricultural prices for the week ending December 21, 2001 Euro exchange rates on Thu...
  155. Anxiety over technical details of China's new membership of the WTO does not negate t...
  156. The euro seems to be holding is exalted position against many of the currencies, as i...
  157. A second round of trade talks with EU accession candidates has started smoothly, and ...
  158. Japan's milk processing sector is struggling as the national dairy cow herd slims dow...
  159. Export tender adjudication: There were no bids to export open market oats. Bids to ex...
  160. That shipments probably reached a very modest 340 000 tonnes compared with 515 000t i...
  161. The EU has announced 'antidumping' duties on urea-based fertiliser from seven Central...
  162. The harvest was boosted in part by an increase in the grain area, up by 3.5% from 45....
  163. An expert from the National Grain and Oils In formation Centre said the unusually hig...
  164. Taiwan has now joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with significant implicatio...
  165. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week ruled illegal a US law which effectively...
  166. Central and Eastern European countries vying for EU membership could gain rights to e...
  167. The latest global grain and oilseed supply and demand report from the United States D...
  168. Eco-terrorists raided New Zealand's main state-run agricultural research laboratory i...
  169. STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET Month ...
  170. On April 29 representatives from Purina Mills presented Kent Abele, owner of Greensp...
  171. In addition, Melissa Sanders joins the agency as program manager, Public Relations S...
  172. SHOW CALENDAR 2005 JULY 15-17 Four State Farm Show 19-20 Mi...
  173. Dean Zerff joins Arvesta Canada Inc.'s Western Canadian sales team as the area sales...
  174. The Missouri Biotechnology Association (MOBIO) names Kelly Gillespie as executive di...
  175. Bayer CropScience LP and International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) sign an agreeme...
  176. * CNH Global, Racine, Wis., completes the sale of its interest in Hay and Forage Ind...
  177. AdFarm promotes Rob Hannam to vice president, Performance Management. In this new po...
  178. For several years the World Potato Congress has provided an opportunity for potato g...
  179. Emerald BioAgriculture Corporation has restructured and streamlined its growing dome...
  180. Philom Bios Inc. appoints John Becherer to its board of directors. This appointment ...
  181. Rosen's Diversified Inc. (RDI) and American Foods Group Inc. announce an agreement i...
  182. Welcome to our annual Farm Show issue. You know there are those who say the farm sho...
  183. Golden Acres Genetics Ltd. selects David & Associates as its new marketing commu...
  184. NK[R] Brand Seeds completes organizational changes including the addition of key per...
  185. Codexis and Cargill announce a breakthrough in developing a novel microbial process ...
  186. STATE FAIR ROUND UP Fair Name Location Contact Arkans...
  187. Morgan&Myers communications agency has been retained to help McDonald's engage i...
  188. Garst Seed Company recently named two new regional sales managers. Warren Hinkle is ...
  189. Mike Smidt joins Stauffer Seeds as director of sales and marketing. Previously Smidt...
  190. Agri Marketing's annual Farm Show Guide is a handy reference to upcoming farm shows ...
  191. After 20 successful years as Fruehling Communications, the agency is changing its na...
  192. QUALISOY[TM], formed to improve the global competitiveness of the U.S. soybean indus...
  193. Scott Rietsema joins MachineryLink Inc. as a regional sales manager for Minnesota. R...
  194. Williams and Williams, a family-run cow/calf operation in business for 100 years, wa...
  195. Agricultural writers and editors attending the Agricultural Media Summit July 31-Aug...
  196. AdFarm announces that the minority interest owned by Axia NetMedia Corporation has b...
  197. The International Dairy Federation appoints Christian Robert as its new director gen...
  198. The University of Calgary, along with community partners from the Alberta Veterinary...
  199. Jimmy Kite, replacement driver of the No. 91 Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing Dallara/Toyota...