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- US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays
- Across the country, from grain elevator to grain elevator, golden wheat and corn are piled in towering mounds, waiting for a rail car to haul them to market. Some grain can sit for a month or more on the ground, exposed to wind, rain and rats. ...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Snail prices expected to go up amid poor harvest
- PARIS AFP — Gourmets will have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want to be served snails after an insufficient 2008 harvest, the French canning and preservation industry federation said Friday. The main reason for the drop is a shortfall from countries in central and southeastern Europe...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- Poor Thai farmers guard their fields as rice prices soar
- BANGLANE, Thailand AFP — Crime had never really been a problem in Takham Uthao's impoverished rice farming village in central Thailand until prices for his crop began hitting record highs. The price of Thai rice jumped 50 percent last month to levels never before seen, turning the output from...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- Russians to restart aluminium smelter: the mothballed Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria plant is due to reopen this month on the back of investment by Russia's United Company, the world's largest aluminium producer. Neil Ford reports
- The Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria Alscon was built in 1997 at a cost of $2.5bn but closed after just two years and has remained out of operation, until now. Abuja hopes that Russia's United Company Rusal management will provide a boost to Nigerian industrial capacity, by providing aluminium for...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Challenges to the development of a dedicated energy crop
- The Energy Policy Act of 2005 includes a provision designed to double the production and use of ethanol in fuels by 2012, and to ensure that by 2013, a minimum of 250 million gallons per year of ethanol is produced from cellulosic sources, such as corn stover, wheat straw, and...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Determining Returns to Storage: Does Data Aggregation Matter?
- Aggregate data are commonly used to determine returns to storage. However, recent studies have shown that aggregating data may lead to underestimated returns. This article compares aggregate and elevator data from Oklahoma to determine if aggregate data underestimate returns. We find no difference between the mean returns estimated with aggregate...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- 520,000 Malawians on 'watch list' for possible starvation
- BLANTYRE AFP — Despite a maize surplus, some half-a-million Malawians affected by drought may face food shortages before the 2008 harvest, a United Nations World Food Programme WFP official said Saturday. "Some 520,000 people in four districts which were affected by drought are on close watch as they may...
- Research articles 2007-10-13
- Wet weather takes toll on French wine harvest
- PARIS AFP — France is bracing for one of its smallest grape harvests in 20 years, hit by a summer of storms and plant diseases brought on by wet weather, the national winegrowers' office said Tuesday. National production is expected to plunge seven percent compared to 2006, reaching 49.1...
- Research articles 2007-09-04
- Bordeaux harvest hit by mildew
- BORDEAUX, France AFP — The 2007 Bordeaux wine harvest has been severely hit by mildew problems due to warm wet weather, and the spread of the disease could lead to some growers losing 20 to 50 percent of their harvest. "It's been raining heavily throughout May, June and July,"...
- Research articles 2007-07-19
- Volatile grain markets foreshadow supply worries.
- Jun 21, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Factors such as strong international demand for US wheat and an uncertain US harvest outlook has prompted a rise in grain futures. Wheat futures rose by almost two per cent in trading on the Chicago...
- Research articles 2007-06-21
- One in three Zimbabweans face food shortages: UN food agencies
- ROME AFP — More than four million Zimbabweans, a third of the population of the southern African country, face food shortages as a result of a poor harvest and a worsening economic crisis, the UN food agencies warned Tuesday. "The number of people at risk will peak at 4.1...
- Research articles 2007-06-05
- Sacred Thai cows predict abundant harvest
- BANGKOK AFP — Sacred Thai oxen nibbled on rice, maize and grass in an ancient fortunetelling ceremony Thursday, which royal soothsayers said predicted a bountiful harvest this year. The cattle, draped in ornate mantles, ploughed a small section of a field near the Grand Palace in Bangkok, in a...
- Research articles 2007-05-09
- Royal cows predict poor harvest in Cambodia
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia's royal cows signalled a drought and poor harvests in an ancient ceremony Saturday to mark the beginning of the kingdom's planting season. King Norodom Sihamoni joined thousands of Cambodians for the annual ceremony as royal astrologers fed the cows seven dishes -- rice, corn,...
- Research articles 2007-05-05
- Ethanol from sugar.(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
- This year, sugar is back making headlines because several sugar mills will produce cane for ethanol production, reports DR1 Daily News (March 19, 2007). State Sugar Council CEA director general Enrique Martinez announced the start of the 2007 harvest and that the Porvenir Sugar Mill was...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Climate change threatens Indonesian rice farmers: study
- CHICAGO AFP — Indonesian rice farmers in Java and Bali must invest in hardier crops and better water storage methods if they hope to maintain harvests in the face of manmade climate change and weather systems such as El Nino, according to a new study. The warm El Nino...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Morning Alert for AGCO Corp.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 April 2007-Blue Chip News: Morning Alert for AGCO Corp.C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02042007 AGCO's annual harvests might be smaller than those of larger rivals John Deere (#1) and CNH Global (#2), but it's still able to reap profits worldwide....
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- Softs/Soybean Outlook: Soybeans Strong - But Correction Possible.
- Byline: Phil Franz-Warkentin, Resource News International Winnipeg, MB, Jan 17, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- SOYBEANS Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade CBOT climbed higher during the week ended January 17, following the upward move in corn....
- Research articles 2007-01-17
- Eritrea says troops and tanks in buffer zone to harvest crops
- NAIROBI AFP — Eritrea dismissed UN charges its deployment of troops and tanks to a demilitarized buffer zone between it and arch-rival Ethiopia was a "major breach" of a six-year-old truce. Asmara said it had moved 1,500 soldiers and 14 tanks into the so-called "Temporary Security Zone" TSZ on Monday...
- Research articles 2006-10-17
- Corn.(Analysis)
- Fundamental analysis Even tighter domestic and global carryover projections from USDA weren't enough to give market bulls control of price action last week. September seasonals are proving true again this year as focus is on USDA's larger crop estimate and pending harvest-related pressure ...
- Research articles 2006-09-16
- Supporting Chocolate
- O'Coco's Organic Chocolate Crisps from nSpired Natm'al Foods are touted as being the new way to consume chocolate. This baked snack can satisfy cocoa cravings with its rich chocolate flavor and crispy crunch. The extreme flavor is derived from fine organic ingredients such as dark cocoa powder, real vanilla and...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
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