Cargill to open $20m soy storage terminal in Brazil's Para state (3/28/2003) BNamericas.com via NewsEdge Corporation : US-based grain trading giant Cargill will open a US$20mn, 60,000t soy storage terminal at Brazil's Para state port Santarem on the Amazon River, April 14, AE Setorial reported. Works began last year.
Effort underway to develop commodity transportation system for Columbian interior (3/24/2003) Moving feed grains into the Colombian interior was the focus of a two-day conference in Bogotá, thanks in part to sponsorship by the U.S. Grains Council. More than 200 private sector and governmental officials attended the meeting to explore the development of the river country’s transportation system.
Groups debate mandate on farm runoff (3/24/2003) WASHINGTON -- Pollution from factory-style livestock operations is
contaminating rivers and streams, killing fish and causing health problems
for humans. Yet many large livestock operations go unregulated.
Groups debate mandate on farm runoff (3/18/2003) WASHINGTON -- Pollution from factory-style livestock operations is contaminating rivers and streams, killing fish and causing health problems for humans. Yet many large livestock operations go unregulated.
IMPACT OF WTO ON CHINA FARMERS QUESTIONED (3/12/2003) More than a year after China joined the World Trade Organization, the
impact on its farmers has been less than expected, a top government
agricultural specialist said Monday.
Monsanto's rootworm-protected corn granted Canadian regulatory approval (3/12/2003) WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--Monsanto Canada today announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada have completed their safety reviews and granted regulatory approval for YieldGard(R) Rootworm(TM) corn in Canada - the first product designed to control the corn rootworm pest using modern biotechnology.
There's more than one way to protect wetlands (3/12/2003) WASHINGTON - Every year, the federal government and
Americans across the country preserve, restore and enhance
thousands of acres of wetlands through cooperative
conservation efforts, partnerships and voluntary programs.
Unfortunately, that's not the news that most Americans read
about. Instead, the focus has been on the wetlands
regulatory program.
Large crop to dampen soybean prices, USDA economist says (3/10/2003) Delta Farm Press via NewsEdge Corporation : Despite very tight stocks, robust prospects for use and exports, and an expected decline in U.S. plantings this year, soybean prices for 2003 are projected at $5.10 per bushel, "below what we would have expected based on historical data," says Peter Riley, agricultural economist for USDA's Farm Services Agency.
India to re-evaluate GM foods imports, Bt cotton crop (3/6/2003) The Times of India via NewsEdge Corporation : NEW DELHI: For advocates and detractors of genetically-modified (GM) crops, there's good news and bad. The government is set to give a fresh hearing to aid agencies keen to import food which may contain GM ingredients.
Brussels takes hands-off approach on modified crops (3/6/2003) BRUSSELS , Financial Times via NewsEdge Corporation : The European Commission wants European Union member states to issue new rules protecting conventional and organic farming from farmers using genetically modified crops.
The proposal, contained in a paper due to be released today, is expected to run into opposition from environmentalists and some member states - led by Italy - which are deeply critical of GM technology. Both groups would rather see the issue dealt with at a European level and have called for a tough regime to win maximum protection for non-GM farmers. Such legislation would be highly controversial, however, and could take years to enter into force.
Vouchers for counseling farmers cut back (3/6/2003) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- High demand has prompted Nebraska's Interchurch Ministries to cut back on issuing vouchers to stressed-out farmers for a free session of mental-health counseling.
Monsanto courts farmers on gene-altered wheat (3/5/2003) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - When leaders of the U.S. wheat industry gathered for a recent conference in New Mexico, they toasted their partnership with
Monsanto Co., developer of the world's first genetically engineered wheat.
Rules Are Loosely Defined in Food Service Industry (3/5/2003) Payments from food manufacturers to food service companies — which supply restaurants and other food preparers like hospitals, schools and stadiums — have been a long-accepted practice in the industry. But the use of such payments, known as promotional allowances, has become more aggressive in recent years, as the food service industry has consolidated and become more competitive, executives and suppliers say.
Nestle: Dreyer's ice cream deal still alive (3/5/2003) ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle SA said on Wednesday it still hoped to complete its planned acquisition of U.S. ice cream maker Dreyer's in the first half of 2003 despite a move by U.S. antitrust regulators to block the deal.
Global Obesity Report Urges Less Sugar (3/3/2003) LONDON (AP) -- People should get no more than 10 percent of their calories from sugar, experts say in a major new report Monday on how to stem the global epidemic of obesity-linked diseases.
Common weed killer putting frogs at risk (3/1/2003) No one knows for sure why the number of frogs is dwindling. Probably, there are many reasons. But a new scientific study turns the spotlight on one of the most widely used herbicides in the world — atrazine, the weed killer used in cornfields.
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