OTTAWA - Mar 1/01 - STAT -- Canada's federal government will spend another half billion dollars will be spent bailing out that country's farmers, but it was rejected as too little by farmers who were looking for the federal government to provide at least CDN $900 million in direct aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 1/01 - STAT -- Organic farming is growing more and more popularity in Europe as time passes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 1/01 - STAT -- Projected returns from this season's malting barley pool were boosted A$10 per metric tons (MT) while the feed barley pool was boosted $7 MT by the Australian Barley Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/01 - STAT -- Dairy product prices in the United States recorded a mixed performance during the week ending February 24, with cheese and butter advancing while nonfat dry milk and dry whey declined. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/01 - STAT -- Production of all types of dairy products in the United States faltered in January, with several key products posting substantial declines in output. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/01 - STAT -- The quantity of eggs used by food manufacturers rose slightly in January, according to the latest data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/01 - STAT -- January saw a major increase in poultry slaughter activity in the United States, as the ready to cook weight of all types of poultry jumped 8% to 3.11 billion pounds. Updated totals for December 2000 show that 2.81 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/01 - STAT -- The year 2000 saw the United States meat production industry set new record highs for red meat output, while also establishing record lows for veal, lamb and mutton. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 2/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office issued a PL-480 food aid tender for 10,000 MT of corn for delivery to the port before May 10. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KARACHI - Mar 4/01 - STAT -- Pakistan confirmed the sale of 100,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat and 400,000 MT of rice to Iraq under provisions of the United Nation's oil-for-food program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 5/01 - STAT -- Australia's projected returns for its current and old crop wheat pools were left unchanged in the organizations latest review of market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDINBURGH - Mar 5/01 - STAT -- Following the lead of the German government, the Scottish Green Party recently introduced a bill to the Scottish Parliament that would increase the number of organic farms to 20% of total farming within the next 10 years.The consultation report, 'Seizing the Opportunity - A Bill for Scotland's Parliament' has been drawn up by a steering group of NGOs to spell out the benefits of organic farming in Scotland, the great difficulties facing the sector, and the proposed ap . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 5/01 - STAT -- Indian spice exports are on track to beat last year's performance and have the potential to set a new recent record even though pepper shipments have suffered a massive year over year decline. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 6/01 - STAT -- If the start of trachial mite testing services in the United States have the same impact as those offered in Ontario, Canada, the mite-to-bee ration could be slashed from 13 to 1.5 mites per bee. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 6/01 - STAT -- The amount of money Canadian farmers can borrow interest free to help plant this year's crops was boosted from CDN $20,000 to $50,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - May 7/01 - STAT -- Pulse growers can measure the effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in pulse crops by the degree of pinkness inside nodules which form on the plant's roots. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 7/01 - STAT -- The debate over use of genetically engineered plants is becoming more complex as proponents of their use demonstrate some classes of plants make a positive environmental contribution. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KYIV - Mar 7/01 - STAT -- The Ukraine may need to import sunflower seed and/or sunoil during the second quarter of 2001 even though it harvested a record 3.3 million ton crop and imposes stiff duties on raw seed exports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 7/01 - STAT -- Using bees to help pollinate genetically engineered canola fields in Tasmania has sparked a fierce local controversy about the potential for bees to become contaminated with pollen from the plants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 7/01 - STAT -- Poultry hatchery activity in the United States increased during the week ending March 3, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 8/01 - STAT -- The size of the season's citrus crop was left basically unchanged in the latest USDA crop production report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 8-01 - STAT -- The USDA boosted its estimate of this year's corn carry out by 50 million bushels to 1,941 million because of disappointing export sales. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 9/01 - STAT -- Trading levels for the major dairy product categories in the United States advanced during the week ending March 3, according to the latest pricing data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 9/01 - STAT -- Recently, a group of US organic farmers has found detectable levels of genetically engineered DNA in some of their corn crops, including seeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KUALA LAMPUR - Mar 11/01 - STAT -- Indonesia expects to produce 7.2 million metric tons (MT) of palm oil during the 2001 calendar year, eclipsing last season's 6.5 million MT harvest by a wide measure. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 11/01 - STAT -- Walnut production in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir averaged 76,304 metric tons (MT) the last four years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 12/01 - STAT -- In Britain, hundreds of sheep and cattle are being slaughtered due to the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease at an organic farm. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 12/01 - STAT -- A unique Australian project is studying compost in an attempt to boost horticulture production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 13/01 - STAT -- Pesticide resistance has emerged as a key concern in efforts to control varroa jacobsoni and other bee mites. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 13/01 - STAT -- Trials involving Bt cotton seed are expected to get underway in India by the end of the year if Monsanto succeeds in getting approval from the country's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 13/01 - STAT -- Stocks of good quality oats have tightened considerably in recent weeks in Australia, resulting in shortages of New South Wales, Victoria and the state of South Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 13/01 - STAT -- Canada and the United States are banning the import of European Community origin livestock and livestock products in the wake of the discovery of a cow with foot and mouth disease in France. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- International action is needed to ensure countries are fully prepared to deal with outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD), believes the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- International macadamia markets should remain under pressure for much of the coming year as available stocks continue to exceed the needs of the market, believes the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LORNE - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Genetic engineering is the next logical step in trying to combat a large number of plant diseases which afflict wheat and barley crops around the world, argues Dr James Cook, from the U.S. based Washington State University. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Four crops genetically modified to resist herbicides have been listed as safe by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Government officials continue to promote honey production as a way for farmers to make up for low commodity prices even though recent expansion has lowered prices on India's interior markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- The State Trading Corporation of India confirms it sold Russia 550,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat, pulling total projected wheat exports to 2 million MT for the 2000-01 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TEHRAN - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Iran expects enough of a recovery in local crop production levels to allow it to reduce wheat imports by 25% to 4.8 million metric tons (MT) during the marketing year beginning in March. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Turkey producers in the United States seemed to start rebuilding flocks after the holiday season, with the number of eggs set advancing 2% over last year, while the number of poults placed was down 2%. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- The USDA reported a larger than normal 3% jump in the number of chicks placed in poultry hatchery operations in the United States during the week ending March 10, while noting fewer eggs were set. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Potato stocks in the United States soared 17% above year earlier levels to start March at record levels, according to the latest data complied by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation pegged the loan repayment rate for the Honey Marketing Assistance Loan Program at U.S. 51 cents per pound during March 2001. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROCHESTER - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- Chinese researchers have found the way to allow creation of hybrid soybeans, and possibly other pulses, says Lyon County educator Bob Byrnes of the University of Minnesota Extension Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- The failure of the Canadian government to implement policies which allow the country's export oriented agricultural sector to flourish makes it financially responsible for the outcome, says United Grain Growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 14/01 - STAT -- The University of Minnesota recently conducted a study that found markets exist for small-time organic or natural hog producers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar14/01 - STAT -- The University of Minnesota says producer premiums for organic pork are likely to continue. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 15/01 - STAT -- The Australian Barley Board raised its projected pool returns for malting and feed barley A$5 per metric ton (MT) as a weaker Australian dollar generated more revenue than expected from export sales. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 15/01 - STAT -- Canola growers will continue to face relatively stiff penalties for admixture in merchandise they delivery to the Grain Pool of Western Australia (GPWA), but will see higher premiums for extra oil content. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 16/01 - STAT -- Prices for most classes of dairy products were firmer during the week ending March 10, according to data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 16/01 - STAT -- The number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter markets posted a 3% year over year increase as of March 1, according to the latest data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 16/01 - STAT -- February saw a massive 4.3% decline in milk production in the United States to 11.2 billion pounds, according to the latest output data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Mar 16/01 - STAT -- A recent poll of Italian supermarkets by the farming research body ISMEA showed that 65% said organic demand has increased , while 67% thought consumers were relatively uninformed about it. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 16/01 - STAT -- The National Organic Standards Board in the United States is reviewing a proposal to allow organic certification for seafood. The board will make a recommendation to the United States Department of Agriculture should theyagree with the proposal. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 19/01 - STAT -- Projected returns for wheat sold by the Australian Wheat Board from the 2001-02 pool were raised another A$5 per metric ton (MT), while projected returns for the 2000-01 pool were left unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SPOKANE - Mar 19/01 - STAT -- Fears about foot and mouth disease reached North America last week, with the discovery of two animals in Idaho with lesions in their mouths. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- Canadian canola crush is up 9% over last year, advancing from 1,763,342 metric tons (MT) during the first seven months of the 1999-00 marketing year to 1,919,596 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- European beef consumption is 25% below normal on account of the impact of BSE and foot and mouth disease on consumer attitudes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- Ten countries will be allowed to ship previously banned meat products because a geographical assessment by the European Agriculture Commission has found it is highly unlikely there are any instances of BSE in those locations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SEOUL - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- Korea will close its livestock markets for 24 hours on Saturday so the yards and facilities can be disinfected to help prevent foot and mouth disease from occurring in the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 20-/01 - STAT -- Red meat stocks in cold storage in the United States slipped during February, according to the latest data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- Total supplies of edible nuts in cold storage in the United States increased slightly during February, but ended the month well below year earlier levels, judging from the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY- Mar 20/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office today tendered for 51,070 MT of agricultural products for shipment as food in May and early June. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- Negative growth will remain a hallmark of the U.S. sheep and lamb industry into the foreseeable future, believes USDA economist Keithly Jones. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- Consumers in the United States are engaged in a love affair with lettuce, with consumption setting a new annual record in the year 2000 of 33 pounds per person. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- A new variety of blackeye cowpea was among the 28 new varieties of seed-reproducing plants granted certificates of protection by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 20/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued requests for offers of 49,400 metric tons (MT) of wheat and 10,500 MT of soybean meal for use in export food aid and donation programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- Controlling foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) will take a continuous, international struggle, warns Louise Fresco, FAO Assistant Director-General, Agriculture Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- Conventional farmers who are serious about converting to organic farming should make arrangements soon to have their land, equipment and storage facilities inspected. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- There is considerable concern in Washington that sensitive crop production data generated by USDA surveys could be viewed before it is publicly released by hackers breaking into its computers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- Indian researchers are developing solar powered grain dryers as a means of lowering reliance on diminishing global reserves of petroleum and other non-renewable energy sources, while at the same time improving product quality. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- Broiler hatchery data released by the USDA shows little overall change in activity in this sector, with a slight decrease in the number of eggs set offset by a modest gain in chicks placed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- Expansion of the international cattle herd stopped in the year 2000 and could fall back during 2001 on account of disease problems in Europe and other parts of the world. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- Devastating disease problems in the European Union will not stop world pork output from expanding during the year 2001, believes the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- World poultry production and consumption will set new records during the year 2001, helped by consumer doubts about red meat in the wake of near hysteria about Mad Cow and foot-and-mouth disease. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 21/01 - STAT -- The Canadian government will pay Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato growers CDN $14.1 million to help them dispose of this year's surplus, caused by a U.S. trade embargo. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 22/01 - STAT --Despite forecasts of tightening world wheat supplies in 2001-02, futures market prices on the U.S. exchanges set contract lows during the past month as markets worried about rising stocks in net exporting countries and slowing sales. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 22/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here today issued a PL-480 tender for 13,1000 MT of various products for shipment as food aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 22/01 - STAT -- The Mexican government has granted special permits to allow Australian origin malting barley and sorghum to be imported this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 23/01 - STAT -- Dairy product prices in the United States were generally firmer during the week ending March 17, with the USDA finding only dry whey prices easing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 23/01 - STAT -- Commercial red meat production plunged 10% in February compared to last year, reaching 3.40 billion pounds; while veal output hit a record low during the month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 23/01 - STAT -- Egg production in the United States suffered a 2% decline during February, while hatcheries reported a stronger increase in the number of egg-type chicks hatched during the month, versus broiler type. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO - Mar 23/01 - STAT -- Growing genetically engineered crops increase the liability risks faced by growers, who have an implied responsibility to ensure what they harvest does not end up in markets which cannot handle the merchandise. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 26/01 - STAT -- Specially refined vegetable oil has potential to replace petroleum based products as industrial lubricants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Mar 26/01 - STAT -- Saskatchewan Agriculture has released a new field pea production video, available through the provincial Rural Service Centres. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Mar 26/01 - STAT -- Recent studies have confirmed gamma linolenic acid (GLA), an essential fatty acid found in the seeds of borage and evening primrose, is a safe and effective natural therapy for those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis."A medical research firm in Medford, Mass., reported that a review of nearly 40 clinical papers showed that GLA consistently reduces inflammation and joint stiffness without any of the serious side effects associated with pharmaceutical drugs such as . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 26/01 - STAT -- Pioneer Hi-Bred and Proven Seed were successful in getting a permanent injunction against Sanders Seed Farm of Manitou, which prevent them from selling their seed in unmarked bags. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SEOUL - Mar 27/01 - STAT -- South Korea will amend laws regulating the sale of imported beef, allowing butcher shops to sell it along side domestically produced product if it is properly labeled. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Mar 27/01 - STAT -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here issued a PL-480 food aid tender for 4,490 MT of corn for shipment to Cape Verde between April 18 and May 4. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Mar 27/01 - STAT -- Farmland values in Canada's agricultural heartland continued to decline in the face of generally low international commodity values, even though land values rose on a national basis. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Consumer confusion over the impact on foot and mouth disease (FMD) and the unrelated disease Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease needs to be corrected, believes Agriculture Western Australia Chief Veterinary Officer Dr John Edwards. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KYIV - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- The International Monetary Fund expressed displeasure with the legislation moving through the Ukrainian parliament because it does not cut the export duty on sunflower seed to 10% from the current 23%. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Wild mustard seed resistance is becoming more of a problem in Manitoba, suggests Todd Andrews, Weed Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture and Food, Soils and Crops Branch. But, it can be combated. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Quantities of frozen meat on hand in commercial storage in Canada at the beginning of March was down over last year, but managed a slight advance over the previous month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Increasing production costs has prompted the Manitoba Milk Prices Review Commission to boost the maximum price for fluid milk effective April 1. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Rising demand by China combined with a poor California harvest to pull asking prices for Indian origin walnuts 20% higher in recent weeks, according to Craig Whitelaw, Premier Fruit and Nut Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Broiler hatchery numbers for the week ending March 24 are still not showing a strong sense of direction. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- The California pistachio industry celebrates its 25th year of commercial production this year, according to the California Pistachio Commission. Since the first commercial crop in 1976, pistachio production has increased from 1.5 million pounds on fewer than 1,500 acres to 243 million pounds on 74,600 bearing acres in 2000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Tree nut markets are generally firmer this year, reflecting last year's 16% decline in total nut production due to the alternate bearing nature of nut trees. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 28/01 - STAT -- Australian queen bee breeders are benefiting from the weakness of the Australian dollar and slack international competition because of varroa mite problems in several countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/01 - STAT -- Plant breeders with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have released a new corn germplasm line they said is a source for developing corn plants resistant to the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, and the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/01 - STAT -- Oilseed crushing activity was down during February in the United States on account of tightening soybean seed supplies and low meal values, which discouraged processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BISMARK - Mar 29/01 - STAT -- Proposed state legislation requiring 2% biodiesel fuel be included in all diesel fuel sold in Minnesota has received the full endorsement of the U.S. based National Sunflower Association (NSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/01 - STAT -- Peanut stocks are down sharply from last year's levels, dripping 18% to 2.53 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, compared to 3.09 billion pounds last year, according to the latest USDA inventory estimates. Thistotal includes 1.50 billion pounds of actual farmer stock. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- American grain producers plan to place more emphasis on soybeans than corn this year, boosting soybean area 3% to 76.7 million acres, while carving intended corn seedings 4% to 76.7 million acres, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Cereal and coarse grain production in the United States could be forced lower as reductions in wheat, corn, oat and barley area offset the positive impact of anticipated increases in sorghum seedings. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Area planted to all cotton for 2001 is expected to total 15.6 million acres, up less than 1% from last year, according to this year's USDA seeding intentions report. If intentions are realized this would be the largestacreage since 1995 and the second largest since 1962. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Peanut growers in the United States intend to reduce this year's planted area 5% to 1.47 million acres, according to this year's USDA survey of planting intentions in the that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Canola plantings in the United States are expected to jump 21% this year to 1,892,000 acres, according to this year's USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Dairy product prices came under pressure during the week ending March 24, with prices for most categories slipping, according to the latest USDA price survey. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Corn stocks remain at high levels in the United States, with the USDA pegging stocks in all positions on March 1 at 6.04 billion bushels, up 8% from March 1, 2000 and the highest level since 1987. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Barley stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2001 slipped 5% to an estimated at 162 million bushels, according to the latest USDA stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Oats stored in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 102 million bushels, slightly above the stocks on March 1, 2000, according to the latest UASDA stocks report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Grain sorghum stored in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 165 million bushels, down 27% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- All wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 1.34 billion bushels, down 5% from a year ago, according to the latest USDA stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Soybeans stored in all positions on March 1, 2001, totaled 1.40 billion bushels, up 1% from March 1, 2000, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Biofarms of Italy is a new consortium of companies that produce a wide range of organic products including pastas, cous cous, tomatoes, and oils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/01 - STAT -- Hog inventory slipped in the United States during the last quarter, but still remains 2% ahead of last year's levels at 58.8 million head as of March 1, notes the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DONALD - Mar 31/01 - STAT -- Australia's organic industry will not meet its full potential without national standards which are consistent with those of international governing bodies believe analysts with the Rural Industries Research and DevelopmentCorporation (RIRDC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

DELHI - Mar 31/01 - STAT -- Competition on international pepper markets is expected to heat up during the coming season as world output expands from an estimated 180,000 metric tons (MT) to around 197,000 MT this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Mar 31/01 - STAT -- Wheat production in Pakistan is now officially expected to come in at 18.75 million metric tons (MT) as the government was forced to recognize drought afflicting the rabi season crops has hurt yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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