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Agricultural market news for Mar 2004
SYDNEY - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Australian officials now believe Pakistan mistook a fungus related to karnal bunt for the actual thing in two cargoes of wheat which were rejected last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) set the interest rate for 1995 and prior crop year commodity loans it disbursed at 1.250% during March, unchanged from February 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 1-04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) left its Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- International trading activity got off to a relatively slow start for the week, with little business reported over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SPRINGFIELD - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The USDA released its latest weekly national report covering the sugarcane molasses market in that country. The report covers both cane blackstrap and feed grade merchandise . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
AUSTIN - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Animal health officials in Texas have launched an aggressive campaign to eradicate avian influenza in the state so its poultry producers can once again export their production to Mexico and elsewhere. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Canola acreage in the United States will likely increase this year, rising from 437,870 hectares in 2003 to a projected 450,000 hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
HANOI - Feb 23/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's ice markets strengthened through the middle of February in line with regional market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MOSCOW - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Strong domestic demand for poultry products on account of improvements in disposable incomes in Belarus is expected to allow the country's producers to sustain their current 5% annual growth rate in output through the coming year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Trade bans resulting from the discovery of animal diseases in several export countries has now brought roughly a third of the world's meat exports to a halt, says the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Australian researchers are working to unlock the problem of Annual Ryegrass Toxicity (ARGT). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- California's pistachio producers voted to establish a marketing order program for pistachios produced in the state, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS - The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing Missouri's brucellosis classification from Class A to Class Free. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Canada's Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will allow imports of poultry meat products which have been prepared under specific conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The price of imported Australian beef declined on Japan's wholesale markets during the past week, dropping to levels not seen since Japan was allowing imports of U.S. beef. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Egyptian wheat purchases dominated overnight trading activity, as the country bought 300000 metric tons (MT) of Australia and U.S. origin wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers believe it is possible for European and Africanized honey bees (AHB) to exist in those areas where the more aggressive bees have spread. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- General Mills declared a quarterly dividend payment at the prevailing rate of $.275 per share. The dividend is payable May 3, 2004, to shareholders of record April 12, 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 2/04 - APK -- Ministry of Economy and for the Issues of European Integration has established minimal indicative prices for sunflower, flax and false flax seeds, exported from Ukraine on FOB and DAF bases in March 2004, on the level of $320, $280 and $150 per metric ton (MT) correspondingly. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Honey bees are directly or indirectly involved in the production of a third of the food eaten today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Pheromone traps are finally available for monitoring orange wheat blossom midge populations. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WHITE PLAINS - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Bunge Europe has signed a preliminary agreement to buy the assets Polish edible oil and margarine producer Kama Foods from bankruptcy receivership, through EWICO, a limited liability company in Poland. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Cargill Animal Nutrition has signed a purchase agreement for the assets of Burris Mill & Feed, Inc. in Franklinton, La. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Michael D. Rose was elected to the General Mills board of directors, bringing the number of directors to 15. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Soil moisture levels remain a concern in winter wheat growing areas in the plains states, says the USDA in its latest national weather summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
JOHANNESBURG - Mar 2/04 - IRIN -- Zambia could expect a good harvest this year but much depends on continued rains, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) said in its latest monthly report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Wolf Trax's new zinc micronutrient formulation has received registration approval for use in Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 20 new plant varieties, including cotton, fescue, pea, rice, safflower, tobacco and wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The USDA 's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced posted prices for wool, by region, and the national posted price for mohair. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The United States and Morocco have come to terms over a free trade agreement, which will see U.S. import duties phased out over 15 years and Morocco replace duties with tariff-rate quotas. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TAIPEI - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Taiwan's efforts to contain outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) appear to be having good success in the island nation, having little impact on domestic demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Rice imports are estimated at 105,000 metric tons (MT) (milled basis) during 2004, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Colombia's wheat imports will likely advance from an estimated 1.24 million metric tons (MT) this season to a projected 2.29 million MT in the coming 2004-05 marketing year, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Colombia's has replaced its import regime for feed grains and rice and the country's importers no longer need to obtain prior approval before entering markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Corn imports are expected to increase by 2% to 2.15 million metric tons (MT) during 2003-04 and 4.7% to 2.25 million MT in the 2004-05 marketing year, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Pakistan's decision to resample and retest two rejected cargoes of Australian wheat, totalling 80,000 metric tons (MT), was welcomed by the Australian government today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) expressed disappointment with the results of the first payment of this season's basis pool, saying the poor performance relative to other years reflects a weaker market for white wheat than some other classes. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Australia's barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd (ABB), is looki9ng for sharply lower results for its feed and malting barley pools in the 2004-05 marketing season than is still being forecast for this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Railways in the United States responded to this season's surge in exports by leasing more cars and hiring more crews, with the result there was no measureable impact on grain export performance, says the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS). . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar3/04 - SNS -- Groupe Danone sold its 10% stake in Australia's National Foods dairy company for an estimated $126 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Merger talks between the Australian barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd., and AusBulk Ltd. ended because the companies could not agree on one another's valuation. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 3/04 - APK -- According to the estimates of scientists from the field crops research institution "Selection", located in the Moldovan town of Balti, winter crops in the country have in most cases survived the winter in good conditions, whichgives hopes for a fair grain crop in this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Most of the attention in over night markets was on future business, with several private and public corn tenders planned by South Korean and Philippine buyers; while Syria hopes to sell wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WILMINGTON - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- DuPont Qualicon's genetics-based diagnostic tool for detecting small quantities of e.coli bacteria in foods has been validated by the AOAC Research Institute as a Performance Tested method for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity pulled well ahead of year earlier levels during the week ending February 28, judging from the latest data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MEXICO CITY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The Mexican government has relaxed its ban on U.S. beef, allowing imports of deboned beef from cows under 30 months of age and veal meat from heifers under nine months of age. . . . Continue or visitors click here
GOLDEN VALLEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS - In recent years, European Corn Borer (ECB) has caused significant yield damage across the United States, with income loss estimated at $1 to $2 billion per year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U S Summary of Fat and Oil Use . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U S Edible and Inedible Fat Production . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Consumption of edible oil in the United States was down in January, with usage dropping below both year earlier and the previous month's totals, judging from the latest data available from the U.S. Census Bureau. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MADISON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Dairy market conditions in western and eastern Europe were reviewed in the latest report on the sector released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MADISON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA published its latest review of dairy market conditions in Australia and New Zealand today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Six new varieties of grain available through Agricore United's Proven Seed were approved by the Prairie Registration Recommending Committee for Grain (PRRCG). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers believe they have come up with an alternative to antibiotics in efforts to control Escherichia coli, the leading cause of sickness and death in newborn and weaned pigs. Each year, the U.S. swine industry loses millions of dollars to bacterial infections in these vulnerable, young animals.. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Limited activity was reported in over night markets, with the main feature being results of Japan's regular weekly tender. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The number of banks involved in providing revolving credit facilities to Agricore United was increased and the company's credit facilities boosted from $350 to $375 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 4/04 - APK -- Export of grain from Kazakhstan in February increased twofold from the month before, jumping from 164,000 to 369,000 metric tons (MT), according to the country's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 4/04 - APK -- On a request of Ukrainian Grain Association (UZA) the Cabinet of Minister has given an elucidation as regards differences of grain stocks data, provided by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and State Statistics Committee, UZA hassaid in a statement. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 4/04 - APK -- Until the new grain crop the Republic of Moldova will purchase abroad 25,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat, to refill its reserve fund. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- This season's seeding progress for winter grains was well ahead of the previous year, according to the United Kingdom's agriculture department (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here
ARDEN HILLS - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Land O’Lakes named Pete Kappelman, a dairy producer from Two Rivers, Wis., as its 2004 Board Chairman, the company's ninth chairman. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRASILIA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Brazil expect this year's first corn harvest to slip 1.45% from 34.759 million metric tons (MT) in 2003 to 34,256 million MT this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRASILIA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Brazil continues to look for a 58,952 million metric ton (MT) soybean harvest, according to the latest data available from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatastica (IBGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The progress of this year's monsoon in India was updated in this latest report from the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Australia -- Livestock Slaughter Summary . . . Subscribers Only
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Manitoba's BSE Task Force will accept submissions from interested persons online, says provincial Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Dairy product output in the United States slipped below month earlier levels during January, but managed to improve upon last year's numbers, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Whey Production and Stocks . . . Subscribers Only
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LANSING - Mar 4/04 - MFB -- Michigan's agriculture industry offered its two cents regarding a plan by the federal government to implement a country of origin labeling (COOL) program for meat and other perishable agricultural commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has reopened the comment period over allowing beef to be imported from countries, such as Canada, which have experienced isolated cases of BSE and are deemed to present a minimal risk to U.S. consumers and the beef industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here
FARGO - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- North Dakota's Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson expressed deep disappointment with proposed changes to the Conservation Security Program (CSP). . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) commended the USDA for starting the process of allowing certain cattle and beef products from BSE minimal risk countries into the U.S. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Dairy product markets managed a mixed performance during the week ending February 28, with the USDA reporting weakness in butter and nonfat dry milk values, while cheese and dry whey were firmer. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- While the United States produced a record quantity of pork meat during 2003, this did not prevent total red meat output from slipping 1.2% below 2002 to 46.8 billion pounds, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Feb 27/04 - SNS -- Live sheep and cattle auctions in Australia posted a good performance during the week, representing a complete reversal of activity of Australia's fledgling cattle futures market, suggest the latest date available from AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. JOSEPH - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 5. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 5/04 - SNS - Japan relaxed its ban on Canadian poultry and will allow imports of chicken and poultry meat from all provinces except British Columbia. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about India - Oilmeal Export Summary . . . Subscribers Only
KIEV - Mar 5/04 - APK -- Sugar prices in the Ukraine has rise sharply this week, but some analysts in the country believe the rally will be short-lived. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 59,679 metric tons (MT) of canola and 35,834 MT of soybeans during the week ending March 3. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The week finished on a relatively quiet note in overnight trading activity, with buyers in Taiwan active in U.S. wheat markets and Turkey in the market for barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Australia's barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd. is buying Professional Grain Services Pty Ltd., an agricultural commodity containerisation company. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Agricore United's wholly own subsidiary Unifeed Limited bought the Red Deer, Alberta based Vertech Feeds Ltd. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers are hopeful they have found a way to develop a strain of Pasteuria bacteria with potential to biologically control soybean cyst nematodes. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Australian trials of new varieties of water-efficient wheat are promising, say researchers with CSIRO. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CALGARY - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) says it is pleased to see the USDA start moving toward a definite time when trade in cattle will be resumed between the two countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,069,000 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 5,805,800 MT from the 7,263,200 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The British government says a genetically modified corn created by Monsanto for further processing, for example into animal feed, saying the variety complies with European Union (EU) requirements. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 6/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 7/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Prices received by Canadian farmers were generally lower in December, slipping below levels prevailing in November of 2003 and plunging beneath prices which prevailed in December of 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers have found using a chisel plow during fall tillage will maintain surface residue and minimize soil disturbance, which in turn will reduce carbon dioxide loss. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Poultry slaughter increased in January in the United States, rising 1% from last year to 3.33 billion pounds on a ready-to-cook basis, according to the latest USDA data. Updated totals for December 2003 show that 3.25 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about United States -- 2003 Annual Poultry Slaughter . . . Subscribers Only
NEW DELHI - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season rice crops in India is picking up pace in the southern peninsula, according to the latest crop progress report from India's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW DELHI - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- India's agriculture department maintained its estimate that this year's rabi season oilseed area ended up around 9.7 million hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report switching 100,000 metric tons (MT) of soft red winter wheat from unknown destinations to China for delivery during the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRUSSELS - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The European Union is reviewing banana import quotas to take into account the increase in the size of the confederation to 25 member states as of May 1. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- There is a greater need to boost forage yields this year in Canada to account for the larger number of cattle on feed on farms in the country, says Todd Jorgenson, a rangeland and forage agrologist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization in Yorkton. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Timing seems to be more important than how fertilizer is applied, suggests results of a three-year project that compared the agronomic performance, energy use and nitrous oxide emissions from a variety of nitrogen fertilizer managements at four different soil-climatic zones in Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SPRINGFIELD - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The USDA released its latest weekly national report covering the sugarcane molasses market in that country. The report covers both cane blackstrap and feed grade merchandise . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Eggs use by food manufacturers sank 5% from 154 million last year to 146 million dozen eggs in January 2004, according to data compiled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Canadian Feed Ingredient Market Summary . . . Subscribers Only
ATLANTA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Australian researchers are working on a rapid test for detecting the viral H5N1 strain of avian influenza which has killed 22 people in Asia and the resulted in the culling of more than 100 million birds. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Lentil growers in the state of Western Australia can now freely trade Cassab red lentil seed among themselves now that the seed licence contract for the variety has expired. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Canada -- Flaxseed Export Quality Summary . . . Subscribers Only
ISLAMABAD - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Anonymous senior Pakistani government officials say the recent rejection of 150,000 metric tons (MT) of Australian wheat will stand because a second round of tests confirmed the cargoes contained karnal bunt fungus and lowgluten strength. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Associated British Foods plc (ABF) has agreed to buy Unilever’s food oils and fats brands in Mexico for US$ 110 million in cash. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Importers continue to show more resistance toward current international prices for agricultural commodities, with state buying agencies more frequently rejecting offers on tenders. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Australia --Cattle Export Summary by Destination . . . Subscribers Only
LONDON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- England has cracked open the door for growing "genetically modified" (GM) corn varieties, while stating recent trials make it clear the country must continue to oppose cultivation of GM beet and oilseed rapeseed anywhere in the European Union. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Australia -- Sheep Export Summary by Destination . . . Subscribers Only
A table about Australia -- Livestock Export Summary . . . Subscribers Only
TOKYO - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Japan's agriculture ministry reports retail prices for cuts of imported beef declined for the first time in eight weeks in the country's supermarkets last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 10 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants, including corn, pea, potato, rice, soybean and wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Brazil -- Soybean Usage Summary . . . Subscribers Only
EDMONTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Agricultural producers who are no longer interested in getting generic returns from their crops need to change both their approach to marketing what they produce and decided what to produce. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The progress of this year's monsoon in India was updated in this latest report from the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat producers were generally pleased with the past week's weather, which saw much-needed moisture across production areas on the Plains, although only light precipitation fell on the northern and central High Plains. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The USDA 's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced posted prices for wool, by region, and the national posted price for mohair. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KUALA LUMPUR - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Crude palm oil production in Malaysia sank 22.7% in January to 876,000 metric tons (MT), resulting in a draw down in stocks as exports during the month rose to 910,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Australian consumers continued to increase the amount of money they are spend on red meat last year, with the result domestic sales jumped A$420 million to over $7.7 billion. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed for 2003 is estimated at 34.5 million tons, down slightly from last month and 3% below last year, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.82 million pounds for February, 23% lower than January and 25% below February 2003, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Steep declines in the quantity of lemons and tangelos produced this year more than offset gains in grapefruit, tangerine and temple output in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The USDA lowered its orange harvest estimate 1% from last month to 13.2 million tons for the 2003-04 season, 14% above last season's final utilization. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about USDA World Soybean Meal Supply-Demand . . . Subscribers Only
A table about USDA World Soybean Supply-Demand . . . Subscribers Only
A table about USDA World Soybean Oil Supply-Demand . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The world wheat supply and use situation for the 2003-04 marketing year was not changed much in the latest forecasts by the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Global production, imports, exports, and ending stocks are raised from last month, with the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board expecting ending stocks to advance from 82.6 to 83.44 million metric tons (MT) even though production was up just 370,000 MT at 106.64 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Global oilseed production for 2003-04 is projected at 343.6 million metric tons (MT), down 2.3 million MT from last month in the latest forecasts from the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Season ending supplies of sugar are expected to be higher than initially thought in the United States, judging from the latest forecasts from the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about USDA World Corn Supply-Demand . . . Subscribers Only
A table about United States Wheat Supply-Demand . . . Subscribers Only
A table about International Grain Supply-Demand Summary . . . Subscribers Only
A table about United States Soybean Supply-Demand Summary . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Global 2003-04 coarse grain supply and use projections are up slightly from last month with residual stocks expected to exceed 101 million metric tons (MT), according to the latest forecasts by the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The latest cotton estimates from the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board are projected the lowest ending stock in the United States in eight years on account of better than expected usage rates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Milk production in the United States is expected to reach 170.1 billion pounds for a 400 million pound increase from last month, according to the latest data from the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Red meat and poultry production forecasts for the United States for 2004 are lowered from last month as reduced forecasts of beef and turkey production more than offset higher forecasts of pork and broilers, according tothe latest data from the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about United States Cotton Supply-Demand Summary . . . Subscribers Only
A table about United States Feed Grain Supply-Demand Summary . . . Subscribers Only
A table about United States Rice Supply-Demand Summary . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Quarterly Animal Product Production . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Egg Supply and Use . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Sorghum, Barley and Oats Supply and Use . . . Subscribers Only
NAIROBI - Mar 10/04 - IRIN -- An assessment of the food security situation in drought-affected areas of Kenya has confirmed that households in the coastal districts as well as in the east and southwest continue to face shortages. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization is appealing for U.S. $4 million in immediate aid for Haiti for use in restoring agricultural production and improving food security. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Egypt dominated overnight trading news, buying 175,000 MT of Australian and U.S. origin wheat and issuing requests for offers on another 50,000 MT of wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ISLAMABAD - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The Pakistani cabinet ignored direct appeals from the Australian government and confirmed the rejection of 150,000 metric tons (MT) of Australia wheat on the basis of tests which discovered Karnal bunt fungal disease in the shipments. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The discovery of high pathogenic forms of the H7N3 avian influenza virus on a Fraser Valley farm in British Columbia has resulted in a widening of bans on imports of Canadian poultry. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CHICAGO - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will formally cooperate in the development and efficient operation of both markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CINCINNATI - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Chiquita Brands International, Inc. says average sales prices for bananas declined 6% in North America but rose elsewhere in the world in U.S. dollar terms during the first two months of the company's 2004 first quarter. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity managed a modest increase during the week ending March 6, judging from the latest data available from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SANTIAGO - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Tomato paste production is expected to rebound in Chile this year as the industry responds to reported declines in tomato production in the northern hemisphere. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PITTSBURGH - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The H.J. Heinz Company approved a 5.5% increase in the annual dividend on common stock for Fiscal Year 2005 from 27 cents to 28.5 cents per quarter, effective with the July 2004 dividend. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LIMA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Ecuador is expected to import 455,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat during the 2004-05 marketing year, with the U.S. agricultural attache here predicting Canada and Argentina will continue to expand market share at the expense of U.S. shippers. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LIMA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- There is a chance Ecuador will need to import rice in 2004-05 marketing year, with the U.S. agricultural attache here thinking the country could bring in as much as 65,000 metric tons (MT) of paddy rice. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LIMA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Good demand is expected to help maintain high levels of corn imports by Ecuador, with purchases this season expected to total 360,000 metric tons (MT), though slipping to a projected 340,000 MT in 2004-05 on account of larger domestic crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW DELHI - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- India's decision to boost import duties of soybean oil will dampen demand through the remainder of 2004, believes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Wheat production is not expected to recover in Mexico during the 2004-05 marketing year on account of predicted shortages of water for irrigated crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Rice production is expected to increase in Mexico in the coming year, but the advance is not expected to keep pace with rising demand, with the result imports could also expand in 2004-05. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Rapid increases in unsold supplies of grain sorghum and competition from imported grain are starting to discourage producers, with the result sorghum area should slip 100,000 hectares to 1.8 million for the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Mexico is hoping to maintain production of the strategically important corn crop in 2004-05, leading to predictions corn imports will relax somewhat in the coming season. . . . Continue or visitors click here
AMES - Mar 10/04 - SNS - Seeds still represent a viable window for diseases to enter a nation so security oriented as the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Countries are too eager to declare victory over the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Two directors were re-elected to the board of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) Limited at the company's annual general meeting and a third elected to the board. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers are worried the disease citrus leprosis, a virus that substantially damaged Florida's orange crop early last century, could reappear in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling corn to unknown destinations and soybean meal to Canada, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DAR ES SALAAM - Mar 11/04 - IRIN -- An estimated 3.5 million Tanzanians will need food aid before the end of May but improving rains and the impending harvest mean that in some parts of the country the food situation was improving, humanitarian workerssaid on Thursday. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NAIROBI - Mar 11/04 - IRIN -- Food insecurity in the pastoral areas of north and central Somalia has worsened in the last three weeks, as the harsh, dry Jilaal season (January-March) progresses, the EC- and USAID-funded Food Security Analysis Unit (FAO/FSAU) Somalia and the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS-NET) Somalia, warned. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COPENHAGEN - Mar 11/034 - SNS -- Danisco announced the purchase of Rhodia's food ingredients activities for DKK 2,400 million (EUR 320 million) with expected completion in May 2004 following the approval of the competition authorities. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 11/04 - APK -- Agrarian Policy Ministry of Ukraine forecasts grain crop in Ukraine in the current year to be on the level of 32 to 35 million metric tons (MT), which is 58.4 to 73.2% more than the amount collected in 2003. This was declared by the Minister Viktor Slauta at the sitting of Cabinet on Wednesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRUSSELS - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The European Union has instituted a complete ban on Canadian poultry and poultry products following the confirmation of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreak in British Columbia (Canada). . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat and rapeseed seedings were up sharply at the start of December, according to the latest survey data available from the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Livestock numbers were under pressure in 2003, with the number of animals on hand as of December 1 dropping in all major classes, except the beef herd, according to the latest survey data available from the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 11/04 - APK -- According to the press-center of Moscow Inter-Bank Currency Exchange, on March 10 the number of accredited participants of tenders at the state commodity interventions on the grain market increased from 201 to 209 flour and groats-milling enterprises from all the seven federal districts. Ninety organizations from four geographical zones - "Centre", "South-1", "South-2" and "Ural" - were permitted to participate in trades. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 11/04 - APK -- Ukrainian Grain Association considers the forecast of the grain crop increase in Ukraine in 2004 up to 32-35 million metric tons (MT) to be real, its Deputy General Director Volodymyr Lapa has informed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Soybeans are more likely to react positively to USDA crop production estimates than to stocks in all positions reports, according to a USDA analysis of reports released between the mid-1980's and last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Wheat markets are more likely to react positively to USDA crop production and stocks in all positions reports, according to a USDA analysis of reports released between the mid-1980's and last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Market reaction to USDA production and stocks reports for corn were fairly evenly split between the plus and negative side of the ledger, according to a USDA analysis of reports released between the mid-1980's and last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Upland cotton markets are more likely to react negatively to USDA crop production and stocks in all positions reports, according to a USDA analysis of reports released between the mid-1980's and last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BEIJING - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Soybean imports by China could total 25 million metric tons (MT) in the 2004-05 marketing year if current trends remain in place, argues the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board, AWB Limited rejects Pakistan's conclusions that the 150,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat it has refused to accept are in any way substandard. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation created a special import quota for upland cotton to take effect March 18, allowing imports of up to 27,202,732 kilograms (124,941 bales) of upland cotton. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Saskatchewan Highways & Transportation reminds truckers, farmers and any drivers carrying heavy loads about the spring road bans that are now in effect in some areas of the province. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Canada -- Canola Export Quality Summary . . . Subscribers Only
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,333,600 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 5,930,200 MT from the 7,403,400 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BEIJING - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Rapeseed imports by China are expected to be little changed in the 2004/05 marketing year, though Canada is expected to re-emerge as the dominant supplier now that canola production has rebounded in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BEIJING - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Sunflower seeds are expected to remain a small component of China's oilseeds complex, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in a recent report on the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BEIJING - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Chinese vegetable oil production is expected to reach 12.35 million metric tons (MT) in 2004-05, which is 6.7% higher the 2003-04 preliminary estimate of 11.57 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BEIJING - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Soybean meal (SBM) production in China is expected to grow with the increase in domestic crushing activity, with the result the country has little need to import meal; while strong domestic demand makes an infrequent exporter of residual supplies. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BUENOS AIRES - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Argentina is expected to harvest 12.5 million metric tons (MT) of corn in both its 2004-05 and 2005-06 marketing years, with the result ending stocks should continue their recent decline. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BUENOS AIRES - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Little change is expected in Argentine rice production and trade in the 2004-05 marketing year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CANBERRA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The Australian government patted itself on the back for properly managing the country's beef exports to the United States in order to prevent the industry from accidentally over shooting its import quota. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BUENOS AIRES - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Argentine wheat production has been increasing in recent years, and this should continue through the 2004-05 marketing years, argues the U.S. agricultural attache here in a recent report on the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Free trade negotiations between Mexico and Japan have wrapped up and a deal is now awaiting official announcement in both countries, say Japanese negotiators. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Limited activity was seen on the cattle futures market this week, with just five contracts traded, reports Meat and Livestock Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- There was an improvement in the number of animals auctioned during the past week report AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Dairy product markets were generally strong during the week ending March 6, with the USDA reporting higher week ending values in each of the major product categories. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. JOSEPH - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 12. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) intends to sell its interests in the pork industry and exit that side of its business. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 64,452 metric tons (MT) of canola and 39,771 MT of soybeans during the week ending March 10. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers have found freeze drying specially formulated diets make it easier to get the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) to eat food containing biological control agents. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 12.04 - SNS -- The USDA plans to buy up to 6.9 million pounds of canned and frozen asparagus for donation to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about United Kingdom -- Egg Trade Summary . . . Subscribers Only
ST. LOUIS - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BATTLE CREEK - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Dietary fiber consumption in North America is too low, according to data from the U.S. government's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, with people in the United States aeatling just 30% of their daily needs. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Licensed warehouses who have been storing agricultural products on farms have bee given until April 15 to move the commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Turkey hatchery activity was down significantly in February, with the month ending wish solid declines in both the number of poults placed and eggs set. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada expects this year's canola seeded area to jump 14.9% and soybeans to expand 4.3% as part of a general shift of land from grains to oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Russia's winter grains survived the winter in good shape, with the result this season's reduction in seeded area may have been more than offset by lower winter kill, suggest analysts with the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRASILIA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Harvesting of this season's apple crop is now underway in Brazil and there is considerable optimism in the industry that production will reach a record 970,000 metric tons (MT), reports the U.S. agricultural attache here, for a 15% improvement on last year's result. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW DELHI - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- India's cotton harvest is now expected to total 16.1 million bales in 2003-04, down 200,000 bales due to a reduced area estimate. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PARIS - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Last year's drought slashed walnut production in France to just 24,000 metric tons (MT), but there is optimism the crop will rebound to around 32,000 MT this year based on the expectation moisture levels will return to normal. . . . Continue or visitors click here
RIYADH - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Saudi Arabia's barley production ban is now in full swing, with the result the country imports are expected to advance from 6 million to 6.5 million metric tons (MT) in the coming year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
RIYADH - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Wheat production is expected to decline in Saudi Arabia this year as seeded area plunges from a recent average of 446,000 hectares per year to just 320,000 hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/05 - SNS -- Canadian coarse grain output could post a slight increase over last year, even though total seeded area is expected to decline as producers move land into oilseed, predicts Agriculture Canada's market analysis branch here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/05 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada's market analysis branch here believes Canadian wheat production will drop at least 3% this year as Canadian farmers move land from wheat and coarse grains into oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 13/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The progress of this year's monsoon in India was updated in this latest report from the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 14/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) tweaked its Estimated Pool Returns for the both the 2002-03 and 2003-04 pool. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- USDA plant breeders have developed a new red seedless grape variety with a light, muscat flavor, which they hope consumers will respond to as an alternate flavor. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about India -- Vegetable Oil Import Summary . . . Subscribers Only
DELHI - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Soybean crush in the United States during February totalled 3,378,953 metric tons (MT), according to the latest data available from the National Oilseed Processors Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The week got off to a slow start in international markets, with little trading activity reported over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MONTREAL - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- CN Rail and the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union have reached a tentative three-year agreement. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 15/04 - APK -- Crude vegetable oil production reached 117,100 metric tons (MT) in the Ukraine in February, including 69 MT of corn oil, 106 MT of mustard oil and 384 MT of other oils says the State Statistics Committee. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 15/04 - APK -- The Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy Serhey Slauta says the average price for milling wheat Class 3 of new crop will be at 800 hryvnias per metric ton (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WHITE PLAINS - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Bunge Limited declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Potato stocks maintained their recent upward trend, with March opening with 167 million cwt (100 pound units) of potatoes in storage in the 15 major producing states, up 1% from last year and 5% above 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
GUELPH - Mar 15/04 - SNS --The Bank of Montreal and Farm Associated Risk Management Services Corporation (ACC Farms) are offering farmers low interest loans to help them roll money into the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program, butstill pay down higher interest rate debt. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Potatoes Used for Processing . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The USDA warned warehouses storing peanuts that it has found repeated violations of two conditions of the USWA Nut Licensing Agreement and the CCC PSA by peanut warehouse operators. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SPRINGFIELD - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The USDA released its latest weekly national report covering the sugarcane molasses market in that country. The report covers both cane blackstrap and feed grade merchandise . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) boosted initial payments for wheat durum, feed and designated barley delivered into the 2003-04 marketing pools. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Cargill Animal Nutrition completed its purchase of Agway Feed and Nutrition from Agway, Inc. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The USDA will expand its Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) testing program in the United States from the current rate of around 40,000 animals in 2004 to around 268,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has warned consumers not to consume No Name brand Honey because it may contain nitrofurans. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Efforts to integrate the Dominican Republic into the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have been concluded, with the country assuming the same set of obligations and commitments as Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MADRID - Mar 15-04 - SNS -- The U.S. agricultural attache here is optimistic the United States will record one of its best years in a long time once the 2003-04 season wraps up, predicting total sorghum shipments could reach 500,000 metric tons (MT) and wheat 600,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
GENEVA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Groupe DANONE has entered Mexico's home and office water delivery market with the purchase of Arco Iris. . . . Continue or visitors click here
HONG KONG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Noble Group Limited completed a U.S. $200 million convertible bond issue. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Australia's presence in Japan's beef market has improved dramatically since Japan banned imports of U.S. origin beef in December, rising by 44% to 59,000 metric tons (MT) during January and February. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 16/04 -- SNS -- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is becoming more involved in animal welfare issues in the Middle East , inviting animal welfare groups in the region to work with the Australian industry to further improve animal handlingstandards. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- General Mills, Inc. reported a quarterly after tax earnings of U.S. $242 million on sales of $2.70 billion for the 13 weeks ending Feb. 22, 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States sold 110,000 metric tons (MT) of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq during the 2003-04 marketing year, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NAIROBI - Mar 16/04 - IRIN -- Sudan's representative in Washington has appealed to the US to normalize relations, lift sanctions and invest in the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 15/04 - APK -- Bread and products output in Ukraine during February totalled 171,100 metric tons (MT), nearly unchanged from January but up 7% from February 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The USDA continue to paint a mixed picture about opening season moisture conditions across much of the growing areas of the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Areas of Saskatchewan reporting cabbage seedpod weevil (CSPW) infestations are spreading into the main canola and mustard seed producing areas of the province, although not in economically significant numbers. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA- Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Levels of trace minerals such as copper and manganese, which play a vital role in the function of an important nervous system protein called the prion, do not appear to have any direct impact on an animal's susceptibility to chronic wasting disease (CWD). . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Milk Production by Month . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Milk production rose 1.7% in February to an estimated 11.8 billion pounds in the 20 major producing States, according to the latest numbers from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Milk Production by State . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The USDA 's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced posted prices for wool, by region, and the national posted price for mohair. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The unwillingness of U.S. negotiators to open the U.S. sugar market to imports from Australia is a key problem for the U.S. food processing industry and, as a result, most cannot support the recently negotiated free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- United States Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick has filed a case against Mexico's imposition of additional sales and distribution taxes on beverages that are not sweetened with cane sugar. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Canada -- Harvested Canola Quality Summary . . . Subscribers Only
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Drought damage on Austria's winter rapeseed crop resulted in a steep reduction in production of that oilseed and pulled down total oilseed output in 2003 by 14% to an estimated 199,307 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CANBERRA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Contrary to what has been suggested by the American Farm Bureau, the free trade agreement between Australia and the United States (AUSFTA) will not change the way the Australian Government will continue to examine agricultural import requests from the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CANBERRA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The weather outlook for the second quarter of the 2004 calendar year will be mixed, believes Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (ABM). . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Australia's dried fruit industry hopes to consolidate under a single company if government officials do not block two proposed mergers in the industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NAIROBI - Mar 17/04 - IRIN -- Disease is a major factor leading to malnutrition in southern Sudan, resulting from a hostile and underdeveloped environment where health services are poor and access to safe drinking water and hygiene is limited, according to a new study. Compounding this are inappropriate practices related to feeding, hygiene and health care. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Canada -- Frozen Poultry Stocks Summary . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- A machine developed and patented by USDA researchers to automate cotton gins is now being manufactured commercially. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 17/04 - APK -- According to State Custom Committee, in January 2004 sunflower seeds export from Russia accounted for 43,400 metric tons (MT), down by 55.4% in December. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 17/04 - APK -- Closed joint-stock company Kiev-Konty (Kiev), one of the largest confectionaries in Ukraine, has bought Russian closed joint-stock company Konditer-Kursk confectionary, PR-manager of Kiev-Konty Andrey Buryak said. According tohim, it would allow the company to increase its share on the Russian domestic market and enrich the commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BUENOS AIRES - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The Argentine agriculture department estimates this season's soybean crop will total 34.7 million metric tons (MT) from 14.1 million hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Wheat futures markets on the Chicago Board of Trade were supported by overnight trading activity, which saw Egypt buy 120,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. origin wheat and the World Food Program tender for 627,500 MT of optional origin wheat for Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Members of the U.S.-based National Potato Promotion Board were named by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada is pushing an internet-based tool developed by Quorum Corporation, which is intended to help grain producers calculate net returns on grain deliveries to any location in western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CHICAGO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Anthony J. Cavalieri, Ph.D., was named to Chromatin, Inc. board of directors. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
JOHANNESBURG - Mar 17/04 - IRIN -- The World Food Programme (WFP) has purchased 100,000 metric tons (MT) of food from Zambia, following the country's remarkable turnaround in food production last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
EDMONTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- It turns out that farmers markets are a powerful way to increase tourism in rural areas, with the Canadian province of Alberta reporting they have become the "number one agri tourism attraction in the province. . . . Continue or visitors click here
EDMONTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture reminds agricultural producers that if they are better prepared for their annual visit with their tax accountant and arrive with more organized records, they can often take better advantage of the accountants knowledge of the income tax system. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Final U.S. Grain Corn Crop Numbers 1997 to 2002 . . . Subscribers Only
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WASHINGTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity managed a 2% increase over last year during the week ending March 13, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Historic USDA Crop Estimate Revision Summary . . . Subscribers Only
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BUENOS AIRES - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Cotton production in Argentina is expected to end up at just 95,000 metric tons (MT) for the 2003-04 marketing year on account of reduced seedings and dry conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Wheat production has been increasing in Japan in recent years as the country works to encourage some rice producers to switch crops, reflecting the fact the country is nearly self-sufficient in rice production and that per capita consumption is declining in favor of wheat and other grains. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- This season's rice production slump in Japan is not expected to have much impact on import levels ion 2004, according to the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Australia and Canada are expected to continue to dominate the Japanese oat market over the short term, sharing the country's annual requirement for around 80,000 metric tons (MT) of racehorse quality oats. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Efforts by the Japanese government to encourage agricultural producers to expand barley seedings at the expense of rice are having mixed success. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Japan's livestock feed industry appears to be switching sorghum demand back into corn because of relatively firmer markets for grain sorghum than other feed ingredients in recent years. . . . Continue or visitors click here
RABAT - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Good rainfall during the end of March and beginning of April would allow Moroccan wheat and barley production to match last year's levels, believes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Over the long term, Japanese demand for corn is expected to switch from the grain to the end product as domestic livestock production declines in importance and more of the country's meat demand is covered by imports. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MOSCOW - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Flax is a traditional Russian crop, and given the country's climate, soil and weather conditions, and agronomic traditions, one would expect production to return to its former levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MOSCOW - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Cotton usage rates in Russia have been hurt by international prices for the commodity, with the result imports are declining. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRISBANE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Australia's pork industry will not experience long term growth unless it finds new ways to sell what it produces, including the development of niche markets, argues Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator Judith Troeth said today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Canadian canola crush is advancing at a near record pace, with the quantity processed the second highest on record. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MADISON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Dairy market conditions in western and eastern Europe were reviewed in the latest report on the sector released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MADISON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The USDA published its latest review of dairy market conditions in Australia and New Zealand today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The USDA will pay closer attention to imported avocados in an effort to ensure imported product meets avocado import requirements under Section 8e of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- USDA plant breeders have developed new varieties of ornamental peppers they believe will attract considerable interest from home gardeners. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States sold 320,584 metric tons (MT) of corn from delivery to unknown destinations and Japan for delivery during the balance of the current marketing year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Several counties in California, Massachusetts, New York and Washington were designated as primary agricultural disaster areas by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CHICAGO - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to closely share information about listings of new products, changes to existing contact specifications and tradingmethods. . . . Continue or visitors click here
FARGO - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- North Dakota's agriculture department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have approved an herbicide and a fungicide for use on sugarbeets this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Fire damaged part of the farrowing site and killed several animals at one of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool's (SWP) affiliated hog operations. No employees were hurt. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Agricore United declared a $0.03 per share quarterly dividend on the Limited Voting Common Shares payable on May 14, 2004 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LANSING - Mar 18/04 - MFB -- Michigan asparagus growers have more than one reason to grin lately. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Agricore United reported a $12.7 million of 31 cent per share loss for the quarter ending January 31, a good improvement on the net loss of $19.6 million or $0.46 per share for the same quarter last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Agricore United reports that its share of the western Canadian grain handle at primary elevators slipped from 35.5% during the November to January quarter of the 2002-03 marketing year to 33.1% this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 18/04 - MFB -- Retail prices for food at the supermarket rose in the first quarter of 2004, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) marketbasket survey. The informal survey on the total cost of 16 basic grocery items showed an increase of $2.41 from the 2003 fourth quarter survey. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CALGARY - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- A Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) survey of its customers and contract terms has led it to believe 87% of the buyers of Canadian wheat are not willing to accept genetically modified (GM) wheat varieties. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice continued to increase significantly, due mainly to unexpected strong demand for white rice from China on account of shortages there, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. JOSEPH - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 19. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Dairy product markets continued to increase during the week ending March 13, with all major product category values rising, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Commercial red meat production slipped below year earlier levels, with declines in beef output overcoming a jump in port output to record levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Livestock Slaughter and Weights . . . Subscribers Only
ATLANTA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PRETORIA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Summer oilseed crops in South Africa are doing better than initially expected, judging from the latest numbers developed by the Crop Estimates Committee of the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here
PRETORIA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- South Africa's corn crop looks better than initially expected, with the Crop Estimates Committee of the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) boosting the estimated size of this season's commercial corn harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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ST. PAUL - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Beekeepers in the state of Minnesota have until April 15 to register their colonies, the agriculture department (MDA) says. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Open interest on Australia's fledgling cattle futures market declined with the March option becoming deliverable during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 76,568 metric tons (MT) of canola and 28,032 MT of soybeans during the week ending March 17. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The number of animals moving through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd were down during the week, but the company suggested its auctions attracted more than its normal share of action. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The FAO and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) worry some Asian countries are declaring victory over avian influenza (AI) more quickly than they should, suggesting they are failing to properly assess the epidemiological situation. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 -SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 110,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations for shipment during the remainder of the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MONTREAL - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union ratified new three-year collective agreements with CN Rail, ending the strike which began February 20. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The progress of this year's monsoon in India was updated in this latest report from the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The USDA named several counties in Colorado, Maine, Texas and Washington state which are considered primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Agricore United is offering shareholders a chance to reinvest the quarterly dividends declared this week. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CALGARY - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Big Rock Brewery Income Trust will pay unitholders of record on March 31 $0.07 per trust unit on April 15, 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 19/04 - APK -- During the voyage to Poltava the Prime-Minister of Ukraine Victor Yanukovich said it's necessary to leave export tax for sunflower seeds unchanged at 17%. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 19/04 - APK -- The government's priority for 2004 is organization and regulation of the agricultural market of Ukraine, and first of all, the sphere of commercial and intermediate sellings, Leonid Kuchma the President of Ukraine said in his annual massage to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 19/04 - APK -- According to State Statistics Committee, grain stocks in Ukraine by March 1 are 6,132 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,760,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 6,224,600 MT from the 7,535,900 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
RICHMOND - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Chai-Na-Ta Corp. reported net earnings of $2.6 million or $0.17 per basic share for its 2003 fiscal year, a solid improvement on the $300,000 or $0.02 per basic share reported for fiscal 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CHATHAM - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- While current crop soybean markets continue to escalate, growers should start pricing out old crop supplies instead of waiting for what they believe is the peak, argues Kim Cooper, Market Co-ordinator, Ontario Soybean Growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Cattle Placed on Feed . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Cattle on Feed Narketed by State . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Red meat in cold storage in the United States at the end of February was down 4% from year earlier levels at 934.7 million pounds, according to the latest data assembled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed in the United States in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.98 million head on March 1, up 4% from the 10.55 million head on March 1, 2003 but 5% below March 1, 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Cattle on Feed by State . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Apples in Coild Storage by State . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Stocks of fresh and frozen fruit were down from year earlier levels, according to the latest USDA report on product held in cold storage in the United States, while frozen juice supplies are up sharply. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Frozen poultry in cold storage in the United States increased during February, but remained below year earlier levels, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Stocks of frozen vegetables in cold storage in the United States dropped below month earlier and year earlier levels during February, while frozen potato supplies increased, according to the latest USDA report on agricultural commodities held in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Stocks of dairy products and eggs in cold storage in the United States were little changed from last month, but generally above year earlier levels, according to the latest USDA report on agricultural commodities held incold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The quantity of edible nuts in cold storage in the United States was above both month earlier and year earlier levels, according to the latest USDA report on agricultural commodities held in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The quantity of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on March 1 totaled 85.0 million pounds, 4% more than March 1, 2003, but 4% less than March 1, 2002, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice remained considerably strong, continuing advances record earlier in the month. . . . Continue or visitors click here
HANOI - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's internal rice markets appears to be struggling with shortages of export quality product, according to the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Coconut cultivation has been steadily declining in Malaysia in recent years, resulting in a down trending outlook for copra. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 19/04 - SNS - Malaysian demand for soybean seed and meal is expected to expand rapidly in 2004 as domestic poultry production recovers from the avian influenza crisis and total consume demand for meat rebounds. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Malaysia continues to maintain its status as the world's largest producer and exporter of palm and palm kernel oil. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Increased export demand for fishmeal should allow the recent steady increase in Malaysian production to continue through the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Austrian consumers remain vigorous opponents of biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) foods, a view supported by recent "unfortunate European experiences with food disasters," laments the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 20/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 21/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The European Union's decision to remove export subsidies on uncooked pigmeat following protests by the Australian Government was welcomed by Australian Agriculture Minister Warren Truss. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Including a pulse such as vetch into crop rotations have a clear, positive impact on cotton lint yields, according to a team of researchers at CSIRO Plant Industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- With the exception of specialty crops and vegetables, agricultural commodity values were slightly higher during January, with the result the Canadian Farm Product Price Index (FPPI) rose 1.8% from its December value. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) will continue to develop and improve the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) says NLIS Manager Mick Prendergast to producers who attended a series of NLIS meetings held across Queensland last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NAIROBI - Mar 22/04 - IRIN -- An estimated 184,000 people in northwestern Kenya's pastoral districts of Turkana and Marsabit face a precarious food situation following poor rainfall in some areas over the past two seasons, and an upsurge in conflict, areport said on Friday. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 345,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the remainder of the 2003-04 marketing year, says the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Average Weight per Cotton Bale Ginned . . . Subscribers Only
WASHINGTON - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The running total of cotton bales ginned during the 2003-04 marketing year remains well, ahead of last season, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRUSSELS - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The European Union is extending its ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from the United States until at least April 30. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- Total grain exports from Ukraine in January totaled 189,000 metric tons (MT), down 47% in December -- equal to the quantity of wheat imported during the month, according to the latest government trade data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- According to State Custom Committee of Russian Federation, in January 2004 grains export from Russia accounted 319,000 metric tons (MT), down 61% in December, with 113,500 MT ending up in the Ukraine. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- According to the chairman of State Commodity Reserve Committee of Ukraine Nikolay Pesotskiy, State Reserve plans to sell about 500,000 metric tons (MT) of flour for 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current rally in coarse grains markets does not appear to be demand, with the result prices could turn quickly and sharply, warn Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) market analysts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SPRINGFIELD - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The USDA released its latest weekly national report covering the sugarcane molasses market in that country. The report covers both cane blackstrap and feed grade merchandise . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Agricore United sold its Eastbank Crop Production Centre in Broderick, Saskatchewan, to the Gardiner Dam Terminal Joint Venture. . . . Continue or visitors click here
FRESNO - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The USDA released its latest summary of prevailing market values for honey trading in the United States, covering both domestic and imported product. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Beekeepers in most parts of the United States report their hives over-wintered well, and appear to be starting the 2004 season in good condition, judging from state level comments in the latest USDA honey industry review. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Egg Type Hatchery Summary . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Broiler Type Hatchery Summary . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Farrowings 1998 to 2002 . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Dec 1 Hog Inventory 1998 to 2002 . . . Subscribers Only
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WASHINGTON - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Egg production managed a solid 3% increase over year earlier levels during February, reaching 6.89 billion, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Layers on Hand and Eggs Produced . . . Subscribers Only
A table about U.S. Final Hog Inventory 1998 to 2002 . . . Subscribers Only
LETHBRIDGE - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Canada's cattle industry will receive the lion's share of the $995 million dollar assistance package unveiled by the Canadian government here today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Downsizing their 1,500 acres grain farm to 250 and switching to fresh vegetables has allowed the Plummer farm near Saskatoon to turn its first good profit in many years. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 22.04 - SNS -- Researchers are gaining a better understanding of why copper deficiency develops in some cattle as part of a series of projects supported by the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF). . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about Canadian Feed Ingredient Market Summary . . . Subscribers Only
HONG KONG - Mar 23/04 - SNS - Noble Group Ltd appointed Gary Mize as a main Board director. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Sugar imports by the Czech Republic could be hurt over the short term after the country joins the European Union. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Bangladesh has dropped a 15% supplementary duty on Australian exports of bulk milk powder, says Agriculture Minister Warren Truss. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Regulatory hurdles faced by organic food and commodity shippers from the United States to Japan have decreased since the two countries negotiated a liberal equivalency agreement in 2002, says the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- High international commodity prices continue to have an impact on tender activity, with more tenders postponed or offers rejected. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Bunge Limited's Canadian operation, CanAmera Foods, is changing its legal and operating name to Bunge Canada effective March 29. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Season opening conditions remain mixed across the United States, with dry conditions and moisture shortages reported in some parts of the continental United States, while other areas said field work was delayed by weather. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Agricore United has been certified under the United State Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Department of Homeland Security Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Researchers in the state of Western Australia have confirmed the naturally high anti-bacterial properties of honey from the state's Jarrah forest. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The state of Western Australia has declared that it will not allow the production of genetically modified (GM) food crops in order to protect the state's 'clean and green' status, says Premier Geoff Gallop. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LUANDA - Mar 23/04 - IRIN -- A serious funding shortfall means emergency food aid to almost 2 million hungry Angolans is in jeopardy, the acting head of the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The USDA announced a schedule of low-strength fiber discounts for 2004-crop Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The desert locust situation in northern Africa is now expected to reach serious levels this year, with a massive upsurge possible, warns the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Locust Group. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- According to State Custom Committee of Russian Federation, in January 2004 grains export from Russia accounted 319,000 metric tons (MT), down 61% in December, with 113,500 MT ending up in the Ukraine. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The USDA 's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced posted prices for wool, by region, and the national posted price for mohair. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Hungary's sugar production quota upon joining the European Union (EU) will be 400,000 metric tons (MT), well above last year's harvest and slightly above the country's recent average annual output. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW DELHI - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Dairy products need to meet eight new conditions before they can be shipped to India under new phytosanitary rules. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Ireland's ability to rebound from the depths of the BSE crisis to regain markets even though it is rated as a high risk origin is due in no small part to the country's tracing system for cattle. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Corn production is expected to increase slightly in the coming season, rising from 4.2 million metric tons (MT) to a projected 4.265 million MT based on expectations seeded area will increase slightly from 1.11 to 1.13 million hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Virtually all Thailand's wheat needs are covered by imported product, with the United States and Australia dominating the market and Canada posting a strong third place finish. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BANGKOK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Thailand is looking for a larger rice harvest in 2004-05, but a tightening stock situation on account of steady increases in domestic usage and surprisingly strong demand this season, could force the country to trim exportsin the coming season. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- The North American Millers Association named Jane B. DeMarchi its coordinator of technical and export programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Some brands of honey, containing product imported from Australia, Argentina and Turkey is being recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) because the products may contain nitrofurans. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Canadian honey suppliers have responded to the latest recall of some brands of imported honey by stressing that domestically produced product is free of nitrofurans. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Soybean producers in the United States are being informally polled by the USDA to see if they want to hold a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order as authorized under the Soybean Promotion, Research, andConsumer Information Act. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The USDA is recommending amendments to the Northeast Federal milk marketing order based on testimony and evidence given at a public hearing held on Sept. 10-13, 2002, in Arlington, Va. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) continued to improve its financial performance during the second quarter ending January 31, with the quarterly loss slashed from $18.8 million last year to just $4.8 million, which included provisions for the "impairment in the pork and related operations." . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) reported a 27% increase in primary grain shipments from 1.27 million metric tons (MT) last year to 1.62 million MT for the quarter ending January 31. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 110,000 metric tons (MT) of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NAIROBI - Mar 24/04 - IRIN -- Normal rainfall from March to May across much of Rwanda is expected to support a good harvest for most crops, according to a food security update issued by the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 24/04 - APK -- Russia experienced an overall reduction in output of manufactured food items in February, according to data assembled by the State Statistic Committee of Russian Federation. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 24/04 - APK -- According to the head of Grain Association of Ukraine (UZA) Vladimir Klimenko, wheat import to Ukraine for January-March period totaled 450,000 metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Pork production costs in Europe are experiencing a general increase, suggest a report published by the British Pig Executive (BPEX). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States managed a small advance during the week ending March 20, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) named Terry Baker President and Chairman of the Board, and re-elected Thad Trefiak as Vice-President. Douglas Kitchen was re-elected to a second term as Lead Director and Vice-Chair. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The Hungarian government has been forced to subsidize its pork industry to help bridge the time until the country joins the European Union (EU) and the sector will no longer be eligible for subsidies. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Fruit production in Slovakia slipped 1% during 2003 to 80,405 metric tons (MT), with apple accounting for 63.6% of the total. Of the balance of the fruit trees: 10.7% are plum trees, 4.5% cherry trees and 4% walnut trees. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will depopulate all remaining flocks in the high-risk region of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley because of the detection of avian influenza on two more farms in the region. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The quantity of red meat on hand in Canada at the end of February was down from the previous month, but above year earlier levels, according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Cottonseed Crush and Stocks Summary . . . Subscribers Only
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WASHINGTON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Total soybean oil stocks advanced during February, with gains in crude more than offsetting declines in refined soybean oil. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Crude vegetable oil production little changed from year earlier levels during the first two months of the year, totalling 3,623 million pounds of actual production, just up from 3,621 million pounds last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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WASHINGTON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Average daily fiber use is well below year earlier levels, judging from the latest data available from the Census Bureau. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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OMAHA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- ConAgra Foods, Inc. reported net earnings of $203 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the third quarter ended Feb. 22, 2004; this represents an $0.08 per share increase over last year's earnings of $161 million, or $0.30per diluted share. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The past month's sharp speculative rally in U.S. futures markets is a clear symptom of the increasingly tight outlook for feed grains and oilseeds, argues the International Grains Council (IGC) in its latest market review. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) again boosted the estimated size of the world's coarse grain crops, lifting its 2003-04 season production four million metric tons (MT) to 903 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LONDON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) lowered the estimated size of this season's world wheat harvest from 557 million to 552 million metric tons (MT) as reduced estimates for India and Ukraine more than offset higher production numbers for Argentina and Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NAIROBI - Mar 25/04 - IRIN -- The food security situation in Eritrea remains bleak despite a partial improvement in agricultural production last year, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported on Wednesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The USDA needs to devise procedures to absolutely guarantee that biotech plant-made pharmaceuticals and industrials products and products intended and approved for food and feed use are never comingled. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) anno8unced a dramatic increase to its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for wheat and barley which will be marketed during the coming 2004-05 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) lifted its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2003-04 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MONTREAL - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The North American Millers' Association (NAMA) defended the use of methyl bromide as a food safety and sanitation tool by farmers and food processors at an Extraordinary Meeting of the United Nations (UN) here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The number of animals moving through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd were down during the week mainly because of declining offerings of sheep. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Dairy product prices continued their recent advance through the week ending March 20, judging from the latest USDA market data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Placements of hatchery chicks onto farms were estimated at 52.8 million birds in February, up 0.2% from February 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers have demonstrated that corn plants signal one another when attacked by insect pests. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. JOSEPH - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 26. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The week's trading activity in physicals ended with a flourish with the World Food Program announcing it was able to buy the 625,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat it was seeking for Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 26/04 - APK -- All governmental agencies of Ukraine will start state new grain crop buying from August, says Vice Prime Minister Ivan Kirilenko, and should continue through October -- a time when grower selling peaks. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW DELHI - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The Indian government will release 4.5 million metric tons (MT) of quota of indigenous free-sale sugar for the second quarter of 2004 for the months of April, May and June. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 27/05 - SNS -- Pumpkin production is steadily increasing in Austria's eastern provinces of Styria, Burgenland and Lower Austria because of growing demand and strong prices for Styrian pumpkin seed oil. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TOKYO - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Japan's domestic sugar production should reach 897,000 metric tons (MT) this season, but there is an expectation sugarbeet seedings will decline, with the result domestic output could slip in 2004-05 to around 850,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here
LANSING - Mar 26/04 - MFB -- Farmers looking for ways to steel themselves against inevitable price increases will have to move fast if they're in the market for steel-based products. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 69,698 metric tons (MT) of canola and 29,787 MT of soybeans during the week ending March 24. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MISSISSAUGA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Central Canada Foods Corporation increased sales by more than 65% to $6,352,000 from $3,837,000 during the quarter ending quarter ended January 31; but net earnings only increase $10,000 to $141,310. . . . Continue or visitors click here
GUELPH - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Efforts by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) to link the use of manufactured chemicals with cancer rates has angered a farm group in Ontario, which has taken the unusual step of attacking the messenger -- the newswire service Canadian Press (CP). . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 14,229,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 6,472,400 MT from the 7,757,100 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The USDA has designated counties in Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon and Texas as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Hog and pig inventories were up 2% from last year at 59.3 million animals in the United States, according to the USDA's quarterly report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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LIMA - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Peru expects this year's cane sugar output to drop 7% to 902,000 metric tons (MT) on account of severe drought at the beginning of the year, which has reduced water reservoirs in the northern part of the country to between 9% and 25% of capacity. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SANTO DOMINGO - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Poor economic conditions in the Dominican Republic have resulted in lower bread consumption, causing the country's import requirements to slip. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 27/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 28/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The progress of this year's monsoon in India was updated in this latest report from the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) announced its fifth and final distribution of money for the 2002-03 wheat pools it manages. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) added tis support to co-existence trials for genetically modified or engineered (GM) in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Only a few changes were made to the Australian Wheat Boards (AWB) 2003-04 Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs), while the forecast range for the 2004-05 National Pool benchmark grade was increased. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Australia's believes expanded burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is still more than can be handled by the earth's biosphere, with the result carbon dioxide levels in the global atmosphere are rising more quickly. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 165,000 metric tons (MT) of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq, with 55,000 MT for delivery during the 2003-04 marketing year and 110,000 MT for delivery next season. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Canada's natural health industry is surprisingly unaware of rules and regulations governing the products they import and sell, according to the latest Statistics Canada survey of the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers believe a fungus could hold the key to deriving additional revenue from the production of ethanol, by helping manufacturers find new, value-added uses for corn fiber and distiller's dry grains with solubles (DDGS) – the "leftovers" of making ethanol. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Canadian farmland values rose an average 1.5% during the last half of 2003, with average values up in all provinces except Newfoundland, according to data assembled by Farm Credit Canada (FCC). . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) elected Stan Eby of Kincardine, Ontario, president at its annual meeting here last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KABUL - Mar 29/04 - IRIN -- A new study on Afghanistan's agriculture policy and rural livelihoods has called on aid agencies and the government to more critically analyse how relevant programs work in developing the beleagured nation's agriculture and rural livelihoods. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SPRINGFIELD - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The USDA released its latest weekly national report covering the sugarcane molasses market in that country. The report covers both cane blackstrap and feed grade merchandise . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 29/04 - APK -- A resolution of the Belarusian Council of Ministers of March 18 this year has suspended until the end of 2004 the effect of customs duties for import of oilcakes and other solid secondary products of soyoil extraction, as wellas ground, non-ground, granulated and non-granulated varieties of oilcake. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 29/04 - APK -- According to Ukraine's Vice-Prime Minister for Agriculture Ivan Kyrylenko, Ukrainian government is planning to introduce in 2004 new quality standards for wheat, Interfax-Ukraine news agency informed. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 29/04 - APK -- According to the Director of Company "Agroexport" Hennadiy Zhyltsov, the oil-extraction plant "Extrol", belonging to the company, has started installation of two new oil-extraction presses, which will increase its production capacity up to 600 metric tons (MT) daily. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Monsanto Company has agreed to sell assets associated with the company's European wheat and barley business to Rodez, France-based RAGT Genetique, S.A. Monsanto originally stated its intention to exit the European wheat and barley breeding business as a part of a global restructuring plan announced in October 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
JOHANNESBURG - Mar 29/04 - IRIN -- Good rains and predictions of a better harvest have led to a considerable drop in the price of maize or corn on South African markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is setting a maximum limit of 30 milligrams per 100 grams for iron fortification in corn-soy blend (CSB). . . . Continue or visitors click here
MODESTO - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- California's almond industry is pleased with the findings of recent studies which indicate the Alpha-tocopherol form of vitamin E found in the nut is particularly beneficial to human health. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
HANOI - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's internal rice market strengthened through the middle of the month on grower stockpiling. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The Australian barley board, ABB Grain Ltd increased projected pool returns for the 2004-05 marketing season by A$5 per metric ton to between $180 and $190 MT for malting 1 barley and between $155 and $165 MT for feed 1 barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here
CANBERRA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Australia is implementing a mandatory export licensing regime for the country's livestock industry as part of its implementation of findings of the Keniry Report into Australia's livestock export trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and LiveCorp have announced a new series of workshops in the Middle East aimed at improving animal handling and welfare practices. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- A school milk trial in China had a vivid effect on the body masses of girls involved in the study group, according to results of the Australian study. . . . Continue or visitors click here
BRUSSELS - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The European Union (EU) relaxed restrictions on poultry imports from Canada and the United States, only leaving restrictions on imports from Texas and a part of British Columbia. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 165,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 30/04 - APK -- Markets in the Ukraine appear to be saturated with sugar with the result they should remain steady through the end of the marketing year, predicts Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture Ivan Kyrylenko. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Good progress has been made on an oral vaccine, which could result in new methods of immunizing livestock and humans within the decade. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 30/04 - APK -- According to the Head of Tariff Regulation Department in the Russian Ministry for Economic Development Alexander Filippov, the effect of import duties for grain, which are currently in effect, stops on May 1 and will not be prolonged any further. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 30/04 - APK -- Nestle is making two more of its chocolate bars -- Aero and KitKat -- available on markets in the Ukraine, says Regional Director for Ukraine Leo Vensel. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -– The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) quarantined another farm in the control area of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley based on preliminary test results that indicate the possible presence of avian influenza. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Moisture conditions remain mixed across the major crop production areas in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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BATTLE CREEK - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Recent surveys by a Kellogg Company subsidiary, Morningstar Farms, finds people are becoming bored by the limited options available under the "low carb" diets which have become enormously popular in North America the past couple of years. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Quantities of peanuts on hand in the United States at the end of February were 1.9% above year earlier levels at 2.11 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, including 1.32 billion pounds of actual farmer stock. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Aggregate farm product values reached record levels during the past month, with the preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers hitting 122 in March, six points (5.2%) above the February Index. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The USDA 's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced posted prices for wool, by region, and the national posted price for mohair. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
VIENNA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Croatia's hog industry is working hard on improving its swine genetics as demand for higher quality hogs increases. . . . Continue or visitors click here
REGINA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Movement of grain from western Canada to export will improve over the coming four weeks, notes the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP). . . . Continue or visitors click here
JOHANNESBURG - Mar 30/04 - IRIN -- After a drought year in 2002-03, the Namibian government has predicted a bumper winter crop, the best in six seasons. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Parts of Australis's state of Victoria experienced their driest quarter on record during the first three months of the current calendar year, reports the Bureau of Meteorology (ABM). . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the northern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
DELHI - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The latest daily national weather forecast for India was released by the India Meteorological Department. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Area planted to sugarbeets for the 2004 crop year is expected to total 1.36 million acres, slightly below the 2003 planted acreage, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Cotton producers in the United States intend to boost seeded area 7% to 14.4 million acres of both upland and American-Pima, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Canola producers in the United States intend to plant 965,000 acres in 2004, a decrease of 11% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Growers in the United States intend to plant 98,300 acres of sweet potatoes in 2004, up 3% from last year and 2% above 2002, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Producers in the United States intend to plant 1.37 million acres of peanuts in 2004, up 2% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Soybean seedings intentions in the United States are at the upper end of trade expectations, with growers intending to seed 75.4 million acres, up 3% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Producers in the United States expect to harvest 63.7 million acres of all hay in 2004, up 1% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Area intended for rice in the United States this year is estimated at 3.26 million acres, up 8% from 2003 and up 1% from 2002, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Growers in the United States intend to plant 13.3 million acres of spring wheat classes other than durum this year, down 4% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Area seeded to Durum wheat in the United States is expected to total 2.76 million acres, down 5% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat planted area for the United States's 2004 crop is 43.4 million acres, down 3% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Barley producers in the United States intend to plant 4.68 million acres for 2004, down 12% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Oat acres seeded and to be seeded in the United States for the 2004 crop year are expected to total 4.31 million acres down 6% from last year's planted area, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The 2004 intended sorghum acreage planted for all purposes is estimated at 8.60 million acres, down 9% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Corn producers in the United States intend to plant 79.0 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2004, up fractionally from both 2002 and 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- All wheat planted area in the United States is lightly lower than expected, with growers expected to seed 59.5 million acres in 2004, down 4% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Rough rice stocks in all positions on March 1, 2004, totaled 87.8 million hundredweight (cwt or 100 pound units), down 14% from the total on March 1, 2003, according to the latest USDA stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here
COLUMBIA - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds and peanuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Grain Stocks Summary (Domestic Units) . . . Continue or visitors click here
A table about U.S. Grain Stocks Summary (Metric Tons) . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Grain sorghum stored in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 159 million bushes, down 3% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Oats stored in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 95.1 million bushels, 15% above the stocks on March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Barley stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 151 million bushels, up 23% from March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- An alarming loss of domestic livestock diversity is underway in the world as the number of distinct breeds of animals plunges, says the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Corn stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 5.27 billion bushels, up 3% from March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Soybeans stored in all positions on March 1, 2004 totaled 906 million bushels, down 25% from March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- All wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2004 totaled 1.02 billion bushels, up 12% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Durum wheat stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 44.0 million bushels, down 23% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ROME - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Enough countries have ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to trigger the 90-day countdown to the Treaty's entry into force, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- International Multifoods Corp. reported fourth quarter net earnings of U.S. $2.7 million, or 14 cents per diluted share, a steep decline from the $7.9 million, or 40 cents per diluted share, reported for the same quarter last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here
NEW YORK - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Limited overnight trading was reported on tenders issued by Pacific Rim buyers with 43,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. origin wheat and up to 55,000 MT of Chinese or U.S. origin corn exchanging hands. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Japan dropped its 50% import duty on Australian beef back to the normal 38.5% as required under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. . . . Continue or visitors click here
SYDNEY - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- New Zealand is also experiencing record beef export demand on account of import bans on Canadian and U.S. origin beef in most Pacific Rim countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here
PHILADELPHIA - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include peanuts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ST. LOUIS - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
ATLANTA - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here
JOHANNESBURG - Mar 31/04 - IRIN -- The food security situation in Lesotho is "alarming", with low crop production causing a sharp increase in prices, says the UN Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office (RIACSO). . . . Continue or visitors click here
MBABANE - Mar 31/04 - IRIN -- Swaziland's flourishing textile industry is experiencing a crisis, caused by delays in US legislation that would extend a deadline in the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), and enable Swazi exports to continue entering the market duty-free. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MIAMI - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, walnuts, filberts and pistachios. . . . Continue or visitors click here
KIEV - Mar 31/04 - APK -- The Research and Production Association "Ukrptitseprom" forecasts an increase in production of poultry meat at poultry-breeding farms of all ownerships in Ukraine in 2002 between 16% and 20% - to between 250,000 and 260,000 metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Broiler Hatchery continued advancing through the week ending March 27, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Organic foods are one of the product areas offering the best growth pot6ential in the Canadian foodservice industry, believes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of New South Wales was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MELBOURNE - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Saskatchewan. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the province of Manitoba. . . . Continue or visitors click here
WINNIPEG - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the southern growing areas of Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here
TORONTO - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Toronto area and southern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
OTTAWA - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest three to five day forecast for the Ottawa region and eastern Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here
MANHATTAN - Mar 31/04 - SNS - Even though the prices of soybeans have been shooting upwards throughout the year, there are many ways to curb this price hike by changing planting tactics. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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