WASHINGTON - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- The interest rate for 1995 and prior crop year commodity loans disbursed by USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) during September 2005 is 3.875%, up from 3.500% in August 2005. For 1996 and subsequent crop year commodity and marketing assistance loans, the interest rate for loans disbursed during September 2005 is 4.875%, up from 4.500% in August 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADISON - Sep 1/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Noble Grain has hired Stein Haugan to run its newly created fertilizer business as Head of Fertilizer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADISON - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- The USDA published its latest review of dairy market conditions in Australia and New Zealand today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Hail claims in Saskatchewan now total more than 9,000, up 20% over the past two weeks, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Del Monte Foods Company reported a net income of U.S. $16.2 million on sales of $671.1 million during the first quarter ending July 31, compared to a net of $8.5 million on sales of $626 million during the opening quarter of the previous fiscal year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 1/.05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets experienced an improvement in trading activity, lead by wheat purchases by Egypt and Japan and corn demand from South Korea. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Linseed Oil Situation -- July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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MIAMI - Sep 1/05 - 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 U.S. Consumption Fats and Oils -- July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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COLUMBIA - Sep 1/05 - 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. Consumption Fats and Oils by Type -- July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Total consumption of fats and oils in the United States remains ahead of year earlier levels, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Census Bureau. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Manitoba has merged the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation and Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation into the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 1/05 - 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 - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 1/05 - 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

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Hurricane Katrina has already made an impact on one sector of Michigan agriculture, and more sectors of the state's agriculture industry could soon feel aftereffects, too. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Damage to Sanderson Farms, Inc. plants in the state of Mississippi from Hurricane Katrina was not extensive and the company hopes to restore full operations by the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Sep 1/05 - MFB -- The USDA estimates there are between 139,600 and 212,000 beekeepers in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 1/05 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 1,604,700 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 259,600 MT from the 1,864,300 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- The Deere & Company declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.31 a share. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) said average daily volume rose to 2,721,612 contracts in August, up 12.7% from the same period last year and 19.3% year-to-date. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SAN FRANCISCO - Sep 1/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. Markets covered include almonds, brazil nuts, chestnuts and filberts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Dairy product markets in the United States finished the week ending August 27 with a mixed performance, reveals the current USDA sector report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Sep 2. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Livestock sold through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd fell during the past week on declines in both sheep and cattle offerings. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Weekly trade on international agricultural commodity markets is ending on a quiet note, with little fresh business reported. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - MFB -- While the extent of the destruction resulting from Hurricane Katrina will likely take weeks or longer to assess, conservative estimates predict a $1 billion price tag on the damage done directly to crops and livestock, according to Terry Francl, American Farm Bureau Federation senior economist, with an additional $1 billion in indirect costs expected as a result of a growing waterway shipping crisis and soaring fuel prices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Talk of imposing import duties on U.S. corn is opposed by the Ontario Cattle Feeders Association (OCFA), which says its members rely on exports of subsidized corn from the United States to remain competitive. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Refco Group Ltd., LLC has finalized its purchase of the global brokerage operations of Cargill Investor Services (CIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 2/05 - 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 - Sep 2/05 - 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 - Sep 2/05 - 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

WINNIPEG - Sep 2/05 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 49,019 metric tons (MT) of canola and 29,973 of soybeans during the week ending August 31. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MIAMI - Sep 2/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Whey Production Summary -- July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Contracted tomato production is forecast at 10.6 million tons in the United States, 11% less than last year for comparable States, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Cottage Cheese Production Summary -- July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Contracted sweet corn production is forecast at 3.05 million tons, up 3% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Contracted vegetable production for food processors is down from last year, with the four major crops -- snap beans, sweet corn, green peas, and tomatoes -- falling 8% at 14.8 million tons, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Contracted production of snap beans is forecast at 765,190 tons, down 2% from comparable States last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Cheese Production by State -- July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Dairy product production levels eased in July, but remained above year earlier levels, judging from the latest USDA report on the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- The U.S. asparagus crop is forecast at 1.56 million cwt (100 pound units), down 9% from 2004 and 15% below 2003, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- End-of-season spring onion production in the United States is pegged at 10.6 million cwt (100 pound units), down 12% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHATHAM - Sep 3/05 - SNS -- Soybean markets clearly showed the effect of hurricane Katrina during the past week, says Mike Bakker, Policy Analyst, Ontario Soybean Growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Vietnam's rice markets continued to decline during the past week, with average prices for most classes of rice dropping, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Taiwan's elimination of tariff rate quota restrictions has spurred imports of poultry meat, according to a recent report by the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Little change is expected in poultry production levels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice changed little, with prices in Thailand too high to attract export demand and shippers unable to lower prices because of government intervention programs, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) production rebounded by 7% to 1.5 million MT in July 2005, according to the The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- The U.S. sheep herd is expanding for the first time since 1990, says Tim Petry, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service Livestock Marketing Economist. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Rice production in Vietnam is expected to be greater in 2005 than originally thought, with this year's crop now expected to total 34.3 million metric tons (MT), up 1.8 million MT from last year and up 1.6 million from 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- Favorable weather in European Russia has contributed to a 400,000 metric ton (MT) increase in the estimated size of this year's grain crop to 77.2 million MT, according to a recent report form the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- South Korean broiler production should improve this year, assuming there are no further outbreaks of avian influenza (HPAI), reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HEDRICK - Sep 4/05 - SNS -- The two Belgian Blue Beef breeder associations in the United States, Belgian Blue Breeders Inc. (BBBI) and the American Belgian Blue Breeders, Inc. (ABBB), will merge their associations under one name -- American Belgian Blue Breeders, Inc. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Australian Grain Production Estimates - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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LITTLE ROCK - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India -- Protein Meal Export Summary . . . Subscribers Only

CHICAGO - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets is off to a relatively strong start after the holiday weekend in North America and against news exports shipping activity should start returning to normal this week inthe U.S. Gulf. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Rusagro sold Cargill Inc. two grain elevators and a river import/export terminal in Krasnodar region in southern Russia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Calavo Growers, Inc. said their avocado processing and packing business generated a net income of U.S. $2.92 million on sales of $88.7 million during the third quarter ending July 31, compared to a net of $3.06 million on sales of $83.3 million during the same three-month period of the previous fiscal year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have discovered citrus peels are a source of cholesterol-reducing flavonoids, creating an unexpected value added processing opportunity for the orange peels generated by juice makers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 6/05 - 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 - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- This year's rice harvest in India could end up smaller than initially expected because of slow start to the 2005 monsoon season, which slowed initial seeding activity, cautions the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 6/05 - 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 - Sep 6/05 - 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 - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Widespread above average rainfall received in mid-June 2005 across eastern Australia and South Australia has improved the outlook for winter crop production in 2005-06, according to the latest crop estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 6/05 - 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 - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- McCormick & Company, Incorporated named Charles T. Langmead, formerly Vice President & General Manager-Food Service & Global Restaurant Division, its new President - U.S. Industrial Group. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Monsanto and Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. entered an agreement to allow Zeeland to process Vistive low-linolenic soybeans in 2006 and market the resulting oil to the food industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 6/05 - 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 - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- AGCO Corporation named Jerry McLeod its Vice President of Challenger Business . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 6/05 - SNS -- Improved progress was made harvesting this year's crops in Saskatchewan, with 18% of all crops now in the bin, up from 8% last week, but still far behind the recent average, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 7/05 - 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

CHICAGO - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were relatively busy at mid-week, with trading noted overnight in wheat and soybeans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

GUELPH - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Soybean grower groups representing in Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec have agreed to create a new national organization called the Canadian Soybean Council (CSC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Agricultural commodity prices are in obvious decline in Canada this year, with average prices farmers received for their commodities falling 8.9% below last year's levels in June, according to Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 7/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- William S. Niebur has been named vice president for DuPont Crop Genetics Research and Development. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Bunge North America reopened its export elevator in Destrehan, La. near New Orleans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 7/05 - 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 - Sep 7/05 - 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 - July 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

ATLANTA - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 7/05 - 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 - Sep 7/05 - SNS -- Grain production levels in Austria are down 11% from last year at 4.31 million metric tons (MT) as heavy rains and cool weather conditions have dampened high expectations for yield and quality. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON Sep 7/05 - SNS -- The USDA is releasing U.S. $170 million in emergency assistance to agricultural producers suffering from Hurricane Katrina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Dean Foods Company announced its succession plan for the President of Dean Dairy Group. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Canadian egg production totalled 49.8 million dozen in July, up from both month and year earlier levels, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers are working with two private companies in Oklahoma to develop hand-held devices which can measure the nutrient quality of forage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets saw a good level of activity through the night, helped by Iraq's ability to conclude negotiations to buy 1.25 million metric tons (MT) of Australian and U.S. wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DES MOINES - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. and CHS Inc. are working on a pilot project to evaluate the feed quality of incoming grain to develop more efficient channeling of defined grain to specific end-use customers. The project will be conducted over two years at a minimum of four CHS grain-handling locations, beginning in 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Sugar production reforms proposed by the European Commission were criticized as going too far by the Section on Agriculture and Environment (NAT) of the European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Agricore United reported net income of CDN $47.218 million on revenue of $1,021.285 million during the third quarter ending July 31, compared to a net of $41.78 million on sales of $1,146.619 million during the same three month period last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Agricore United's share of the western Canadian grain handle declined during the nine months ending July 31, falling from 35.2% last year to 34.3% this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 8/05 - 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

MIAMI - Sep 8/05 - 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 - Sep 8/05 - 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 - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 8/05 - 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 - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Food manufacturers in the United States used 168 million dozen shell eggs in July, up 3% from July a year ago but 9% below the 185 million broken last month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Vietnam's rice markets were easier during the past week, with average prices for most classes of rice slipping, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) is dropping the September 2006 Canola Futures Contract from trading effective immediately. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) has de-activated flaxseed futures and options contracts effective immediately. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Sep 8/05 - MFB -- Hurricane Katrina is an extra wrinkle in what was already shaping up to be a potentially challenging harvest season for Michigan's grain farmers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- The United Kingdom is becoming more reliant on imports to cover its apple and pear needs, according to a recent report from the U.SD. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Turkish deciduous fruit production is expected to rebound this year due to good weather conditions during the growing season, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice remained unchanged in Thailand because of government support programs for local farmers, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- The Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women notified the Slovenian Veterinary Administration of a confirmed case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow that was exported from Slovenia to Austria. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- After a slight decline last year, Philippine coffee production is forecast to improve modestly in the next two years as increased output from national rehabilitation efforts and new coffee production areas begin to be realized, according to a recent report by the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- The 2005 winter rapeseed crop is not expected to exceed 5 million metric tons (MT), up from initial forecasts of a 4.,6 million MT crop, but down 200,000 MT from last year, according to the . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- This year's wheat area in Bosnia-Hercegovina has been reduced from an initial estimate of 88,000 hectares to 80,000 because of lend lost to excessive rain during harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Palm oil production in Indonesia is now expected to reach 13.8 million metric tons (MT) this year, up from 13.6 million in 2004 and 12 million MT in 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Apple production in Hungary is off sharply this year as cold, rainy weather in May spoiled fruit setting during pollination, and humid, cool weather throughout the summer resulted in extensive fungus infestations, reportsthe U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Mexico's 2005-06 apple crop is expected to sink 14% to around 495,000 metric tons (MT), because weather conditions in Chihuahua, the main apple producing state, have not been favorable for apple production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- Dairy product markets in the United States were uniformly stronger across the week finishing September 3, according to the current USDA report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- Livestock sold through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd jumped during the past week on gains in both sheep and cattle offerings. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Sep 9. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- Weekly trade on international agricultural commodity markets is finishing on a relatively strong note, with activity reported in corn, soybeans and rice. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- Greenhouse gas emission by the European Union's agriculture sector has decreased, dropping from 491 million metric tons (MT) of CO2 equivalent in 2000 to 468 million MT in 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 9/05 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 45,848 metric tons (MT) of canola and 35,458 of soybeans during the week ending September 7. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - 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 - Sep 9/05 - 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 - Sep 9/05 - 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 - Sep 9/05 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 2,015,800 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 76,100 MT from the 2,091,900 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHATHAM - Sep 9/05 - SNS -- Problems with shipping infrastructure in the U.S. Gulf because Hurricane Katrina was a factor in markets throughout the past week, notes Mike Bakker, Policy Analyst, Ontario Soybean Growers . . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- This year's apple harvest in Poland could be down 6% from last year's 2.44 million metric ton (MT) harvest, reports the U.S, agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Cargill is buying the food ingredient operations of Degussa AG of Dusseldorf, Germany, for 540 million Euro or about U.S. $670 million, pending approval of the Degussa Supervisory Board and the relevant regulatory authorities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Guatemala has the productive capacity to cover all its domestic requirements, but local producers cannot compete with cheap leg quarters imported from the United States, reports the U.SA. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Despite the European Union's ban on hormone treated beef, exporters in the United States are increasing sales, especially at the high end of the market, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Germany expects this year's commercial apple harvest to slip 3% to a projected 915,000 metric tons (MT), while the non-commercial crop is expected to plunge 50% to 500,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Japan's new food pyramid is based on that developed by the USDA, buts its recommendations are based on Japanese prepared dishes instead of raw ingredients and the promotion of fish over red meat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Broiler production is growing in Kuwait, but remains far below the country's annual requirement, notes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country in a recent report on its poultry sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 11/05 - SNS -- Germany's commercial pear harvest is expected to drop 30% this year from 61,000 to a forecast 43,000 metric tons (MT), reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The quantity of cotton ginned through September 1 are up 5.1% from the amount processed during the same period last year. according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Californian walnut production is forecast at a record high 340,000 tons, up 5% from last year's production of 325,000 tons, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Objective Cotton Data -- Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The first potato harvest of the 2005-06 marketing year will down 12% from last year as the U.S. summer crop is expected to end up around 16.1 million cwt (100 pound units), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- All cotton production in the United States is forecast at 22.3 million 480-pound bales, up 5% from the August forecast but 4% below last year's production, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Crop Production Summary (Metric Measure) -- Sep 2005 . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at 2.86 billion bushels, up 2% from the August forecast but down 9% from the record crop of 2004, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- California navel orange production for the 2005-06 season is forecast at 42.0 million boxes (1.58 million tons), down 2% from last season's 43.0 million boxes (1.61 million tons), according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Fruit and Nut Summary (Metric Measure) -- Sep 2005 . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.37 million pounds for August, down 4% from last month and 10% less than a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed in the United States this year is forecast at 30.2 million tons, 3% below the August forecast but 4% above 2004, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The United States will likely harvest a record 5.01 billion pound peanut crop this year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Sugarbeet production for 2005 is forecast at 26.3 million tons, 1% below the August forecast and 12% below last year's production, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Crop Production Summary (Domestic Measure) -- Sep 2005 . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Hazelnut production in Oregon is forecast at 28,000 tons, down 25% from last year's revised production of 37,500 tons and 26% below the 2003 crop of 37,900 tons, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Rice production in the United States is forecast at 228 million cwt (100 pound units), up less than 1% from the August forecast but down 1% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Corn production in the United States is forecast at 10.6 billion bushels, up 3% from last month but 10% below 2004, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Sorghum production in the United States is forecast at 398 million bushels, up 5% from last month but down 13% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The Australian wheat marketing board, AWB Limited, reduced its 2005-06 pool outlooks in the face of weaker international wheat values and a firmer Australian dollar. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Campbell Soup Company reported net earnings of U.S. $96 million on sales of $1,498 million during the fourth quarter ending July 31, compared to a net of $59 million on sales of $1,433 million during the same three month period of the previous fiscal year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Corn Supply-Use Summary - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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CHICAGO - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are starting the week on a relatively quiet note, as traders digest the latest crop production estimates from the USDA. The number were a surprise, with traders initially saying the corn and soybean production numbers are bearish. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The USDA is making more changes to the national sugar program in an attempt to increase readily available supplies in response to market disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA World Grain Supply-Use Summary - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Global 2005-06 rice production and imports are raised slightly from last month to 405.62 million metric tons (MT) while consumption and ending stocks are lowered to 413.4 million and 65.64 million MT respectively, according to the latest report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA World Soybean Meal Supply-Use - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Total U.S. meat production forecast for 2005 is reduced slightly as small adjustments in red meat production reflect expectations of lower third-quarter cattle and hog slaughter, according to the latest report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Milk production in the United States is expected to rise at a faster rate through the balance of this year and in the coming year than initially expected, according to the latest report from the USDA's World AgriculturalOutlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Poultry Supply-Use - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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A table about USDA World Cotton Supply-Use - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- World cotton production and ending stocks are larger than last month, according to the latest report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA World Soybean Oil Supply-Use - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Projected U.S. sugar supply for 2005-06 is increased 229,000 short tons, raw value, from last month to 11.329 million tons, according to the latest report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The global outlook for coarse grains in 2005-06 is for increased production, higher consumption, larger trade, and larger stocks relative to last month, according to the latest report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated 31 counties in Mississippi as primary agricultural disaster areas, making certain farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Global wheat production in 2005-06 is nearly unchanged from last month, consumption and trade up slightly, but ending stocks are down, according to the latest report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LITTLE ROCK - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The European Union (EU) revised its banana tariff proposal, recommending the tariffs be set at Euro 187 per metric ton (MT) for most favored nation (MFN) suppliers of bananas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada - Canola Export Quality Summary . . . Subscribers Only

TORONTO - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) and CN Rail signed a five-year collective agreement covering 215 employees in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 12/05 - 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 - Sep 12/05 - 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 - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated several counties in Kansas, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Virginia as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MIAMI - Sep 12/05 - 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 - Sep 12/05 - 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 - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Today's USDA crop production estimates for corn and soybeans came in well above the average pre-report guesses by the trade and did not reflect the levels of hurricane and other damage many industry participants had been expecting, nots Darrel Good, Extension Economist, Purdue University. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Chiquita Brands International, Inc. released data on banana prices and volume for July and August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- Manitoba experienced mixed weather conditions during the past week, which allowed the harvest to advance in southwestern crop districts, while wet weather slowed the northwestern harvest, suggests the latest crop progress report from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 12/05 - SNS -- This year's harvest continued to make slow progress during the past week because of light rain early in the week and heavy rainfall over the weekend, reports Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food in its latest weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- Last year's slow start to the 2004-05 marketing campaign because of delays to the harvest caused by wet weather across western Canada helped push ending stocks for the season past their recent 10-year averages. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- There was net increase in oilseed ending stocks in Canada, led higher by a massive jump in residual supplies of canola at the July 31 close of the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- The 204-05 marketing year ended with a significant increase in coarse grain stocks across Canada, according to Statistics Canada July 31 stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- Total Canadian wheat stocks, which include commercial stocks, were estimated at 7.9 million metric tons (MT) this year, an increase of 31.4% or 1.9 million MT over July 2004, according to Statistics Canada July 31 stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets continued at a moderate pace, with limited overnight trading reported; though wheat purchase tenders were announced for later in the week by South Korea and Japan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 13/05 - 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 - Sep 13/05 - 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 - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 13/05 - 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 - Sep 13/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 13/05 - SNS -- Imperial Sugar Company's Board of Directors unanimously rejected an unsolicited take-over bid by Schultze Asset Management, LLC. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 13/05 - 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 - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 23 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, bentgrass, bermudagrass, cotton, lettuce, peanut, potato, rice, safflower, and wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- Soybean crush in the United States during August totalled 3,353,343 metric tons (MT), according to the latest data available from the National Oilseed Processors Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated 16 counties in Iowa as primary agricultural disaster areas, making certain farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA’s FarmService Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- The last agricultural agreement reached by the World Trade Organization (WTO) not only failed to deliver its promise of greater access to world markets, it has lead to a deteriorating situation for farmers around the world, asserts Peter Clark, President of Grey, Clark, Shih & Associates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- Archer Daniels Midland Company plans to close its citric and gluconic acid manufacturing facility in Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets reached the mid-point of the week under relatively quiet trading conditions, though Asian buyers remain active in wheat, corn and soybean markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 14/05 - 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 - Sep 14/05 - 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 - Sep 14/05 - 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

A table about India -- Vegetable Oil Import Summary . . . Subscribers Only

ST. LOUIS - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- Turkey hatchery activity slowed in August relative to last year, judging from the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MIAMI - Sep 14/05 - 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 - Sep 14/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada -- Soybean Quality Summary 2004-05 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The USDA appointed five members to the Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Board for 3-year terms beginning January 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The USDA appointed 19 members and 3 alternates to the United Soybean Board for 3-year terms beginning December 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The USDA hopes to increase fees charged to grade and certify fresh fruit and vegetables at terminal markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TORONTO - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Rogers Sugar Income Fund is making a monthly distribution of $0.0334 per trust unit. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADISON - Sep 15/05 - 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 - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The USDA published its latest review of dairy market conditions in Australia and New Zealand today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Trading activity on international agricultural commodity markets maintaining its recent, relatively quiet, but steady pace, with wheat purchases reported on Japanese and Taiwanese tenders. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Sep 15/05 - IRIN -- The food-security situation in south Sudan - particularly Northern Bahr El Ghazal - remains fragile, as malnutrition rates during an already bad hunger season seem to be further deteriorating and the prospects for the nextharvest look bleak, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Members attending the Ontario Corn Producers' Association (OCPA) Semi-Annual Meeting in London, Ontario strongly supported the associations efforts to get Canada to impose anti-dumping duties on U.S. corn. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The 2005 growing season is ending with a flurry of hail claims, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 15/05 - 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 - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending September 7 fell, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MIAMI - Sep 15/05 - 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 - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Commercial apple production in Slovakia is expected to drop 6.5% to 29,093 metric tons (MT) on account of cold and rainy weather during flowering time and wet conditions in summer, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 15/05 - 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 - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- European oilseed exports will likely decrease in the bfuture as regional demand for biofuels expands, argues the U.S,. agricultural attache for the region in a recent report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Philippine coconut oil exports in June 2005 increase 38.8% from year earlier levels to 73,537 metric tons (MT) in June, while copra meal exports rose 64% to 49,925 MT and no copra was shipped. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Land used by organic farmers in the European Union rose 21% between 1998 and 2002, accounting for 3.8% of total farm output, compared to 1.8% in 1998, according to a recent reviewed by the U.S. agricultural attache for the region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Poultry production is growing rapidly in Russia due to steady investment in production and processing facilities, the rising price of competing meats, and continued introduction of new, processed poultry products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 15/05 - 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 - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Corn production in Croatia is expected to drop from initial forecasts of a 2.2 million metric ton (MT) harvest to under 1.9 million MT< says the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- This year started with a major increase in retail sales of organic products, with sale jumping 17.3% above last year to Euro 65.1 million ($85.4 million) between January and April, according to a recent RollAMA study conducted by the Austrian marketing organization "AMA Marketing". . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Vietnam's rice markets were firmer during the past week, with average prices for most classes of rice rising, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- European oilseed exports will likely decrease in the future as regional demand for biofuels expands, argues the U.S,. agricultural attache for the region in a recent report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Poor weather is pushing the prospective size of the Chilean apple crop down, according to a recent report by the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice remained unchanged in Thailand because of relatively tight supplies, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Biofuel Solutions is in the advanced planning stages for construction of a 110 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant to be located in Fairmont, Minnesota. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Biofuels play an important part of the new national energy plan (Renewable Energy Plan 2005-2010 (REP)) developed by Spain. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The U.S. government is requesting comments on a consent decree issued against Cargill, Incorporated for violations of the Clean Air act. The decree was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on September 1, 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Sep 15/05 - MFB -- During national honey month in the United States, consumers are reminded that honey is a source of simple carbohydrates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) reports record open interest in its hard red winter wheat futures contract of 100,969 contracts, breaking the previous record of 98,939 contracts set on August 24, 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Egypt's total wheat purchases for marketing year 2005-06, starting July 2005 through the end of August 2005 are estimated at 1,265,946 metric tons (MT), reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Apple production levels in New Zealand will likely fall 5% to around 504,000 metric tons (MT) this year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) cases continue to fall in most EU member states, causing European officials to rethink its BSE measures and to suggest amendments to it. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/05 - SNS -- South Korea will allow imports of purebred dairy bulls for genetic improvement of its dairy herd, notes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Dairy product markets in the United States were generally higher for the week ending September 10, judging from this USDA sector report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Sep 16. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has finalizing a fee increase for its Plant Variety Protection Office effective October 17. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The week is finishing on a relatively busy note, with wheat, corn, soybean and soybean meal trades reported to Taiwan, Morocco and South Korea. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Beef exports from Uruguay could reach 470,000 metric tons (MT) in 2006 on account of stronger demand from the United States and other export buyers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Thailand's poultry industry is continuing to recover and adapt after Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) ravaged the industry in 2004, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - 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 - Sep 16/05 - 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

WINNIPEG - Sep 16/05 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 63,332 metric tons (MT) of canola and 36,449 of soybeans during the week ending September 14. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 16/05 - 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 - Sep 16/05 - 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

TORONTO - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Sleeman Breweries Ltd. has entered a sales, marketing and distribution agreement with FEMSA Cerveza of Mexico, for the Canadian market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 16/05 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 2,311,100 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 105,000 MT from the 2,416,100 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The quantity of hops on hand in the United States as of September 1 is down from year earlier levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Milk Production by State - August 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Milk Production by Month - August 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- Milk production in the 23 major States during August totaled 13.6 billion pounds, up 4.6% from August 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated 10 counties in Kansas as primary agricultural disaster areas, making certain farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 18/05 - SNS -- Apple and pear production is up sharply from 2004 in Argentine, with combined output now expected to increase 26% to 1.94 million metric tons (MT) this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LITTLE ROCK - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- The Canadian government will follow the wishes of corn growers in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba and launch am anti-dumping investigation into U.S. corn imports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada has given BASF Canada Agricultural Products final federal regulatory approvals for Clearfield sunflowers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets are off to a slow start this week, with little fresh business reported over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- Livestock sold through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd jumped during the past week on gains in both sheep and cattle offerings. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI , 19 September (IRIN) - More than 900,000 people in Somalia will need immediate humanitarian assistance between September this year and January 2006, despite improvements in food security in some of the areas previously affected by drought, theFood Security Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSAU) said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 19/05 - 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 - Sep 19/05 - 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 - Sep 19/05 - 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 - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- Growers need to pay more attention to residue management during harvest to make it easier for the next season's crops to get a good start, according to Special Crops Provincial Specialist Ray McVicar. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 19/05 - 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 - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs, confirmed the 14th case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Denmark earlier this month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) announced contract calls for Canada Western Red Spring wheat (CARS), Canada Prairie Spring Red wheat (CPSR), Canada Western Red Winter wheat (CWRW), and Canada Western Soft White Spring wheat(SWS) for the 2005-06 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 19/05 - SNS -- Government officials in the United Kingdom plans to replace its rule that cattle over 30 months (OTM rule) of age cannot enter the human food chain with testing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Limited progress was made harvesting this year's crops in Saskatchewan during the past week, making it the second slowest harvest of the past decade, judging from the latest crop progress report from Saskatchewan Agricultureand Food’s weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets remained somewhat subdued, though Jordan, Turkey and Syria announced new tenders to buy and sell wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- The 2005-06 marketing year started with a good volume of canola being crushed, according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- The USDA is seeking nominations of individuals to fill a vacant producer member position on the Peanut Standards Board for the remainder of a term of office ending June 30, 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- A USDA administrative law judge denied petitions to strike down research and promotion programs for watermelons and honey. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 20/05 - 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

PRETORIA - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Oilseed producers in South Africa intend to boost oilseed plantings for the 2005-06 summer production cycle at the expense of coarse grains, according to the latest crop estimates from the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about South Africa Production Summary - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

NEW YORK - Sep 20/05 - 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 - Sep 20/05 - 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 - Sep 20/05 - 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 - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 20/05 - 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

HANOI - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Vietnam's rice markets were little changed during the past week, with average prices for most classes of rice steady, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 20/05 - SNS -- Imperial Sugar Company completed the sale of its Holly Sugar Corporation subsidiary to Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, a sugar processing cooperative based in Renville, Minnesota. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Sep 21/05 - IRIN -- The continuously rising prices of both food and essential nonfood items are threatening the food security and livelihood of poor urban households in Djibouti, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) reported inits monthly food security update for the tiny Horn of Africa country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets remain relatively quiet, reflecting abundant supplies of new crop merchandise now than harvest are well underway across the northern hemisphere. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Sep 21/.05 - SNS -- A 56% funding shortfall is making it harder for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to maintain its emergency operations in Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- ConAgra Foods Inc. reported net income of U.S. $352.1 million on sales of $3,362.9 million during the first quarter ending August 28, compared to a net result of $134.7 million on sales of $3,383.2 million during the same three month period of the previous fiscal year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Monsanto Company will license a gene isolated by Arcadia Biosciences to make canola a more efficient user of available nitrogen in soils. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 21/05 - 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 - Sep 21/05 - 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 - Sep 21/05 - 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

CALGARY - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Advanced ID Corporation appointed Daniel W. Finch as its President and CEO. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MIAMI - Sep 21/05 - 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 - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Total frozen poultry supplies at the end of July were down 2% from the previous month, and 8% below last year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Supplies of edible nuts in cold storage in the United States were down at the end of August when compared to year and month earlier levels, judging from the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies rose 18% during August to finish the month at almost 1,997 million pounds, down about 408,000 pounds from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Total red meat supplies in freezers inched down in August to 855.9 million pounds. By contrast, this is up 2% from the previous year, notes the USDA in its latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Stocks of dairy products declined in August, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Frozen fruit supplies rose 2% during August to finish the month at almost 1,079 million pounds, up 4% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated 72 counties in Ohio as primary agricultural disaster areas, making certain farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA’s FarmService Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

TORONTO - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Central Canada Foods Corporation reported net income of CDN $31,155 on sales of $7,053,681 during the third quarter ending July 31, compared to a net of $46,936 on sales of $5,368.610 during the same three month period lastyear. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Yellow fleshed potatoes are rich in lutein, which helps maintain eye health and lessen age-related macular degeneration in people 50 years or older. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets continued at a relatively modest pace through the middle of week, though South Korea and Iraq announced major tenders for corn, wheat and rice over the coming days. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Archer Daniels Midland Company plans to expand its ethanol production capacity 500 million gallons through the construction of two new dry corn milling facilities adjacent to existing ethanol plants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- General Mills, Inc. reported net earnings of U.S. $252 million on sales of $2,662 million during the first quarter ending August 28, compared to a net of $183 million on sales of $2,585 million during the same 13-week period of the previous fiscal year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Easing ocean freight rates resulted in a decrease in the cost of moving wheat from North Dakota and Kansas to Japan in the second quarter of the current calendar year, according to the USDA's Transportation and MarketingPrograms/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Corn Products International, Inc. (CPI) is retaliating against the Canadian government decision to initiate an anti-dumping and/or countervailing duty investigation on corn imported from the United States by threatening toclose its Canadian operations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending September 14 increased, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 22/05 - 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 - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 22/05 - 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 - Sep 22/05 - 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 - Sep 22/05 - 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

JOHANNESBURG - Sep 22/05 - IRIN -- Malawi's state grain marketer, ADMARC, has been forced to ration maize sales in drought-hit parts of the country as the food security situation worsens, according to a new early warning report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Campbell Soup Company boosted its quarterly dividend from U.S. $.17 per share to $.18 per share. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Total 2004 potato production is estimated at 456 million cwt (100 pound units), down fractionally from the estimate made in the January Annual Crop Summary and less than 1% below the 2003 crop, according to the USDA's final crop production report for last year's crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Citrus utilized production for the 2004-05 season totaled 11.4 million tons, 31% below the 2003-04 season and 36% lower than the record high production of 17.8 million tons for the 1997-98 season, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- Tight supplies of rice are keeping markets in Thailand on an upward trend, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WINNIPEG - Sep 22/05 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) boosted its Pool Return Outlooks (PRO) for both 2004-05 and 2005-06 crop wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Dairy product markets in the United States were mixed during the week finishing September 17, judging from the current USDA report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hog Slaughter Summary - August 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.10 billion pounds in August, reports the USDA, up 6% from the 3.88 billion pounds produced in August 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Cotton ginnings through the middle of September have fallen behind last year, according to the latest data available from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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CANBERRA - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- An economics professor from the United States will argue that genetically modified grains and oilseeds offer the only solution to feeding the world and that all opponents would rather see people die of starvation than violate their ideological preconceptions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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ST. JOSEPH - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Sep 23. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 23/05 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 2,767,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 99,700 MT from the 2,867,200 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Recent clinical tests have shown that the soluble fiber contained in barley can help reduce levels of bad cholesterol in the blood stream, reports Bev Whitmore, registered dietitian consultant with the Alberta Barley Commission. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are entering he final day of weekly trade on a relatively quiet, and somewhat disappointing note, with South Korean buyers rejecting all offers on wheat and corn tenders. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The USDA set 2004-crop counter-cyclical payments (CCP) for peanuts at U.S.$81 per short ton and 13.73 cents per pound for upland cotton. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Sep 23/05 - MFB -- A Canadian trade dispute over U.S. corn sold to Canada will hurt Michigan and Ohio the most as corn trade between these Midwest states and Canada grinds to a halt, compounding the existing problem of a projected bumper cropand too little space to store the harvest as a result of last year's record-yielding corn crop and market disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Sep 23/05 - MFB -- A coalition of 21 agriculture groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, this week sent a letter to President Bush requesting a temporary waiver of the "Jones Act," a section of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 23/05 - 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

ATLANTA - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - 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

OTTAWA - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has created a online farmers market to help its customers make direct contact with individual and corporate consumers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 23/05 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 66,746 metric tons (MT) of canola and 34,947 of soybeans during the week ending September 21. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 23/05 - 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 - Sep 23/05 - 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

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WASHINGTON - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed in the United States managed a modest increase as of September 1, totalling 10 million head for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more animals, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Egg Production by Type - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- Egg production in the United States inched up from year earlier levels in August, totalling 7.56 billion during, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 23/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 25/05 - SNS -- Australian cattle inventories are expected to increase over the coming year as producers respond to recent high prices and take advantage of more abundant feed supplies, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 25/05 - SNS -- Australia could finish the coming year with 2.6 million hogs on hand, unchanged from this year's ending number, but up from the 2.556 million on hand at the end of 2004, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 25/05 - SNS -- Uruguay's beef exports for 2006 are expected to increase to 470,000 metric tons (MT) due to stronger demand from export markets, especially the United States, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 25/05 - SNS -- The Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture estimates the 2005 cereal crop at nearly 2.1 million metric tons (MT) down from the previous year's estimate of 2.3 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 25/05 - SNS -- Crude oil production (CPO) in Malaysia rose 5.6% in August to 1.4 million metric tons (MT), according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), up 3% from last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LITTLE ROCK - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Australia's wheat marketing board, AWB Limited, boosted Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) for both its 2004-05 and 2005-06 wheat pools in response to a weaker national currency and an improved market outlook for quality wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Weekly trading activity on international agriculture commodity markets got off to a relatively good start against news Egypt and South Korea bought wheat and corn over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HONG KONG - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Newspaper reports from Taiwan indicate the government plans to sell the Taiwan Sugar Corp. next year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- The USDA is looking at revising voluntary grading and shell egg inspection regulations, specifically the definition of washed ungraded eggs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers say genetic fingerprinting will help identify immature forms of beneficial insects that could help control the pesky Colorado potato beetle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 26/05 - 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 - Sep 26/05 - 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 - Sep 26/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Nestle S.A. will launch the Nestle Growth Fund with a committed capital of EUR 500 million to be invested over five to seven years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- AGCO Corporation named Hubertus Muehlhaeuser Senior Vice President of Strategy & Integration -- a new position—reporting directly to Martin Richenhagen, President & CEO. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Monsanto and the University of Missouri are investigating a potential case of glyphosate-resistant waterhemp on two fields in the northwestern part of the state. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 26/05 - 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

REGINA - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- The fact chickpeas will keep growing as long as there are nutrients and enough moisture in the soil makes them harder to grow in areas such as Saskatchewan, where there are a limited number of warm days available for crops to mature. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Beef producers in Saskatchewan are looking at the Verified Beef Production (VBP) system as a means of "taking charge and certifying the quality of the food that producers raise in their agricultural operation," says Bob Klemmer, a Livestock Development Specialist at Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Livestock producers in Saskatchewan should hold back their calves to background and feed to finish in order to take advantage of abundant forage feed is abundant and low Canadian Wheat Board prices for barley, says Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food (SAF) Livestock Development Specialist Bill Kowalenko. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada -- Flaxseed Export Quality Summary . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Canada Canola Export Quality Summary . . . Subscribers Only

ATLANTA - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- General Mills declared a quarterly dividend of $.33 per share. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Shareholders attending General Mills' 77th annual meeting in Minneapolis elected the 12 directors nominated. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about India -- Spice Export Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WINNIPEG - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- This year's harvest is starting to wind down in Manitoba, with growers focusing attention on late and long season crops, according to the latest crop progress report from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Sep 26/05 - SNS -- Relatively good progress was made harvesting this year's crops during the past week, according to the latest crop progress report from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food’s weekly crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- The USDA will consider written requests for extensions of the time period for raw cane sugar shipments to enter the United States, against the U.S. fiscal year 2005 import tariff-rate quota (TRQ), in response to market disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Sep 27/05 - APK -- All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers (VAP) has voiced deep concern about deficit of milling grain in this season and called on the Cabinet of Ministers "to organize a meeting of bread bakers with grain market participants to agree upon a program of anti-crisis measures". . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets remain moderately active, helped by news of feed grain and milling tenders for later in the week by Japan and Taiwan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Sep 27/05 - APK -- In 2004-05 marketing year (September to August) Ukraine exported 642,630 metric tons (MT) of sunflower oil, APK-Inform analysts said with reference to customs data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Jeffrey M. Ettinger was unanimously elected to be Hormel Foods Corporation's ninth chief executive officer, succeeding Joel W. Johnson who will retire as chief executive officer on Jan. 1, 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 27/05 - 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

MIAMI - Sep 27/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 27/05 - 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 - Sep 27/05 - 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 - Sep 27/05 - 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

ATLANTA - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Australia expects to produce a record 830,000 metric tons (MT) of poultry meat in 2005-06, up 5% on the revised estimate of 792,000 MT for 2004-05. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Argentine is expecting to export near record volumes of beef in 2006 as a result of improved profitability, strong world demand, and continued opening of new markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Export prices in Thailand continued to increase due to limited exportable supplies, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Taiwan's third public rice tender for 20,000 metric tons (MT) of brown median grain and 2,690 MT of milled short grain glutinous rice failed for the second time as bids exceeded the ceiling prices, according to a report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Vietnam's rice markets were little changed during the past week, reflecting an inability by exporters to pursue new business, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 27/05 - SNS -- Mexico produced a record 6.14 million metric tons (MT) of raw sugar in 2004-05 as good weather conditions boost average cane yields, according to a recent report from the U.S., agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- The USDA approved an assessment increase under the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HONG KONG - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- The Philippine government has banned imports of live, wild birds and their by-products from several Asian neighbors to try to prevent the H5N1 avian influenza from entering the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KABUL - Sep 28/05 - IRIN -- The Afghan government has rejected a call to legalize poppy cultivation in the country, following a recent report advocating for its legitimate production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) claimed before a congfressional committee that Japan is intentionally using "technical barriars" to prevent the resumption of beef trade with the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Around 12 million people in six southern African countries need immediate emergency food following a poor cereal harvest earlier this year, according to a report issued today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- McCormick & Company, Incorporated reports a net income of U.S. $47/97 million on sales of $622.73 million during the third quarter ending August 31, compared to a net of $46.2 million on sales of $613.54 million during thesame three month period last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets maintained a slow but steady pace, judging from the level of overnight activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HERSHEY - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Cornell University and Brunswick Laboratories studies confirm that all products containing natural cocoa have flavanol antioxidants. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 28/05 - 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 - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 28/05 - 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 - Sep 28/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 28/05 - 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 - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Sugar production in India is now expected to come in at 18.4 million metric tons (MT) in 2005-06 as more cane is used to make sugar than other sweeteners, believes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country, up from 14.2 million MT in 2004-05. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- The United States managed to retain a 42% share of Taiwan's apple market despite being shut our between December 2004 and April 2005 on account of codling moth detections. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The number of hail claims made in Saskatchewan have fallen sharply, according to the latest report from the Canadian Crop Hail Association. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The FAO trimmed its estimate of the 2005-06 world grain harvest to 1,984 million metric tons (MT), slightly down since the previous forecast and 3.4% less than 2004's record output. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADISON - Sep 29/05 - 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

WASHINGTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Crude vegetable oil production in the United States remains well ahead of last year, with output during the first eight months of the current calendar year up 15% at 14,969 million pounds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADISON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The USDA published its latest review of dairy market conditions in Australia and New Zealand today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- South Africa's final estimate for the country's 2004-05 sunflower harvest is 620,000 metric tons (MT) from 460,000 hectares, while the soybean harvest was pegged at 272,500 MT from 150,000 hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets maintained a steady, though relatively slow pace, judging from the level of overnight activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 29/05 - 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

LONDON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- World coarse grain production is expected to be 4 million metric tons (MT) more than previously thought, with the International Grains Council (IGC) dropping its 2005-06 production forecast to 949 million, down 60 million MTfrom 2004-05. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) lowered its 2005-06 forecast wheat production 1 million metric ton (MT) to 609 million, for a 14 million MT decrease from its 2004-05 estimate. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- September started with 89,173 metric tons (MT) of red meat in cold storage in Canada, down 2.2% from 91,143 MT in August and up 18% from 75,558 MT last year, according to the latest Statistics Canada report on the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 29/.05 - SNS -- USDA plant breeders have developed two new soybean lines which feature improved yields and unique resistance to nematodes and several diseases. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The proposed merger of NutraCea and The RiceX Company were approved at special meetings of stockholders yesterday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Hurricane Katrina and Rita will have only a short term impact on the U.S. ability to maintain grain export volumes, argues the International Grains Council (IGC) in its latest monthly market review. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUJUMBURA - Sep 29/05 - IRIN -- UN agencies in Burundi said on Wednesday that even though the country had now overcome many of its political problems, international donors were not providing enough funds to meet people's basic humanitarian needs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. LOUIS - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The Hershey Company's U.S. Confections and Snack business is changing the public relations agencies it works with. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture has invested in a new tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) system so that it can rapidly test for chemical residue in food products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TORONTO - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- CropLife Canada elected its new Board of Directors today at the trade group's annual conference. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Soybean Crushings and Stocks by State - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Cottonseed Crushings and Stocks by Region - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Soybean Oil Production and Stocks by State - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

MIAMI - Sep 29/05 - 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

NEW YORK - Sep 29/05 - 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 - Sep 29/05 - IRIN -- As Southern Africa heads towards the traditional lean season between harvests, informal cross-border trade in maize, rice and beans has started levelling off in the past few months. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATLANTA - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PHILADELPHIA - Sep 29/05 - 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

A table about U.S. Wheat Prices Received - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in September, at 116, based on 1990-92=100, decreased 1 point (0.9%) from August, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The cost of farming increased 1% in September in the United States even as prices received by farmers declined 1%, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Livestock Prices Received - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fruit Prices Received - Sep 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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A table about U.S. Runner Peanuts Used in Food Products - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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LANSING - Sept. 29/05 - MFB -- Michigan corn producers expect to harvest a record corn crop this fall, yet the bounty might not have a place to go due to several marketing hitches. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Peanut Crushed - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Shelled and Roasted Peanut Output - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Peanut Usage - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

DES MOINES - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Karen A. Beauchemin, senior scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Center, is the 2005 recipient of the Pioneer Forage Award. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Month Ending Peanut Stocks - 2004-05 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Shelled and Roasting Peanut Output - 2004-05 . . . Subscribers Only

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Peanut Crushed - 2004-05 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Spanish Peanuts Used in Food Products - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The quantity of peanuts on hand in the United States as of August 31 was up sharply over last year, rising from 728 million to 1.11 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Runner Peanuts Used in Food Products - 2004-05 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Spanish Peanuts Used in Food Products - 2004-05 . . . Subscribers Only

KANSAS CITY - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) lowered its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Forage producers have a real need to periodically test moisture levels in their bales, but when it is high today's testers are not as good as some old fashioned, low tech methods, according to J.W. Schroeder, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service dairy specialist. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Unrelenting rains since April 2005 have drowned out a substantial share of Romania's grain and oilseed production, significantly shrinking the export surplus of the country, says the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending September 21 fell, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Dairy product markets in the United States were mainly stronger for the seven days finishing September 24, judging from the latest USDA update. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Livestock sold through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd increased during the past week on gains in both sheep and cattle offerings. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- U.S. oats stored in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 113 million bushels, 2% below the stocks on September 1, 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- U.S. grain sorghum stored in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 57.0 million bushels, up 70% from a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Durum wheat stocks in all positions in the United States on September 1, 2005 totaled 99.4 million bushels, up 9% from a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The quantity of poultry slaughtered and certified wholesome in the United States in August rose 4% above year earlier levels to 3.66 billion pounds, according to the USDA. Updated totals for July 2005 show that 3.29 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- U.S. corn stocks in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 2.11 billion bushels, up 120% from September 1, 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Grain Stocks Summary - Sep 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Young Turkeys Slaughtered - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- All wheat stored in all positions in the U.S. on September 1, 2005 totaled 1.92 billion bushels, down 1% from a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Old crop soybeans stored in all positions in the U.S. on September 1, 2005 totaled 256 million bushels, up 127% from September 1, 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Barley stocks in the United States in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 251 million bushels, down 13% from September 1, 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Poultry Slaughter by Type - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Young Chickens Slaughtered - Aug 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- All wheat production in the United States totaled 2.10 billion bushels in 2005, down 3% from the last forecast and 3% below 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA 2004 Soybean Production Revisions - Sep 30/05 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- U.S. barley production is estimated at 212 million bushels, down 10% from the August 1 forecast and down 24% from last year's estimate, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Oat production in the United States is estimated at 115 million bushels, 10% below the August 1 forecast and 1% below last year's 116 million bushels, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- This year's U.S. winter wheat crop is estimated at 1.49 billion bushels, down 2% from the August forecast and down slightly from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Wheat Production by Class -- 2003 to 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Small Grains Production Summary - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Other spring wheat production for 2005 is estimated at 504 million bushels in the United States, up 9% from the last forecast but down 11% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- U.S. durum wheat production for 2005 totaled 100 million bushels, up 8% from August 1 and 11% above last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Small Grains Production Summary (Metric) - 2005 . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Spring Wheat Head Population -- 2001-05 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Winter Wheat Head Population -- 2001-05 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Rye production in the United States this year is estimated at 7.54 million bushels, down 9% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Spring Wheat by Class -- 2004 to 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Winter Wheat by Class -- 2004 to 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

ST. JOSEPH - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Sep 30. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Sep 30/05 - APK -- Crude sunflower oil production in the Ukraine in August totalled 42,000 metric tons (MT), down 39% from July and 30% from August 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The week ended with improved trading activity, with corn, wheat and soybeans trading to buyers in South Korea, Tunis and Taiwan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- When Canadian growers are looking at oat markets, they need to bear in kind that the United States is their most important demand factor, say analysts with Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

COLUMBIA - Sep 30/05 - 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

WINNIPEG - Sep 30/05 -- STAT -- The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) reports weekly crush in that country totalled 66,121 metric tons (MT) of canola and 34,650 of soybeans during the week ending September 28. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Sep 30/05 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 3,306,300 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 105,000 MT from the 3,201,300 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - 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 - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets here were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MIAMI - Sep 30/05 - 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 - Sep 30/05 - 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 - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- Edible nut prices in terminal markets in Atlanta were updated by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by pork belly traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by live cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by pork belly traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by cotton traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by coffee traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean meal traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by soybean traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by cocoa traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by sugar traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by feeder cattle traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by lean hogs traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by milk traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by soybean oil traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hog Farrowings Sep 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30.05 - SNS -- A modest increase in hog numbers was recorded in the United States during the quarter ending September 1, with the USDA estimating there were 61.5 million hogs and pigs on hand up 1% since June 1. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hog Inventory by Weight Group Sep 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Market Hogs by Weight Group Sep 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Hog Breeding Inventory Sep 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/05 - SNS -- The USDA is issued 4,796,388 short tons, raw value (STRV) of sugar beet processor company allocations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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