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

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

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

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

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

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

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 -- The USDA designated several counties in Kansas, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Virginia as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . 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 -- 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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