WASHINGTON - Dec 1/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers have concluded eating three or more servings of whole-grain foods each day may lessen the chance of developing "metabolic syndrome". . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 1/04 - SNS -- Business activity on international agricultural commodity markets remained relatively slow at midweek, but there are tenders scheduled for December 2 in Taiwan and Japan, which will help improve market tone as the week draws to a close. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 1/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 690,239 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 1/04 - SNS -- Rice production in South Korea is now estimated 5 million metric tons (MT), a 12.5% improvement on the 4.451 million MT produced last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 1/04 - SNS -- Egyptian wheat imports between July and October totalled 3,384,900 metric tons (MT), with the U.S. supplying 31% or 1,059,500 MT of the total. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Dec 2/04 - APK -- Kazakhstan increased exports of grain in November this year to 282,900 metric tons (MT) from 267,500 MT the month before. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Dec 2/04 - SNS -- For the second year in a row, Japan's rice harvest index fell below the base of 100 for an average year, ending the season at a "slightly poor" reading of 98 because of the impact of a series of fall typhoons, according to thecountry's Ministry of Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 2/04 - SNS -- A solid improvement in trading interest was noted on overnight markets, with 273,500 metric tons (MT) of U.S. corn sold to buyers in Taiwan and South Korea. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 2/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 625,261 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Dec 3/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Dec 3. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 3/04 - SNS -- Activity of international agricultural commodity markets regained its slower pace as the week drew to an end, with traders in many countries saying demand is being hurt by the general weakness of the U.S. dollar and escalating ocean freight rates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 3/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 580,154 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 4/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 7,144,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 824,700 MT from the 7,969,200 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 4/04 - SNS -- The United States will make 200,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat available as food aid for Sudan through the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Dec 4/04 - SNS -- The quality of crops harvested in Saskatchewan was hurt by weather problems across the growing season this year, according to the final cop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Dec 4/04 - SNS -- Saskatchewan harvested a record 25.5 million metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and specialty crops from 32.435 million harvested acres in 2004, says Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization in its final cropreport for the year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 6/04 - SNS -- Limited physical trading opened the week's business on international agricultural commodity markets, though there were important announcements about pending corn and rice tenders for later this week and in January. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Dec 6/04 - SNS -- Minor adjustments were made to the Australian wheat board's 2004-05 Estimated Pool Returns (EPR) outlooks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 6/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 554,345 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 7/04 - SNS -- Trading activity on international agricultural markets remains relatively slow in the face of two major crop reports this week -- Statistics Canada on December 8 and the USDA on December 10 -- and the rapidly approaching Christmas and New Year's holiday season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 7/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 478,961 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Dec 7/04 - SNS -- Tight supplies of rice on Thailand's spot market continues to drive export asking prices, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Dec 7/04 - SNS -- Export asking prices in Vietnam remain high on account of tight spot supplies, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Dec 8/04 - SNS -- Total cereal and coarse grain production was up in Canada in 2004, with smaller corn and oat harvests more than offset by increases in the size of Canada's wheat and barley crops, according to Statistics Canada's final crop report of the season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada -- 2004 Crop Production Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Dec 8/04 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are seeing a good increase in pending tender activity at mid-week, with Turkey, Iraq and Jordan looking to trade wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 8/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 447,266 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 8/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will make final payments for wheat and barley it handled during the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Dec 9/04 - SNS -- Global grain production is expected to finish at a record 2.04 billion metric tons (MT) this year, according to the December issue of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Food Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Dec 9/04 - SNS -- Australia's barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd has lifted its South Australian gross barley pool indicators to A$190-200 MT for malting 1 barley, with a $5 MT premium to be paid for deliveries of Sloop and Baudin, and $145-155 MT for feed 1 barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Dec 9/04 - APK -- State Joint Stock Company "Khlib Ukainy" (Bread of Ukraine) has suspended execution of export contracts because of unstable political situation in the country, a spokesman for the company has said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 9/04 - SNS -- News on international agricultural commodity markets was a mixture of good and bad, with some fresh business reported at the same time as Canada is rumored to be involved in discussions with China which could result in less wheat trade in 2004-05 than expected. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Dec 9/04 - APK -- Wheat exports from the Ukraine totalled 2.21 million metric tons (MT) in the July through December period, according to data from the Ukraine's State Customs Service, while barley shipments totalled 2.77 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 9/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 672,781 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Dec 10. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Wheat Supply-Demand - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Domestic Corn and Feed Grain Supply-Demand - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Supply-Demand Summary for Grains - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets finished the week on a relatively quiet note, with little fresh business reported. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Rice Supply-Demand - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Domestic Sorghum, Barley, Oat S&D - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA World Corn Supply-Demand - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- Projected 2004-05 global wheat production, use, and stocks are up slightly from last month, according to the latest outlook report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- Global 2004-05 rice production and consumption are slightly lowered from last month, while imports, exports, and ending stocks are up marginally, according to the latest outlook report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 10/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 636,380 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/04 - SNS -- Global 2004-05 coarse grain supply, use, and stocks projections are up from last month, according to the latest outlook report from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board, as world production reaches a record 989 million metric tons (MT), up 4 million MT from last month and 9% larger than 2003-04. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 10/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 7,676,400 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 804,400 MT from the 8,480,800 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Dec 13/04 - SNS -- Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) were left unchanged by the Australian wheat marketing board on account of steady international market conditions during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 13/04 - SNS -- Weekly activity in agricultural commodities is off to a relatively good start, with the USDA's confirmation exporters in the United States sold soybeans to China and news over the weekend that Egypt bought French and American wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 13/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 544,519 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canadian Feed Ingredient Market Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Dec 14/04 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets were generally quiet, though buyers in Taiwan said they will tender for 86,350 metric tons (MT) of U.S. origin milling wheat later in the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Dec 14/04 - APK -- According to final report of Ukraine's State Statistics Committee, winter grains and green feeds (not including winter rape) have been planted by all categories of Ukrainian farming businesses on a total area of 7.622 million hectares, which is 8% up from the winter crops area, sown in 2003 (7.059 million hectares). . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 14/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 440,510 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 14/04 - SNS -- The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange's (WCE) Clearing Corporation (WCECC) says J.P. Morgan Securities Canada Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. will become clearing participants when electronic trading starts December 20. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Dec 14/04 - SNS -- Thailand's export rice markets eased during the past week in response to weaker domestic markets, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 15/94 - SNS -- World agricultural commodity markets experienced a modest increase in overnight trading activity as it approached the mid-week point, with South Korea buying Chinese corn and Jordan optional origin wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 15/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 510,453 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 16/04 - SNS -- Trading activity in international agricultural commodity markets picked up its pace overnight, with a good volume of wheat trading to the Pacific Rim and sugar to Indonesia, Syria and Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 16/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 472,746 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 16/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) lowered its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for several classes of milling wheat, durum wheat and malting barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Dec 17/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Dec 17. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 17/04 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets finished the week's activity on a quiet note, with little fresh news and limited business reported overnight. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 17/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 499,473 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 17/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 8,166,800 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 916,300 MT from the 9,083,100 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- Export asking prices in Vietnam improved slightly, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- India's rice exports reached almost 1.9 million metric tons (MT) during the eight month period spanning January through August. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- World rice output reached a near record 611 million metric tons (MT) this year, according to data assembled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations), 27 million MT higher than in 2003 and close to the record achieved in 1999, an FAO statement said today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- There were no changes to the Australian wheat board's, AWB Ltd's Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) this week, with markets for commodity and currency remaining steady during the past two weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- Weekly trade in agricultural commodities got off to a relatively good start with the confirmation of soybean sales to China, rice to Iraq, and a wheat tender announcement from Pakistan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Dec 20/-4 - SNS -- Wheat harvest in South Africa are smaller than initially expected, according to the last winter crop production estimates from the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- The Chicago Board of Trade said electronic trading in Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) futures and options contracts started without a hitch today -- marking the end of 117 years of open outcry trading on the floor of the WCE. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 20/04 - SNS -- Rice production is expected to rise this year in Costa Rica, but output will remain well short of the country's needs, with the result imports will remain substantial, according to a report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country/. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 20/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 520,989 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 21/04 - SNS -- Trading activity on international agriculture commodity markets was relatively quiet, judging from overnight activity; though Taiwanese buyers will tender for up to 95,000 metric tons (MT) of corn later in the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 21/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 483,823 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 21/04 - SNS -- Taiwan has set out its public tender schedule for rice in 2005, according to information gathered by the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 21/04 - SNS -- Wheat consumption is expected to decline in the Philippines this season, while corn usage rises, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 22/04 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets experienced a modest improvement in trading activity, with the sale of corn to Korea and Taiwan. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 22/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 484,128 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 23/04 - SNS -- Trading activity on international agricultural commodity markets maintained a relatively slow pace, though overnight business was reported for wheat, soybean oil and sunflower oil. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 23/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 589,388 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 23/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 8,701,000 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year down 898,600 MT from the 9,599,600 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Dec 23/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Dec 23. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 24/04 - SNS -- Trading activity on international agricultural commodity markets finished the week on an extremely quiet note. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 24/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 591,838 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON Dec 27/04 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets remains quiet with traders in several countries not expected to get back to work full time until after January 3. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Dec 27/04 - SNS -- Tightening stocks of rice in front of the 2005 crop harvest is continuing to support local markets in Vietnam, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Dec 27/04 - SNS -- Thailand's export rice markets firmed during the past week in response to expectations of strong export demand from Iran and Iraq, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 27/04 - SNS -- Milled rice production in Uruguay is expected to reach 749,000 metric tons (MT) from 180,000 hectares in 2004-05, judging from data available from Uruguay's Association of Rice Producers (ACA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 28/04 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets maintained their quiet tone, judging from the absence of overnight trading activity in most parts of the world. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 28/04 - SNS -- Guatemala's tariff rate quota (TRQ) for corn and paddy rice have been increased for 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LILONGWE - Dec 28/04 - IRIN -- A shortage of fertilizer and the government's failure to complete distribution of free "starter packs" to poor farmers could jeopardize next year's harvest, the chairman of Malawi's parliamentary committee on agriculture warned last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 29/04 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets remain quiet as the industry is distracted by the impact of last Sunday's tsunami on people living around the Bay of Bengal and African nations along the Indian Ocean. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 29/04 - SNS -- Ethanol production in the United States continued its uptrend in October, setting a new monthly production record, says the U.S.-based Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 29/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 558,322 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOZEMAN - Dec 29/04 - SNS -- The University of Montana is mow licensing technology it says gives plant breeders the ability to control the hardness of wheat, barley and corn. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA -- Grain & Oilseed Prices Received - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Canadian Feed Ingredient Market Summary . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA -- Barley Prices Received - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA -- Wheat Prices Received - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

HANOI - Dec 29/04 - SNS -- There was little change in Vietnam's internal rice markets through the Christmas holiday period, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Dec 29/04 - SNS -- Strong demand by exporters covering outstanding sales to Iran and Iraq helped support local rice markets in Thailand, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 30/04 - SNS -- The 2004 calendar year is finishing with a last breath of activity, with Pakistan and Egypt combining to buy 745,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Argentina and France. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 30/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 620,322 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Dec 30/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Dec 30. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 31/04 - SNS -- The 2004 calendar year is ending on a quiet note, with most industry participants taking the day off because it is New Year's eve. Commodity futures markets in the United States, Japan and several other countries are closed and many cash traders will not work more than half a day today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER -- Dec 31/04 -- STAT -- Exporters have nominated vessels to load a total of 661,022 metric tons (MT) of grains, oilseeds and other agricultural products at the Port of Vancouver in the coming weeks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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