MBABANE - Jan 1/04 - IRIN -- Drought has hit Swaziland and threatens zero crop yields in the worst affected areas, humanitarian agencies are reporting. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 1/04 - IRIN -- Rainfall in much of Southern Africa has been "very low" to date, leading to delayed planting in Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique, the UN Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office (RIACSO) said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG, 30 December (IRIN) - The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says it is increasingly concerned about the poor performance of the rains in southern Mozambique, especially in Maputo province. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 1/04 - APK -- According to Institute of Agrarian Market Situation (IKAR), Russia has collected this year 13.6 million metric tons (MT) of top quality milling wheat (3rd class), Russian newspaper Trud has written. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jan 1/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 9,599,600 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 4,088,800 MT from the 5,510,800 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Jan 2/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Jan 2. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DAKAR - Jan 2/04 - IRIN -- Grain production in Senegal nearly doubled to a record 1.5 million metric tons (MT) last year following good rains and an increase in the area under cultivation, Agriculture Minister Abid Fy said. The most spectacular risewas in maize output, which increased more than four-fold. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 5/03 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) boosted projected pool returns for both its 2002 and 2003 National Pools have increased this week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LAGOS - Jan 5/04 - SNS -- Nigeria's 2003-04 grain harvests are virtually complete and total grain output is believed to be up 5% over last year on account of favorable weather conditions throughout the grains belt. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OLD GREENWICH - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- The Premcor Refining Group Inc. (PRG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Premcor Inc., is looking to enter supply agreement with an ethanol producer. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 6/04 - IRIN -- Pockets of food insecurity are emerging in Malawi as the country enters the traditional "lean season" between harvests, when food stocks generally run out. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 6/04 - IRIN -- Zambia has made a positive start to the planting season, and the country's food stocks are healthy. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SASKATOON - Jan 7/04 - SNS -- Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) has a long and costly history in Canadian crops, and knowing this history could very well help fight the disease. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jan 8/04 - SNS -- Wheat and corn appeared to dominate overnight trading activity, with Egypt and Tunisia buying 235,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat and South Korea buying up to 105,000 MT of corn. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JAKARTA - Jan 8/04 - SNS -- Indonesian rice imports slowed during the final quarter of 2003 with the result total purchases for the calendar year will end up closer to 2.4 million metric tons (MT) than the 3 million initially expected. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jan 8/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 10,248,400 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 4,320,500 MT from the 5,927,900 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- This year's harvest in the state of Western Australia is a record 14.2 million metric tons of grains and pulses, says the Grain Pool Western Australia (GPWA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Jan 9. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 9/04 - APK -- OJSC "Sarmat" (Donetsk), which is one of the four largest brewing companies of Ukraine, in 2003 increased output of beer 17.3% from the previous year - up to 15.271 million dekalitres, a spokesman for brewing company Ukrpyvohas informed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 9/04 - IRIN -- The price of maize in Malawi has begun to creep up at an alarming rate as "chizimalupsya" or pre-season rains have yet to hit the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- Rice markets in Vietnam started the new calendar year with prices easing the face of seasonally slack demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- Peru's corn harvest rose 9% in 2003 to an estimated 1.6 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- Peruvian wheat imports are expected to rise from 1.32 million metric tons (MT) in 2003 to 1.4 million MT in the coming year, inline with advancing consumption levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- Rice production in Peru reached 1.6 million metric tons (MT) on a milled basis in 2003, about the same as the previous year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat area is down 3% in the United States this year, according to the USDA, at 43.5 million acres. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Rough rice stocks in all positions on December 1, 2003, totaled 135 million cwt (100 pound units), down 14% from the total on December 1, 2002, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Corn for grain production is estimated at 10.1 billion bushels, down 2% from the November forecast but up 12% from the 9.01 billion bushels produced in 2002, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Corn silage production is estimated at 106 million tons, 1% above the 2002 level, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Grain sorghum production in 2003 is estimated at 411 million bushels, up 3% from the November forecast and 11% above 2002, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- This season's final oat harvest number is 145 million bushels, 4% below the August 1 forecast but 22% above last year's 119 million bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Barley production in the United States is estimated at 276 million bushels, down 2% from the last forecast but up 22% from last year's estimate, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Production of all wheat totaled 2.34 billion bushels in 2003, unchanged from the Small Grains 2003 Summary, but 44% above 2002, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Production of rice in 2003 totaled 199 million cwt, down 6% from 2002. Area for harvest, at 3.00 million acres, is down 7% from 2002, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- The 2003 rye harvest in the United States ended up at 9.25 million bushels, unchanged from the Small Grains 2003 Summary, but up 33% from last year's record low, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 12/04 - IRIN -- With the winter harvest described as a failure and drought now affecting the summer cropping season, there is concern that Lesotho may be facing a humanitarian disaster. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- U.S. exporters report selling 220,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year which began September 1, says the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Corn stocks in all positions on December 1, 2003 totaled 7.94 billion bushels, up 4% from December 1, 2002, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Grain sorghum stored in all positions on December 1, 2003 totaled 234 million bushels, up 1% from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 45.2 million bushels, are down 16% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Oats stored in all positions on December 1, 2003 totaled 119 million bushels, 15% above the stocks on December 1, 2002, 22% more than a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Barley stocks in all positions on December 1, 2003 totaled 198 million bushels, up 16% from December 1, 2002, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- All wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2003 totaled 1.52 billion bushels, up 15% from a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Durum wheat stocks in all positions on December 1, 2003 totaled 67.0 million bushels, down 13% from a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Global rice production, imports, exports, and ending stocks for 2003-04 are lowered from a month ago in the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Projected global 2003-04 coarse grain production is down slightly from last month in the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Global 2003-04 wheat production is projected 2.2 million tons higher this month, due primarily to a larger crop in India in the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Oat and barley imports by the United States are expected to be five million bushels lower for each product on account of projected decreases in annual consumption, according to data contained in the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 12/04 - APK -- In 2003 Estonian farmers harvested 528,200 metric tons (MT) of grains, 3,500 MT more than the year before, Rosbalt agency informed with reference to the Estonian department of statistics. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- The Australian barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd (ABB) closed its Gairdner and Franklin No.2 barley pools in the state of Victoria. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Western Canadian wheat movement from the country is expected to total 881,000 metric tons (MT)over the coming four weeks -- weeks 25 to 28 of that country's shipping calendar. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/04 - SNS -- U.S. exporters sold 1,040,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat for delivery to China during the coming two marketing years, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 13/04 - APK -- The prices for bread and flour in all regions of Ukraine since September 30, 2003 till January 10, 2004 increased 18.2% to 27.3%, on account of fundamental shortages of locally produced wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Jan 13/04 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice increased significantly in Thailand in recent weeks on account of the strength of the Thai Baht versus the U.S. dollar. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Jan 14/04 - SNS -- Grain usage rates in France have slowed with the result the country could end up with larger ending stocks than initially expected, judging from data released by the state grains board, Office National Interprofessionnel des Cereales (ONIC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 15/04 - SNS -- Grain deliveries by producers in states served by the Australian barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd, now stand at a record 4.18 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 15/04 - SNS -- Overnight trading activity was dominated by the Japanese government tender for wheat and barley, which saw 156,500 metric tons (MT) of U.S., Australian and Canadian wheat trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Jan 15/04 - SNS -- Total shipment of beer and low malt happoshu sank 6.3% during 2003 to 513.21 million cases, according to the Brewers Association of Japan, for the second largest drop since the second world war. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 15/04 - SNS -- Several Asian millers are in Australia, touring the Australian Wheat Board and its facilities. The flour millers are from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Jan 16/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Jan 16. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 16/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 110,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jan 16/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 10,561,400 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 4,529,400 MT from the 6,032,000 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 19/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) left projected returns for its wheat pools unchanged despite the general strength of the Australian dollar and volatile international markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 19/04 - SNS -- There was limited trading reported over the weekend, with the two major deals involving Indian soybean meal and Chinese corn. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 20/04 - SNS -- U.S. exporters sold 168,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 20/04 - APK -- According to official data, import of wheat to Ukraine in November 2003 made 726,000 metric tons (MT), against 609,000 MT in October. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Jan 20/04 - SNS -- The South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) lifted its winter wheat production estimate, but lowered the quantity of barley it expects to be harvested in its latest crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Jan 20/04 - SNS -- January remains quiet on Vietnam's rice markets, with little trade reported as tight supplies keep mostly trade on a hand to mouth basis. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KARACHI - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Pakistan's Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has created a free trade zone for export rice at Nooriabad, which hopes to quickly expand annual sales from around U.S. $600 million today to $1 billion. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Vietnamese rice exports reached 3.87 million metric tons (MT) in 2003, an increase of 18% compared to last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's rice harvest is expected to slip slightly in 2004, though remaining ahead of 2001 and 2002, according to the latest production estimates assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 21/04 - APK -- Maize or corn exports more than doubled during November, with the Ukraine shipping 114,000 metric tons (MT) at an average export sales value of U.S. $125.8 MT, down from $130 in October. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- The Australian barley board, ABB Grain Limited, reported is first sale of malting barley to China in a year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - Jan 22/04 - SNS -- The Alberta Grain Commission believes it has become more important for western Canadian wheat producers to try to measure the spread between the open market for their wheat and the Canadian Wheat Board's projected pool returns. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 22/04 - SNS -- International markets continued relatively quiet in overnight activity with many Pacific Rim nations closed for Chinese New Year's celebrations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jan 22/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 10,845,900 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 4,646,300 MT from the 6,199,600 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jan 22/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) boosted the outlook for milling wheat, but left durum mostly unchanged and barley unchanged to $1 different from the December Pool Return Outlook (PRO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

WASHINGTON - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- United States exporters sold 110,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 23/04 - APK -- At the beginning of this year Russian wheat ceased to be competitive on the world markets, grain market analysts are saying, according to Interfax. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRASILIA - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Sorghum production is expected to reach a record 2.1 million metric tons (MT) from 900,000 hectares this year as more growers in dry areas realize the benefits of growing this drought hardy crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Japonica rice output should expand to over 100,000 metric tons (MT) in the next few years as part of Thailand's growing interest in short grain rice production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Tight local supplies of rice has combined with solid demand are helping drive export asking prices higher in Thailand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Jan 25/04 - SNS -- Compound feed manufacturers in the United Kingdom have seen sales and profits increase rapidly during the three years ending February of 2003, according to a recent report from Research and Markets Ltd.. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 26/04 - SNS -- Weekly trading activity started with good interest in wheat, with 315,000 metric tons (MT) trading over the weekend into Egypt and Algeria and requests for participation in tenders later in the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 26/04 - IRIN -- Zimbabwe's state-owned Grain Marketing Board (GMB) on Monday said it was responding to the country's food emergency by distributing some of its 240,000 metric tons (MT) maize or corn reserves acquired from local farmers, but wanted to avoid flooding the market and exhausting its stocks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- Limited business was reported in overnight trading, with the only major news being Egypt's purchase of 110,000 metric tons (MT) of Australian wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- Limited trading activity was reported overnight, with the sale of 25,000 metric tons (MT) of Syrian durum wheat and an Egyptian purchase of 20,000 MT of vegetable oil highlighting activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VIENNA - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- Croatia will allow 30,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat to enter the country duty free and it will also release 26,000 MT of government stocks in an effort to relieve internal shortages. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JAKARTA - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- Indonesia's new trade policy for rice, which limits companies who may import rice to Importer Producers of rice (IP-rice) and Registered Importers of rice (IT-rice), is now in effect. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- Quality certificates issued for bulk cargoes will change as of August 1 to help eliminate the current need for the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) letters of certification along with the Certificate Final issued at timeof vessel loading. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Substantial wheat purchases by the Egyptian and Japanese governments resulted in strong overnight trading activity, covering 260,500 metric tons (MT) of wheat, 42,000 MT of corn and 21,000 MT of barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) slightly reduced its estimate of this season's world coarse grain harvest from 894 to 892 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- International wheat production will likely jump 47 million metric tons (MT) to around 601 million this year, believes the International Grains Council (IGC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

CAIRO - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Egypt is exporting more rice than last year, with calendar year shipments through the end of October advancing 33% from the previous year to 464,978 metric tons (MT) from 348,629 MT in 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's internal rice markets remains firm on account of tight supplies, even though trade activity was seasonally slow this month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUJUMBURA - Jan 30/04 - IRIN -- Residents of Burundi's northern province of Kirundo urgently need relief aid following months of poor rainfall that has resulted in low crop yields, an administrative official told IRIN on Friday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRASILIA - Jan 30/04 - STAT -- This year's corn harvest is expected to drop below last year, while rice production posts a solid advance, according to crop production estimates released today by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 30/04 - SNS -- U.S. exporters sold 215,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

WINNIPEG - Jan 30/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 11,228,400 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 4,817,200 MT from the 6,411,200 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Jan 30/04 - APK -- Russian government intends to solve the issue of the bread price increase by way of state commodity interventions, welfare measures and the mechanism of export duties, according to a report by AgroFact news agency has written. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Jan 30/04 - SNS -- Quiet market conditions and weakness in the Thai Baht contributed to lower export asking prices for rice during the past week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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