SYDNEY - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- Australian officials now believe Pakistan mistook a fungus related to karnal bunt for the actual thing in two cargoes of wheat which were rejected last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 1-04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) left its Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 1/04 - SNS -- International trading activity got off to a relatively slow start for the week, with little business reported over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Feb 23/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's ice markets strengthened through the middle of February in line with regional market conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Egyptian wheat purchases dominated overnight trading activity, as the country bought 300000 metric tons (MT) of Australia and U.S. origin wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Soil moisture levels remain a concern in winter wheat growing areas in the plains states, says the USDA in its latest national weather summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Mar 2/04 - IRIN -- Zambia could expect a good harvest this year but much depends on continued rains, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) said in its latest monthly report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Rice imports are estimated at 105,000 metric tons (MT) (milled basis) during 2004, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Colombia's wheat imports will likely advance from an estimated 1.24 million metric tons (MT) this season to a projected 2.29 million MT in the coming 2004-05 marketing year, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Colombia's has replaced its import regime for feed grains and rice and the country's importers no longer need to obtain prior approval before entering markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOGOTA - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Corn imports are expected to increase by 2% to 2.15 million metric tons (MT) during 2003-04 and 4.7% to 2.25 million MT in the 2004-05 marketing year, according to data assembled by the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Pakistan's decision to resample and retest two rejected cargoes of Australian wheat, totalling 80,000 metric tons (MT), was welcomed by the Australian government today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Australia's barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd (ABB), is looki9ng for sharply lower results for its feed and malting barley pools in the 2004-05 marketing season than is still being forecast for this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Railways in the United States responded to this season's surge in exports by leasing more cars and hiring more crews, with the result there was no measureable impact on grain export performance, says the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 3/04 - APK -- According to the estimates of scientists from the field crops research institution "Selection", located in the Moldovan town of Balti, winter crops in the country have in most cases survived the winter in good conditions, whichgives hopes for a fair grain crop in this season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- Most of the attention in over night markets was on future business, with several private and public corn tenders planned by South Korean and Philippine buyers; while Syria hopes to sell wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

GOLDEN VALLEY - Mar 3/04 - SNS - In recent years, European Corn Borer (ECB) has caused significant yield damage across the United States, with income loss estimated at $1 to $2 billion per year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Limited activity was reported in over night markets, with the main feature being results of Japan's regular weekly tender. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 4/04 - APK -- Export of grain from Kazakhstan in February increased twofold from the month before, jumping from 164,000 to 369,000 metric tons (MT), according to the country's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 4/04 - APK -- On a request of Ukrainian Grain Association (UZA) the Cabinet of Minister has given an elucidation as regards differences of grain stocks data, provided by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and State Statistics Committee, UZA hassaid in a statement. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 4/04 - APK -- Until the new grain crop the Republic of Moldova will purchase abroad 25,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat, to refill its reserve fund. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- This season's seeding progress for winter grains was well ahead of the previous year, according to the United Kingdom's agriculture department (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRASILIA - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Brazil expect this year's first corn harvest to slip 1.45% from 34.759 million metric tons (MT) in 2003 to 34,256 million MT this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 5. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The week finished on a relatively quiet note in overnight trading activity, with buyers in Taiwan active in U.S. wheat markets and Turkey in the market for barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 5/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,069,000 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 5,805,800 MT from the 7,263,200 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The British government says a genetically modified corn created by Monsanto for further processing, for example into animal feed, saying the variety complies with European Union (EU) requirements. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Seeding of this year's rabi or winter season rice crops in India is picking up pace in the southern peninsula, according to the latest crop progress report from India's agriculture department. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 8/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report switching 100,000 metric tons (MT) of soft red winter wheat from unknown destinations to China for delivery during the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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ISLAMABAD - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Anonymous senior Pakistani government officials say the recent rejection of 150,000 metric tons (MT) of Australian wheat will stand because a second round of tests confirmed the cargoes contained karnal bunt fungus and lowgluten strength. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- England has cracked open the door for growing "genetically modified" (GM) corn varieties, while stating recent trials make it clear the country must continue to oppose cultivation of GM beet and oilseed rapeseed anywhere in the European Union. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat producers were generally pleased with the past week's weather, which saw much-needed moisture across production areas on the Plains, although only light precipitation fell on the northern and central High Plains. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The world wheat supply and use situation for the 2003-04 marketing year was not changed much in the latest forecasts by the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Global production, imports, exports, and ending stocks are raised from last month, with the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board expecting ending stocks to advance from 82.6 to 83.44 million metric tons (MT) even though production was up just 370,000 MT at 106.64 million. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Global 2003-04 coarse grain supply and use projections are up slightly from last month with residual stocks expected to exceed 101 million metric tons (MT), according to the latest forecasts by the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Egypt dominated overnight trading news, buying 175,000 MT of Australian and U.S. origin wheat and issuing requests for offers on another 50,000 MT of wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- The Pakistani cabinet ignored direct appeals from the Australian government and confirmed the rejection of 150,000 metric tons (MT) of Australia wheat on the basis of tests which discovered Karnal bunt fungal disease in the shipments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Ecuador is expected to import 455,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat during the 2004-05 marketing year, with the U.S. agricultural attache here predicting Canada and Argentina will continue to expand market share at the expense of U.S. shippers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- There is a chance Ecuador will need to import rice in 2004-05 marketing year, with the U.S. agricultural attache here thinking the country could bring in as much as 65,000 metric tons (MT) of paddy rice. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Good demand is expected to help maintain high levels of corn imports by Ecuador, with purchases this season expected to total 360,000 metric tons (MT), though slipping to a projected 340,000 MT in 2004-05 on account of larger domestic crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Wheat production is not expected to recover in Mexico during the 2004-05 marketing year on account of predicted shortages of water for irrigated crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Rice production is expected to increase in Mexico in the coming year, but the advance is not expected to keep pace with rising demand, with the result imports could also expand in 2004-05. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Rapid increases in unsold supplies of grain sorghum and competition from imported grain are starting to discourage producers, with the result sorghum area should slip 100,000 hectares to 1.8 million for the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Mexico is hoping to maintain production of the strategically important corn crop in 2004-05, leading to predictions corn imports will relax somewhat in the coming season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling corn to unknown destinations and soybean meal to Canada, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat and rapeseed seedings were up sharply at the start of December, according to the latest survey data available from the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 11/04 - APK -- According to the press-center of Moscow Inter-Bank Currency Exchange, on March 10 the number of accredited participants of tenders at the state commodity interventions on the grain market increased from 201 to 209 flour and groats-milling enterprises from all the seven federal districts. Ninety organizations from four geographical zones - "Centre", "South-1", "South-2" and "Ural" - were permitted to participate in trades. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 11/04 - APK -- Ukrainian Grain Association considers the forecast of the grain crop increase in Ukraine in 2004 up to 32-35 million metric tons (MT) to be real, its Deputy General Director Volodymyr Lapa has informed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Wheat markets are more likely to react positively to USDA crop production and stocks in all positions reports, according to a USDA analysis of reports released between the mid-1980's and last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Market reaction to USDA production and stocks reports for corn were fairly evenly split between the plus and negative side of the ledger, according to a USDA analysis of reports released between the mid-1980's and last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board, AWB Limited rejects Pakistan's conclusions that the 150,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat it has refused to accept are in any way substandard. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 11/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,333,600 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 5,930,200 MT from the 7,403,400 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUENOS AIRES - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Argentina is expected to harvest 12.5 million metric tons (MT) of corn in both its 2004-05 and 2005-06 marketing years, with the result ending stocks should continue their recent decline. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUENOS AIRES - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Little change is expected in Argentine rice production and trade in the 2004-05 marketing year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUENOS AIRES - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Argentine wheat production has been increasing in recent years, and this should continue through the 2004-05 marketing years, argues the U.S. agricultural attache here in a recent report on the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 12. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Russia's winter grains survived the winter in good shape, with the result this season's reduction in seeded area may have been more than offset by lower winter kill, suggest analysts with the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service. . . . Continue or visitors click here

RIYADH - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Saudi Arabia's barley production ban is now in full swing, with the result the country imports are expected to advance from 6 million to 6.5 million metric tons (MT) in the coming year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

RIYADH - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Wheat production is expected to decline in Saudi Arabia this year as seeded area plunges from a recent average of 446,000 hectares per year to just 320,000 hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 12/05 - SNS -- Canadian coarse grain output could post a slight increase over last year, even though total seeded area is expected to decline as producers move land into oilseed, predicts Agriculture Canada's market analysis branch here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 12/05 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada's market analysis branch here believes Canadian wheat production will drop at least 3% this year as Canadian farmers move land from wheat and coarse grains into oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) tweaked its Estimated Pool Returns for the both the 2002-03 and 2003-04 pool. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The week got off to a slow start in international markets, with little trading activity reported over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 15/04 - APK -- The Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy Serhey Slauta says the average price for milling wheat Class 3 of new crop will be at 800 hryvnias per metric ton (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) boosted initial payments for wheat durum, feed and designated barley delivered into the 2003-04 marketing pools. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADRID - Mar 15-04 - SNS -- The U.S. agricultural attache here is optimistic the United States will record one of its best years in a long time once the 2003-04 season wraps up, predicting total sorghum shipments could reach 500,000 metric tons (MT) and wheat 600,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States sold 110,000 metric tons (MT) of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq during the 2003-04 marketing year, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 15/04 - APK -- Bread and products output in Ukraine during February totalled 171,100 metric tons (MT), nearly unchanged from January but up 7% from February 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- The USDA continue to paint a mixed picture about opening season moisture conditions across much of the growing areas of the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Wheat futures markets on the Chicago Board of Trade were supported by overnight trading activity, which saw Egypt buy 120,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. origin wheat and the World Food Program tender for 627,500 MT of optional origin wheat for Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Wheat production has been increasing in Japan in recent years as the country works to encourage some rice producers to switch crops, reflecting the fact the country is nearly self-sufficient in rice production and that per capita consumption is declining in favor of wheat and other grains. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- This season's rice production slump in Japan is not expected to have much impact on import levels ion 2004, according to the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Australia and Canada are expected to continue to dominate the Japanese oat market over the short term, sharing the country's annual requirement for around 80,000 metric tons (MT) of racehorse quality oats. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Efforts by the Japanese government to encourage agricultural producers to expand barley seedings at the expense of rice are having mixed success. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Japan's livestock feed industry appears to be switching sorghum demand back into corn because of relatively firmer markets for grain sorghum than other feed ingredients in recent years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

RABAT - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Good rainfall during the end of March and beginning of April would allow Moroccan wheat and barley production to match last year's levels, believes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 17/04 - SNS -- Over the long term, Japanese demand for corn is expected to switch from the grain to the end product as domestic livestock production declines in importance and more of the country's meat demand is covered by imports. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States sold 320,584 metric tons (MT) of corn from delivery to unknown destinations and Japan for delivery during the balance of the current marketing year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- A Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) survey of its customers and contract terms has led it to believe 87% of the buyers of Canadian wheat are not willing to accept genetically modified (GM) wheat varieties. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice continued to increase significantly, due mainly to unexpected strong demand for white rice from China on account of shortages there, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 19. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PRETORIA - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- South Africa's corn crop looks better than initially expected, with the Crop Estimates Committee of the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) boosting the estimated size of this season's commercial corn harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 -SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 110,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations for shipment during the remainder of the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 19/04 - APK -- According to State Statistics Committee, grain stocks in Ukraine by March 1 are 6,132 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 19/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,760,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 6,224,600 MT from the 7,535,900 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Export prices for most grades of rice remained considerably strong, continuing advances record earlier in the month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's internal rice markets appears to be struggling with shortages of export quality product, according to the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 345,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the remainder of the 2003-04 marketing year, says the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- Total grain exports from Ukraine in January totaled 189,000 metric tons (MT), down 47% in December -- equal to the quantity of wheat imported during the month, according to the latest government trade data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- According to State Custom Committee of Russian Federation, in January 2004 grains export from Russia accounted 319,000 metric tons (MT), down 61% in December, with 113,500 MT ending up in the Ukraine. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- According to the chairman of State Commodity Reserve Committee of Ukraine Nikolay Pesotskiy, State Reserve plans to sell about 500,000 metric tons (MT) of flour for 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The current rally in coarse grains markets does not appear to be demand, with the result prices could turn quickly and sharply, warn Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) market analysts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- High international commodity prices continue to have an impact on tender activity, with more tenders postponed or offers rejected. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Season opening conditions remain mixed across the United States, with dry conditions and moisture shortages reported in some parts of the continental United States, while other areas said field work was delayed by weather. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 22/04 - APK -- According to State Custom Committee of Russian Federation, in January 2004 grains export from Russia accounted 319,000 metric tons (MT), down 61% in December, with 113,500 MT ending up in the Ukraine. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Corn production is expected to increase slightly in the coming season, rising from 4.2 million metric tons (MT) to a projected 4.265 million MT based on expectations seeded area will increase slightly from 1.11 to 1.13 million hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Virtually all Thailand's wheat needs are covered by imported product, with the United States and Australia dominating the market and Canada posting a strong third place finish. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Thailand is looking for a larger rice harvest in 2004-05, but a tightening stock situation on account of steady increases in domestic usage and surprisingly strong demand this season, could force the country to trim exportsin the coming season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 110,000 metric tons (MT) of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 24/04 - APK -- According to the head of Grain Association of Ukraine (UZA) Vladimir Klimenko, wheat import to Ukraine for January-March period totaled 450,000 metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The past month's sharp speculative rally in U.S. futures markets is a clear symptom of the increasingly tight outlook for feed grains and oilseeds, argues the International Grains Council (IGC) in its latest market review. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) again boosted the estimated size of the world's coarse grain crops, lifting its 2003-04 season production four million metric tons (MT) to 903 million MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) lowered the estimated size of this season's world wheat harvest from 557 million to 552 million metric tons (MT) as reduced estimates for India and Ukraine more than offset higher production numbers for Argentina and Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The USDA needs to devise procedures to absolutely guarantee that biotech plant-made pharmaceuticals and industrials products and products intended and approved for food and feed use are never comingled. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) anno8unced a dramatic increase to its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for wheat and barley which will be marketed during the coming 2004-05 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) lifted its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2003-04 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MONTREAL - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The North American Millers' Association (NAMA) defended the use of methyl bromide as a food safety and sanitation tool by farmers and food processors at an Extraordinary Meeting of the United Nations (UN) here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. JOSEPH - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Mar 26. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The week's trading activity in physicals ended with a flourish with the World Food Program announcing it was able to buy the 625,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat it was seeking for Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 26/04 - APK -- All governmental agencies of Ukraine will start state new grain crop buying from August, says Vice Prime Minister Ivan Kirilenko, and should continue through October -- a time when grower selling peaks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 26/04 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 14,229,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 6,472,400 MT from the 7,757,100 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SANTO DOMINGO - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Poor economic conditions in the Dominican Republic have resulted in lower bread consumption, causing the country's import requirements to slip. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) announced its fifth and final distribution of money for the 2002-03 wheat pools it manages. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Only a few changes were made to the Australian Wheat Boards (AWB) 2003-04 Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs), while the forecast range for the 2004-05 National Pool benchmark grade was increased. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 165,000 metric tons (MT) of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq, with 55,000 MT for delivery during the 2003-04 marketing year and 110,000 MT for delivery next season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers believe a fungus could hold the key to deriving additional revenue from the production of ethanol, by helping manufacturers find new, value-added uses for corn fiber and distiller's dry grains with solubles (DDGS) – the "leftovers" of making ethanol. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 29/04 - APK -- According to Ukraine's Vice-Prime Minister for Agriculture Ivan Kyrylenko, Ukrainian government is planning to introduce in 2004 new quality standards for wheat, Interfax-Ukraine news agency informed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Mar 29/04 - IRIN -- Good rains and predictions of a better harvest have led to a considerable drop in the price of maize or corn on South African markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is setting a maximum limit of 30 milligrams per 100 grams for iron fortification in corn-soy blend (CSB). . . . Continue or visitors click here

HANOI - Mar 29/04 - SNS -- Vietnam's internal rice market strengthened through the middle of the month on grower stockpiling. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- The Australian barley board, ABB Grain Ltd increased projected pool returns for the 2004-05 marketing season by A$5 per metric ton to between $180 and $190 MT for malting 1 barley and between $155 and $165 MT for feed 1 barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Exporters in the United States report selling 165,000 metric tons (MT) of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2003-04 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 30/04 - APK -- According to the Head of Tariff Regulation Department in the Russian Ministry for Economic Development Alexander Filippov, the effect of import duties for grain, which are currently in effect, stops on May 1 and will not be prolonged any further. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Prices Paid for Field Crops in March . . . Subscribers Only

REGINA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Movement of grain from western Canada to export will improve over the coming four weeks, notes the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Mar 30/04 - IRIN -- After a drought year in 2002-03, the Namibian government has predicted a bumper winter crop, the best in six seasons. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Area intended for rice in the United States this year is estimated at 3.26 million acres, up 8% from 2003 and up 1% from 2002, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Growers in the United States intend to plant 13.3 million acres of spring wheat classes other than durum this year, down 4% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Area seeded to Durum wheat in the United States is expected to total 2.76 million acres, down 5% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA GM Corn Breakdown . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Winter wheat planted area for the United States's 2004 crop is 43.4 million acres, down 3% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Barley producers in the United States intend to plant 4.68 million acres for 2004, down 12% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Oat acres seeded and to be seeded in the United States for the 2004 crop year are expected to total 4.31 million acres down 6% from last year's planted area, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- The 2004 intended sorghum acreage planted for all purposes is estimated at 8.60 million acres, down 9% from last year, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Corn producers in the United States intend to plant 79.0 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2004, up fractionally from both 2002 and 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- All wheat planted area in the United States is lightly lower than expected, with growers expected to seed 59.5 million acres in 2004, down 4% from 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Rough rice stocks in all positions on March 1, 2004, totaled 87.8 million hundredweight (cwt or 100 pound units), down 14% from the total on March 1, 2003, according to the latest USDA stocks in all positions report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Grain sorghum stored in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 159 million bushes, down 3% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Oats stored in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 95.1 million bushels, 15% above the stocks on March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Barley stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 151 million bushels, up 23% from March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Corn stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 5.27 billion bushels, up 3% from March 1, 2003, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- All wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2004 totaled 1.02 billion bushels, up 12% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Durum wheat stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2004 totaled 44.0 million bushels, down 23% from a year ago, according to the USDA stocks in all positions estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Limited overnight trading was reported on tenders issued by Pacific Rim buyers with 43,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. origin wheat and up to 55,000 MT of Chinese or U.S. origin corn exchanging hands. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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