WASHINGTON - Feb 2/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending January 25 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- Pro-MED recently released its report covering plant disease outbreaks for the last half of 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHATHAM - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- Soybean markets were dominated by weather concerns in South America most of the past week, asserts Mike Bakker, Policy Analyst, Ontario Soybean Growers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DJIBOUTIVILLE - Feb 7/06 - IRIN -- Up to 150,000 people, mainly pastoralists, are threatened by a continuing drought that has degraded pastures and dried up watering points across Djibouti, a government official said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Feb 8/06 - IRIN -- The failure of the 2005 short rains in 25 Kenyan districts has left at least 3.5 million people, including 500,000 school children, in need of emergency assistance over the next year, the Kenyan government said on Wednesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- The U.S. Environment Protection Agency has increased residue tolerances for imazethapyr and its metabolites CL 288511 and CL 182704 in rice and crayfish. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUJUMBURA - Feb 8/06 - IRIN -- The Burundian government has appealed for international food aid for 430,000 families facing drought in the north and west of the country, a senior government official said in the capital, Bujumbura. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending February 1 dropped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BULAWAYO - Feb 9/06 - IRIN -- After five years of consecutive drought and food shortages, farmers in Zimbabwe were hoping for a better harvest in 2006, but torrential rains over the past two weeks have dampened the optimism of many, particularly in northern parts of the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

STOCKTON - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- The University of California campus in Riverside released a new variety of asparagus that offers a higher yield than previous varieties of the vegetable and boasts an excellent spear quality, marked by a high percentage ofmarketable spears. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. All Hay Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Alfalfa Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Mint Oil Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Other Hay Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending February 8 dropped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson wants the U.S. government to regulate the largest railroad serving his state as "a monopoly". . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Feb 18/06 - SNS -- Improved harvest in the Sudan will not be enough to prevent almost seven people from needing food aid in the coming months, warn the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

DES MOINES - Feb 19/06 - SNS -- Alfalfa growers in the United States will have access to Roundup Ready seed in Pioneer brand alfalfa varieties. The company initially will be marketing Pioneer variety 54R01 as the first alfalfa product in 2006 under a limited introduction with additional products to follow. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Feb 20/06 - IRIN -- Nearly seven million people in Sudan will need food aid in 2006 despite a reasonably good harvest of the 2005-2006 crop, United Nations agencies have reported. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Canadian railway traffic reached a record levels in 2005, according to Statistics Canada, mainly due to huge demand for primary goods from China and other Asian nations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 23/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending February 15 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Feb 24/06 - IRIN -- The drought situation in southeastern Ethiopia is already "critical" and is expected to deteriorate over the coming months if the rains continue to fail, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KABUL - Feb 28/06 - IRIN -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that its Afghanistan operation was facing critical shortages in supplying food to 3.5 million vulnerable people, and called on donors to provide urgent funds to prevent food shortages in the post-conflict country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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