WASHINGTON - Jan 7/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending December 29 was down from the previous week, ending two weeks of increased activity, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Jan 10/05 - IRIN -- Malnutrition and related diseases are expected to rise in Zimbabwe, peaking in the January to March 2005 period, warned a new report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON Jan 10-05 - SNS -- The USDA wants to charge supplemental fees for its Plant Variety Protection Office. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/05 - SNS -- Stocks of all hay stored on farms in the United States totaled 114 million tons on December 1, 2004, up 3% from the previous year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. 2004 Crop Production Summary . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. 2004 Crop Production Summary in Alaska . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. 2004 Crop Production Summary (Metric) . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/05 - SNS -- Hops production for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2004 totaled 55.2 million pounds, up 1% from the 2003 crop of 54.6 million pounds but 5% below the 2002 production of 58.3 million pounds, according to the USDA's 2004annual crop production summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. 2004 All Forage Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/05 - SNS -- Production of dry hay for 2004 is estimated at 158 million tons, down 5% from the October 1 forecast but up fractionally from the 2003 total, according to the USDA's 2004 annual crop production summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. 2004 Alfalfa Forage Summary . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. 2004 Haylage and Greenchop Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/05 - SNS -- Hay production from alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures in 2004 totaled 75.4 million tons, down 3% from the October 1 forecast and down 1% from 2003, according to the USDA's 2004 annual crop production summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/05 - SNS -- Growers seeded 2.79 million acres of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures during 2004, according to the USDA's 2004 annual crop production summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/05 - SNS -- Production of hay other than alfalfa totaled 82.4 million tons in 2004, down 7% from the October 1 forecast but up 1% from the 2003 total, according to the USDA's 2004 annual crop production summary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending January 5 was up from the previous week, offsetting part of the previous week's declines, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation is offering technical assistance to help combat technical barriers to the export of specialty crops from the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation will help industry groups get samples into the hands of buyers so they can better evaluate U.S. origin agricultural products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 18/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers believe increased levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide, may reduce forage quality among the world's grasslands and lead to reduced weight gain among animals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADDIS ABABA - Jan 18/05 - IRIN -- Increasing livestock deaths are threatening the livelihood of nomadic pastoralists in Ethiopia's drought-hit Afar region, the UN and aid agencies said on Tuesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Jan 19/05 - SNS -- The European Commission will not oppose Denmark's proposed new tax on phosphorous in feed, which aims at reducing the use of phosphorous in agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Jan 19/05 - IRIN -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed on Wednesday that more than half a million people are in need of food aid in northern Burundi. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 19/05 - SNS -- China's economy is driving current ocean freight markets, argues the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 19/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending January 12 was down from the previous week, offsetting the previous week's gains, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADDIS ABABA - Jan 25/05 - IRIN -- Poor families in Ethiopia could be hit by unusually high cereal prices, according to a report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net). . . . Continue or visitors click here

LUANDA - Jan 25/05 - IRIN -- An Angolan law banning the import and use of genetically modified (GM) foods has come into effect, sparking fears that donor contributions - already being scaled back - will be cut even further. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jan 27/05 - SNS -- An expert panel convened by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) wants to see more study done on the impact of genetically modified (GM) crops before their use becomes more widespread. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TORONTO - Jan 27/05 - SNS -- Low world grain stock levels despite record production in 2004-05 points make it clear the world's farmers will continue to be challenged to meet the world's growing food and feed needs, says the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 27/05 - SNS -- Russia intends to ban imports of food products that have been processed or manufactured using the preservatives E216 (propyl p-hydroxybenzoate (propyl paraban)) and E217 (sodium propyl p-hydroxybenzoate). . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Jan 28/05 - SNS -- Japan's Ministry of Labor, Health and Welfare is inviting comments on proposals to set maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the insecticide bifenazate and the fungicide fenamidone. Foreign governments have until February 10, 2005 to comment. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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