NAIROBI - Mar 1/05 - IRIN -- Inadequate rainfall during the past two seasons has resulted in a serious food security situation in Djibouti’s pastoral zones, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS Net) reported on Monday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HARARE - Mar 1/05 - IRIN -- They are calling it "the wonder crop". Nutritious, cheap and easy to produce, the soybean has transformed the lives of poverty-stricken smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central province. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 3/05 - SNS -- Canadian railways carried 14 million metric tons (MT) of freight in 2004 than during 2003, according to Styatistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

UNIVERSITY PARK - Mar 3/05 - SNS -- Penn State University's Dr. Barbara Rolls has turned laboratory work which shows weight can be managed by eating a proper volume of foods with fewer calories has been given a practical application with the publication of the "The Volumetrics Eating Plan" by HarperCollins. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 3/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending February 23 was up from the previous week, for its third weekly increase, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Mar 7/05 - SNS -- Ocean Lines will continue to ration the number of new containers available for loading at Deltaport by 25% a week for another four weeks in an effort to clear a substantial back-log at the port. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DAR ES SALAAM - Mar 8/05 - IRIN -- A food crisis facing at least 400,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees in Tanzania is set to improve next week due to an increased supply of maize and pulses, UN officials said on Tuesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 8/05 - SNS -- New loopholes are being developed by World Trade Organization negotiators which will allow the United States, European Union, and other protectionist countries to increase farm subsidies, argues the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Mar 9/05 - IRIN -- Poor cereal harvests and a substantial increase in the prices of basic food commodities, particularly sorghum, have led to fears of a potential food crisis in different parts of Sudan this year, UN officials said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 2 was down from the previous week, ending three weeks of rising activity, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Half the landed cost for corn shipped from Illinois to Mexico is accounted for by transportation, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Australia's barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd, has set opening indicator prices for its 2005-06 season barley pool. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The Canadian government's decision to negotiate with the Farmer's Rail Car Coalition (FRCC) about transferring ownership of the federal railway hopper car fleet was welcomed by the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Mar 13/05 - SNS -- India has prevailed in a decade-long battle over a European 1995 patent granted to the USDA and WR Grace for a fungicide derived from seeds of the Neem tree. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 14/05 - APK -- According to press service of Russian Federation government, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a resolution, which abolished export duty for mineral fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, on March 10, 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) says European protection of geographical names to define specific types of agricultural products is within the rules, including the requirements of the TRIPs Agreement . . . Continue or visitors click here

TORONTO - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- CN Rail and two of its unions are now in a position to strike or lock-out employees, provided at least 72 hours notice is given. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KABUL - Mar 15/05 - IRIN -- Local officials and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are divided on the idea of legalizing opium cultivation for medical purposes in Afghanistan, currently the world's top producer of the illicit crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Mar 16/05 - SNS -- Burundi's decade-old conflict is expected to come to an end with the recent vote on a new constitution, but the country's aid needs will be 40% greater than last year, warns the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) and World Food program (WFP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 17/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 9 increased from the previous week, more than offsetting 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 - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- The USDA removed plum pox and Asian soybean rust, among other things, from a list of select agents and toxins which pose a potential biosecurity risk in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 18/05 - SNS -- The quantity of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on March 1, 2005, totaled 61.0 million pounds, reports the USDA, 28% less than last year and 26% below the stocks on hand the same date in 2003 . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADDIS ABABA - Mar 21/05 - IRIN -- Ethiopia may have underestimated the amount of food aid it will require this year, the US ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Friday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 21/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration wants to increase fees charged to delegated States and designated official agencies (official agencies) authorized by the Agency to provide official inspection and weighing services to the U.S. grain industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Freight hauled y Canada's railways declined in January, with business dipping in most commodity groups. reports Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Mar 22/05 - APK -- Moldavian agricultural producers and exporters demanded from the government an abolishment of export tariff-wall for commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MONTREAL - Mar 23/05 - SNS -- The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has served CN Rail with notice it will go on strike beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday March 26, if a tentative agreement is not reached by then. The union represents 644 CN electrical workers across Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 24/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 16 fell 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

LILONGWE Mar 24/05 - IRIN -- Yet another food crisis is looming in drought-prone Malawi this year following a dry spell in the country's south and central regions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MONTREAL - Mar 25/05 - SNS -- A scheduled strike by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) at CN rail has been averted. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. 2005 Seeding Intentions Summary . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- Producers expect to harvest 62.9 million acres of all hay in 2005, up 2% from last year, according to this year's seeding intentions estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- Growers in the United States intend to plant an estimated 73.9 million acres in 2005, down 2% from the record acreage planted in 2004, according to this year's seeding intentions estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 23 fell from the previous week, for its second week of declining activity, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- The cost of exporting soybeans from the U.S. midwest to Japan continued to escalate through the third of fourth quarter of 2004, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TORONTO - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool's (SWP) quality and food safety management systems have attained ISO 9001:2000 quality management standard registration and conformity to the ISO/DIS 22000 food safety standards. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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