WASHINGTON - Dec 2/04 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports since the start of the 2004-05 marketing year is up over the previous season, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 2/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is putting its support behind proposals by the Farmer Rail Car Coalition to acquire and manage the federal government's fleet of almost 13,000 hopper cars dedicated to grain movement within Western Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Dec 6/04 - IRIN -- Some 42,500 metric tons (MT) of donated wheat worth US $13.8 million has arrived in Eritrea, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Monday. The wheat, it added, would help alleviate the suffering of nearly a million people affected by war, widespread drought and the combined economic impact. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Dec 6/04 - SNS -- Agriculture Canada appointed five new members were appointed to the National Farm Products Council (NFPC), to bring the total number of members to nine. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 9/04 - SNS -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) believe the final rule about bioterrorism record keeping contains solid improvements on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initial effort. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 9/04 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending December 1 was down from the previous week, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Objective Cotton Data - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Dec 2004 Crop Summary (Domestic Units) . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Dec 2004 Crop Summary (Metric) . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADDIS ABABA - Dec 15/04 - IRIN -- German President Horst Kohler called on Wednesday for an international code for trade in precious commodities to help prevent wars over resources in Africa. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Dec 15/04 - SNS -- Dow AgroSciences LLC won a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Syngenta Seeds, which targeted three insect-protected corn products that include the insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), sold by Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto Company. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Dec 15/04 - SNS -- The European Parliament amended a Regulation with the goal of harmonizing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides in food products across the European Community. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 16/04 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending December 8 was down from the previous week, for its second week over week decline, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 17/04 - SNS -- This year's hop production in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington totaled 55.2 million pounds, up 1% from the 2003 crop of 54.6 million pounds, and 5% below the 2002 production of 58.3 million pounds, according to the USDA's annual report on the commodity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hops Acreage, Yield Price and Value 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

NAIROBI - Dec 17/04 - IRIN -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns thousands of refugees in Kenya could go hungry unless it received immediate donations of cash or food. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Dec 21/04 - SNS -- Rail freight traffic showed a strong and general increase during October, according to the data assembled by Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 21/04 - SNS -- Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on November 30, 2004 were greater than year earlier levels for chicken, beef, eggs, orange juice and cheese, according to the latest USDA stocks report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 22/04 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending December 15 was up from the previous week, ending two weeks 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 - Dec 28/04 - SNS -- The Japanese government is inviting comments on proposals to create maximum residue limits (MRLs) for a veterinary drug, ractopamine hydrochloride. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Dec 28/04 - SNS -- The World Food Programme sent its first truck loads of relief food to 12 districts in Sri Lanka that have been devastated by the massive tidal surges sweeping the Indian Ocean region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA -- Hops Prices Received - Dec 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Dec 29/04 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending December 22 was up from the previous week, for a second week of increased activity, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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