Miscellaneous Commodity market news for Mar 2007 Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings SinksWASHINGTON - Mar 1/07 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending February 21 plunged, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost SurveyWASHINGTON - Mar 1/07 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings JumpWASHINGTON - Mar 8/07 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending February 28 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost SurveyWASHINGTON - Mar 8/07 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here USDA Domestic Red Meat Supply-Demand -- Feb 2007A table about USDA Domestic Red Meat Supply-Demand -- Feb 2007 . . . Subscribers Only
Australian Pulse Breeding Joint VentureSYDNEY - Mar 15/07 - SNS -- Pulse Australia, universities, and government departments and agencies have combined their plant breeding efforts for pulses into a single unincorporated joint venture. . . . Continue or visitors click here Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings DropWASHINGTON - Mar 15/07 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 7 fell, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost SurveyWASHINGTON - Mar 15/07 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here CN Adopts Distance Based Fuel SurchargeMONTREAL - Mar 20/07 - SNS -- Fuel surcharges assessed by the Canadian National Railway (CN) will now be based on distance as a result of a January 26 U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) decision. . . . Continue or visitors click here U.S. Hop Stocks JumpWASHINGTON - Mar 20/07 - SNS -- Inventories of hops in the United States jumped 23% above year earlier levels to total 85 million pounds as of March 1, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here Canadian Railcar Loadings Rise in JanuaryOTTAWA - Mar 21/07 - SNS -- Freight handled by Canadian railways rose 1.3% from the previous month in January to total 23.1 million metric tons (MT), according to Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here Farm-Raised Catfish: Exports, United States, 2006-2007A table about Farm-Raised Catfish: Exports, United States, 2006-2007 . . . Subscribers Only
Monthly Catfish Feed Deliveries Increase Within FebWASHINGTON - Mar 21/07 - SNS -- NASS US Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C, shows the latest USDA report. . . . Continue or visitors click here Catfish Processors: Ending Inventory - 2006-2007A table about Catfish Processors: Ending Inventory - 2006-2007 . . . Subscribers Only
Farm-Raised Catfish: Imports, United States, 2006-2007A table about Farm-Raised Catfish: Imports, United States, 2006-2007 . . . Subscribers Only
Farm-Raised Catfish: Quantity Processed and Prices - 2006-20A table about Farm-Raised Catfish: Quantity Processed and Prices - 2006-2007 . . . Subscribers Only
Catfish Processors: Sales Volume and Average Price - 2006-20A table about Catfish Processors: Sales Volume and Average Price - 2006-2007 . . . Subscribers Only
U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost SurveyWASHINGTON - Mar 22/07 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings Inch UpWASHINGTON - Mar 22/07 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 14 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here EPA Sets Thifensulfuron Methyl TolerancesWASHINGTON - Mar 22/07 - SNS -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established tolerances for residues of thifensulfuron methyl in or on rice, grain; rice, straw; sorghum, grain, forage; sorghum, grain, grain; and sorghum, grain, stover. . . . Continue or visitors click here WTO Cannot Force Imports of Subsidized GoodsNEW DELHI - Mar 23/07 - SNS -- India's minister of Industry and Commerce says the current round of World Trade Organization talks cannot result in a situation where the developing countries are forced to accept imports of heavily subsidized agricultural products from the United States and Europe. . . . Continue or visitors click here Pesticides Added to International Watch ListROME - Mar 27/07 - SNS -- Endosulfan and tributyl tin compounds have been added to an international "watch list" under the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure of the Rotterdam Convention, an international treaty designed to ensure that hazardous chemicals do not endanger human health and the environment. . . . Continue or visitors click here North Korea Faces Food ShortfallROME - Mar 28/07 - SNS -- North Korea faces a food shortfall of around one million metric tons (MT) this year and is willing to accept aid, reports the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). . . . Continue or visitors click here Desert Locust Offensive LaunchedROME - Mar 28/07 - SNS -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) wants countries in northeast Africa to intensify surveys and control operations, particularly on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea and Sudan and in northwest Somalia. . . . Continue or visitors click here Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings SlipWASHINGTON - Mar 29/07 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 21 slipped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost SurveyWASHINGTON - Mar 29/07 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here USDA Boosts Lab FeesWASHINGTON - Mar 29/07 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will increase hourly fees charged for its Science and Technology Laboratory Services. . . . Continue or visitors click here Increased Hay Harvest PlannedWASHINGTON - Mar 30/07 - SNS -- U.S. producers expect to harvest 63.1 million acres of all hay in 2007, up 4% from 2006, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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