KANSAS CITY - Nov 3/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 4,200 metric tons (MT) of soybean oil for shipment to Peru. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Nov 8/04 - SNS -- Insects need to be viewed as an important part of any food strategy in Africa, no merely as a foe, says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Nov 8/04 - SNS -- Urea production in India during the first half of the 2004-05 fiscal year, which started in April, is exceeding expectations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Nov 9/04 - IRIN -- Estimates of food aid needs in Zimbabwe should be revised as maize (corn) prices have climbed well above anticipated levels, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MONTREAL - Nov 16/04 - SNS -- CN and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) are changing their rail sharing experiment through British Columbia into a formal agreement as part of a wider accord aimed at improving railway transit times and asset utilization in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MONTREAL - Nov 24/04 - SNS -- CN and Union Pacific Railroad (UP) have reached a routing protocol agreement to streamline their exchange of rail traffic in an effort to reduce rail congestion at Chicago. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Nov 24/04 - SNS -- Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation (MCIC) is receiving a nearly unprecedented number of claims from farmers this year, according to provincial agriculture minister Rosann Wowchuk. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 29/04 - SNS -- Container steamship companies belonging to the Canada Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (CWTSA) have revised Bunker Surcharge / Fuel Recovery Charges for the first quarter of 2005: . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Nov 29/04 - SNS -- Several conferences operating between Canada and Europe will raise container freight rates in 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Nov 30/04 - SNS -- Canadian railways handled less cargo in the July through September quarter than was the case during the previous three months, according to Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Nov 30/04 - IRIN -- The UN and its partners in Sudan launched their 2005 work plan on Tuesday with an appeal for US $1.5 billion for urgent programs to support humanitarian, protection, recovery and development activities in the conflict-ravaged country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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