WASHINGTON - Nov 2/05 - SNS -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said the USDA will work to free up barges on the Mississippi River in an attempt to reduce stress on the grain transportation system caused by Hurricane Katrina. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 3/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending October 26 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGUI - Nov 7/05 - IRIN -- A UN official says widespread armed banditry in key farming areas had increased the risk of severe food shortages in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR). . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Nov 8/05 - SNS -- The European Union will provide another Euros 5 million for emergency humanitarian aid in Malawi. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Nov 10/05 - SNS -- Eliminating anti-trust exemptions for ocean liner shipping conferences will likely result in increased competition and lower average freight rates, concludes an independent study commissioned by the European Commission. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 10/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending November 2 dropped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

DAKAR - Nov 14/05 - IRIN -- Good harvests in Niger are fuelling hopes the country will avoid the disastrous food shortages of the past year, but the UN says about 13% of rural households still have dangerously low foodstocks and little to no means to fall back on. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 17/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending November 9 dropped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 23/05 - SNS -- It became more expensive to ship grain the U.S. midwest to Mexico during the third quarter of 2005, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain TransportationReport. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Nov 23/05 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending November 16 dropped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LILONGWE - Nov 24/05 - IRIN -- A new pilot program aims to help Malawi's smallholder farmers access agricultural loans and risk cover in the event of drought, boosting their ability to recover from shocks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NIAMEY - Nov 24/05 - IRIN -- Close to two million people in arid Niger could go hungry in 2006 despite a bumper cereal harvest this year, warned the government who blamed the problem on perennial food insecurity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Nov 25/05 - SNS -- Canada's Conservative party offered surprising support to the country's marketing boards by joining in a vote which unanimously supported efforts to maintain those institutions in world trade talks. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HARGEYSA - Nov 28/05 - IRIN -- Two consecutive seasons of above-normal rainfall and distribution of relief by aid agencies in Sool, Sanag and Toghdeer regions of northern Somalia have led to an improvement of pastoral conditions there, according to theUN World Food Programme (WFP). . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Nov 28/05 - IRIN -- The food crisis in Malawi has surpassed previous worst-case scenarios, with more than 4.7 million people in need of assistance until March 2006, the World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed on Monday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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