Agriculture Futures Jump Sharply on CBOT

The Associated Press -
CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures surged on the Chicago Board of Trade, with strong gains in corn, wheat and soybean prices. Wheat for December delivery ...
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Production agriculture class offered

Early County News - Blakely,GA,USA
Agriculture classes for production agriculture producers and Young Farmers will begin during the month of November. The first production agriculture class ...
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20 Trillion Won Agriculture Compensation Deal for Korea-US FTA

Donga.com - Seoul,South Korea
The South Korean government has decided to spend 20.4 trillion won over the next decade starting in 2008 to compensate for losses in agriculture due to ...
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Farmer easily wins second term as state agriculture commissioner

WAVE - Louisville,KY,USA
Farmer will continue to lead the state's Agriculture Department and its 320 employees. Farmer a Republican, says that agriculture is not a partisan issue. ...
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India-Canada to work out MoU on agriculture

Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural initiatives, Province of Manitoba, Canada on Tuesday held ...
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Uganda: Pastor Kakande Sinks $2m Into Hitech Agriculture Equipment

AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
There is another reason Pastor Kakande has decided to invest heavily in agriculture. "Our country is 85% agriculture-based, but the employment levels are ...
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National Agriculture Policy to boost local food production

Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
With a view to motivate domestic food production the Government has declared the National Policy on Agriculture. This will be followed up with a massive ...
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USDA NASS/National FFA to promote Census of Agriculture

Brownfield - Jefferson City,MO,USA
"That's what we are trying to do, is to make our instruction relevant and make it contextual based and to provide agriculture, the industry of agriculture ...
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Agriculture event will explore farming's role in the economy

Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro,NC,USA
For Wayne County, agriculture is the No. 1 business, pulling in more than $320 million in receipts -- more than 20 percent of the county's gross income. ...
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Farmer seeks second term as state agriculture commissioner

Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
Farmer was running for a second term as Kentucky's agriculture commissioner. He was opposed by Democrat David Lynn Williams, a retired cable contractor from ...
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Agriculture Futures Jump Sharply on CBOT

Houston Chronicle - United States
2007 AP CHICAGO — Agriculture futures surged on the Chicago Board of Trade, with strong gains in corn, wheat and soybean prices. Wheat for December delivery ...
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Local agriculture office on chopping block

Athens Daily Review - Athens,TX,USA
By Rich Flowers The Henderson County office of the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Athens, remains on a list of those that ...
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Sri Lankan farmers to visit India to study agriculture

Lanka Business Online - Sri Lanka
"We hope, what is learnt through this, will be utilised in local agriculture. This trip is also to educate farmers about the realities outside Sri Lanka," ...
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Thousands of cattle risk cull in Cyprus foot and mouth outbreak

Forbes - NY,USA
'It seems that we are obliged to kill livestock from the three remaining farms as well, which represents around 1500 animals,' Agriculture Minister Photis ...
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Home >> Sections >> Softs >> China's Agriculture Products Foreign ...

Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA
By David Harman SHANGHAI (Interfax-China) -- China's agriculture product foreign trade volume increased 19.1% year on year to $55.37 billion during the ...
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Historical Agriculture Secretary Timeline

CattleNetwork.com - Overland Park,KS,USA
Mike Johanns was sworn in as the 28th Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 21, 2005. Secretary Johanns' strong agricultural roots ...
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Acting Agriculture Secretary Recommends Farm Bill Veto

CattleNetwork.com - Overland Park,KS,USA
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner said he and other presidential advisors will recommend President Bush veto the farm bill being debated on the ...
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Rwanda: Government On Track in Agriculture Transformation - World Bank

AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
African governments are spending too little on agriculture and to some extent wastefully - a trend that needs to change if the sector is to be an engine to ...
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Agriculture minister Barnier opens French week in Hungary

Caboodle.hu - Budapest,Hungary
Declaring that "EU citizens are increasingly devoted to quality and the safety of supply," French Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Barnier opened ...
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Budget Battle Costly to Maryland Agriculture

American Agriculturist - PA,USA
And agriculture stands to suffer major losses if Governor Martin O'Malley is forced to make $1.7 billion in cuts due a better funding consensus. ...
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Education is key, agriculture minister says

Kawartha Media Group - Peterborough,Ontario,Canada
By Deb Bartlett Canada's agriculture minister, Gerry Ritz told area farmers they had to be certain to make "reasonable and accurate comments in their farm ...
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Need for zero budget agriculture stressed

Hindu - Chennai,India
The zero budget agriculture moots optimum utilisation of naturally available resources inluding water, fodder and pesiticides. In the recently-held meeting, ...
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Veto of Senate farm bill threatened

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, acknowledged that crop subsidies were "very hard to justify when we're having record ...
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EU confirms foot and mouth on Cyprus

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
EU experts confirmed on Monday that Cyprus is in the midst of its first outbreak of foot and mouth disease for more than 40 years, Agriculture Minister ...
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Federal Judge denies effort to stop Santa Cruz moth spraying

Nuevo Mundo - CA,USA
Three Santa Cruz County women sued the US Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Food and Agriculture last week, saying their civil rights ...
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Lincoln: Columbia Trip Focused On Trade, Agriculture

Today's THV - Little Rock,AR,USA
Lincoln says the trip focused on trade and agriculture. Now, a free-trade bill with Colombia is pending in Congress. Lincoln says she's leaning toward ...
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Asean Boost For Forestry, Agriculture

Bru Direct - Brunei Darussalam
By Shareen Han Brunei-Muara - The Asean ministers responsible for agriculture and forestry endorsed nine new project proposals to build capacity in the ...
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Panel mulls Lake O's impact on agriculture

Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
By MICHAEL C. BENDER TALLAHASSEE — Florida agriculture sales are down $726 million this year, due mostly to an ongoing drought that a state House committee ...
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No bull: Texas plant makes natural gas from cow manure

Houston Chronicle - United States
Agriculture is no longer just food and fiber; it is now food and fiber and fuel," state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, said Monday at the plant's opening ...
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Senate seeks big increase in dairy support program

Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
According to US Department of Agriculture statistics, Wisconsin dairy farmers have benefited more than any other state over the past two years, ...
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Agriculture Secretary Conner sees little reform in farm bill as ...

The Hill - Washington, DC, USA
By Kevin Bogardus Even before former US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns left Washington to run for the Senate, veteran agriculture official Chuck Conner ...
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WTO talks on industrial goods delayed by agriculture impasse

AFP -
GENEVA (AFP) — World Trade Organisation talks on industrial goods will be delayed by up to two weeks as parallel talks on agriculture remain mired in an ...
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US Senate Won't Include Immigration in Farm Bill, Harkin Says

Bloomberg - USA
... farm workers won't be included in this week's debate over a $283 billion farm bill, according to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin. ...
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WTO talks: Agri, NAMA modalities by year-end

Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
"The landing zone in agriculture and non-agricultural market accessnegotiations is emerging. Revised draft agreements on these two topics are likely to be ...
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BAHRAIN AND SYRIA SIGN ACCORD ON AGRICULTURE

Bahrain News Agency - Bahrain
THE PROGRAMME IS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) FOR AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION SIGNED IN DAMASCUS ON APRIL 8, 2002, ...
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WTO talks on industrial goods delayed by agriculture impasse

Servihoo - Mauritius
World Trade Organisation talks on industrial goods will be delayed by up to two weeks as parallel talks on agriculture remain mired in an impasse, ...
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Nigeria: Lessons From Yobe's Empowerment Farms for Youths

AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
He said it is the responsibility of the government to engage the youth in productive ventures "especially agriculture because our state has fertile land ...
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Snake farming: Alternative to Agriculture

Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
Commercial farming for boosting the economy of poor farmers of Nepal is always an alternative to agriculture. By Dr Sanat Dhungel Every body is afraid of ...
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Zimbabwe: Business Involvement in Agric Vital

AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The involvement of the corporate world in agriculture complements Government efforts to boost production and also provides the country the platform for ...
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Vision 2020: Nigeria should go back to agriculture — Israeli env

Business Day - Nigeria
But besides investing in oil and gas, Nigeria should go back to agriculture. It should not neglect one area in favour the other. What I mean is that, ...
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Nominee to head agriculture dept. was raised for job

Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
By SHIRA SCHOENBERG Lorraine Stuart Merrill, the nominee to be New Hampshire's next agriculture commissioner, has an extensive resume as a writer, ...
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Manuel acknowledges agriculture

The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector contracted 1,2% in the first half of this year, compared with the same period last year. ...
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A bond gaining steam by the day

China Daily - China
She has joined a project led by Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University professor Lin Zhanxi. The project helps single mothers near Durban in ...
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Snail invasion in Tacoma Tideflats worries ag officials

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Agriculture officials worry that some of the thousands of Mediterranean snails that have been found on a peninsula between the Hylebos and Blair waterways ...
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Iran Agriculture: 20% GDP; Largely Self Sufficient In Wheat

CattleNetwork.com - Overland Park,KS,USA
The agricultural sector accounts for nearly 20% of Iran's Gross Domestic Product and employs about 30% of its labour force. ...
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Agriculture sector needs reforms for economic growth

The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Though agriculture sector has the potential of earning more than 80 per cent against 50 per cent of foreign exchange at present, ...
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Global pool to provide cheap, cost-free genes

Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
This follows the establishment of a global plant gene pool under the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture that was ...
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Unsustainable agriculture

The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
To protect our agriculture and our farmers' community, we must come out from the NPK circle. We will have to go back to organic farming.
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Agriculture briefs

Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque,IA,USA
Farm women from throughout southwest Wisconsin are invited to participate in the Heart of the Farm -- Women in Agriculture conference to be held from 9:30 ...
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Modified Toxin Helps Crops Kill Resistant Insects

Source:Nature
Author:Heidi Ledford

Researchers at National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Arizona in the U.S. have modified Bt toxins to make it more difficult for insects to develop resistance. Their work has been published in the journal Science. More work will need to be done to see whether plants can be genetically engineered to produce the modified form of toxin, according to the article. Bruce Tabashnik, an entomologist at the University of Arizona and a member of the research team, says it is "almost inevitable" that insects will develop resistance to the Bt toxin. So far, the article says resistance has only been documented in the field for two insects: diamondback moths (Plutella xylostella ) and cabbage loopers (Trichoplusia ni), both of which produce larvae that feed on vegetable crops. The resistant insects have only been found in fields and greenhouses where Bt is sprayed as an environmentally-friendly pesticide, not in fields planted with Bt-producing genetically modified (GM) crops. The article says that biotechnology companies are pursuing several options to prevent Bt resistance from developing among insect populations. These include selling GM crops that contain two different Bt toxins which bind to separate receptors found in insect guts. Researchers are also developing plants that produce an entirely different toxin, normally made by bacteria that live in nematode worm guts. William Moar, an entomologist at Auburn University in U.S., comments that the modified Bt toxin could make a useful addition to this "arsenal."

'Cows Unite' Movement Promotes Organic Dairying

Cows Unite is an initiative developed by Organic Valley Family of Farms, centered on a "Bovine Bill of Rights" that demands pasturing for cows and the end of the use of synthetic hormones and pesticides, antibiotics and genetically modified feed for cattle. The creative campaign is a way to raise awareness and build grassroots public support for organic dairying. Cows Unite has won support from sustainable agriculture leaders such as Sustainable Table, Beyond Pesticides, Bioneers, Farm Aid, and Ecotrust.

European wine to get body back - (04/07/2007 - CAP (Common Agricultural Policy))

EU proposals seek to tackle surpluses, make the industry more competitive and promote European wine more effectively.

Fruit and veg farmers in latest EU farm reform - (14/06/2007 - CAP (Common Agricultural Policy))

EU one step closer to modern, consumer‑oriented farming policy as it reforms its fruit and vegetable market.

Catching only what we need - (30/03/2007 - Fisheries)

EU bid to halt unnecessary waste of marine life by fishermen ditching unwanted catches, in an overhaul of fisheries policy.

Reindeer and "murderer's beer" at Berlin farm fair - (18/01/2007 - Agriculture)

Over 400 000 visitors are expected to pass through the doors of the Berlin exhibition centre for international "green week", the city's annual farm and food fair. The event will be opened on 19 January by EU commission president José Manuel Barroso and German chancellor Angela Merkel.

EU wine sector to be overhauled - (30/06/2006 - Agriculture)

The European Commission has unveiled on 22 June a proposal for a sweeping reform of the EU wine sector. After much consultation with the stakeholders, the Commission's preferred option is a comprehensive reform tailored to the specific needs and characteristics of the wine sector.

Commission calls for more scientific consistency towards GMOs - (20/04/2006 - GMOs)

The Commission has proposed a set of measures to improve the control of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before they arrive on European markets. The measures aim to bring about "practical improvements to the European GMO legislative framework", such as by reinforcing the scientific consistency and transparency of decisions in this domain. For this, the Commission will cooperate with the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), which was founded in 2002 in Parma.

Illegal fishing – EU to act (17/10/2007 - Fisheries)

Illegal fishing and bottom trawling pose long‑term threat to marine ecosystems, well beyond EU’s territorial waters.