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Food bills could rocket if controversial European Parliament plans on pesticides get the go ahead. Farmers leaders in the South West are worried that many pesticides could be banned, which in turn will hit yields and add to...

SPI up 30.6pc as prices of flour, sugar, eggs rise

and potatoes price up by 1.5 per cent to Rs27.15 per kg. Inflationary pressure during the week under review was higher on lowest income group earning below Rs3000 per month. For them, SPI registered an increase of 33.04 per...

Lie of the land unyielding for arable farmers across Scotland

Published Date: 11 October 2008 DESPITE the ongoing problems with harvesting this year's wet barley and wheat crops, the thoughts of most arable farmers are already focused on the harvest of 2009. But even at this early stage...

Ahead of the Bell: Crop report (AP)

Friday October 10, 6:02 am ET Analysts expect USDA to report higher wheat, corn, soybean stockpiles; may help limit prices WASHINGTON (AP) -- Analysts expect the Agriculture Department to increase its estimate of wheat, corn...

Mozambique: Green Revolution to Eliminate Grain Deficit

Posted to the web 9 October 2008 Maputo Government strategy towards agriculture is to eliminate the need to import rice and potatoes, and slash imports of wheat, declared Agriculture Minister Soares Nhaca on Wednesday....

U.S. wheat, soy rally after Monday's heavy sell-off

By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. wheat and soybean futures rallied in a light bounce on Tuesday after plummeting the previous day amid fears of a global economic recession. But corn futures on the Chicago Board of...

DJ CBOT Rice Review: Climbs Slightly In Modest Bounce (ENG)

CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade rice futures ended slightly higher Tuesday in a modest bounce from Monday's sharp losses in choppy trade. November rice ended up 6 cents to $17.70 per hundredweight and January rice...

Farmers could be new victims of economic crisis

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — It was another wild ride on Wall Street to open the week, as the nation's credit crisis continues. It's harvest time in corn, soybean and wheat fields across America, and for St. Joseph County farmer Andy...

FCI buys 7 lakh tonnes of rice

6 Oct, 2008, 0147 hrs IST,Prabha Jagannathan, NEW DELHI: The 2008-09 procurement season has begun on a bright note with Food Corporation of India (FCI) buying seven lakh tonnes of rice in the first five days (October 1-5) for...

Robber barons, religious fundamentalism, and other forthcoming developments

The lessons of 1873 THE ECONOMIST recently compiled a depression index, monitoring how many times newspapers mentioned the Great Depression of the 1930s. Economic historian Scott Reynolds Nelson believes we may have the wrong...

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