Sunday, August 26, 2012

Food Crops News 83


FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 83 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
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Drought Forces Reductions in US Crop Forecasts
New York Times
About 40 percent of the nation's corn crop now goes to ethanol producers
— the rest to animal feed, food and exports. Retailers said that they did
not expect to have to pass along price increases to customers in the short
term. “The drought has had an ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/business/projections-for-corn-yield-falls-to-17-year-low.html?pagewanted=all>
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Drought crop damage worsens, ethanol waiver urged
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The worst drought in more than 50 years has caused
more damage than expected to corn and soybean crops, the government said on
Friday, heightening calls for a suspension of ethanol quotas to head off
another global food ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/10/us-drought-idUSBRE8781E320120810>
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Prices Surge as Drought Stunts Corn Crop
Wall Street Journal
U.S. forecasters lowered their estimates for the corn and soybean harvest
as a drought across the middle of the nation pushed up crop prices, raising
costs for livestock producers, food makers and eventually consumers. The
U.S. Department of ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443537404577580961198583098.html>
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El Nino emerges, raising fears over food prices
Reuters
TOKYO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - An El Nino weather pattern is underway and will
last until winter, Japan said on Friday, foreshadowing disruptive
conditions that could harm crops from Australia to India at a time of
rising fears about global food supplies.
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/10/weather-elnino-japan-idINL4E8JA2D420120810>
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Food Versus Fuel Debate Intensifies as US Crop Predictions Shrink
SustainableBusiness.com
"Much of the reduced crop will be claimed by biofuel production in line
with US federal mandates, leaving even less food for food and feed
markets," he wrote. "An immediate temporary suspension of that mandate
would give some respite to the market and ...
<http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/23955>
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Report: US corn, soybean crops won't replenish stockpiles, raising food crisis ...
Daily Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. corn and soybean crops have been slashed even more than
expected by the worst drought in half a century and will fail to replenish
ultra-low stockpiles, a U.S. government report showed on Friday, raising
fears of a new world food ...
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-nws-wire-corn-crops-0811-20120810,0,6079806.story>
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Low US Crop Estimate Heightens Food-Crisis Concerns
International Business Times
The total crop yield was slashed by nearly half from last month, to 650
billion bushels from 1.2 billion. The news sent corn prices up Friday to a
record $8.43 a bushel, breaking highs last seen during the 2007-08 global
food crisis. Corn was still ...
<http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372475/20120810/corn-crops-drought-global-food-crisis.htm
>
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Congress harvests a crop failure in farm policy
OregonLive.com
Only 26 percent of the nation's corn crop is in good condition, compared
with 62 percent a year ago. ... Both bills have problems; the House bill
cuts nutrition programs too much, the Senate bill includes a crop insurance
formula likely to be very ...
<http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/08/congress_harvests_a_crop_failu.html>
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All eyes on Agriculture Department, crop report
NECN
(NECN/NBC News: Claire Leka) - All eyes are on the Agriculture Department;
it releases its monthly crop report Friday. It's the first since July's
record heat wave brought on the worst drought in half a century; it's
already affected a large swath of ...
<http://www.necn.com/08/10/12/All-eyes-on-Agriculture-Department-crop-/landing_nation.html?blockID=754611&feedID=4207>
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=== Web - 1 new result for [food crops] ===

BTL:Critics Challenge Monsanto's Claims Extolling Benefits of ...
Critics Challenge Monsanto's Claims Extolling Benefits of Genetically
Engineered Food Crops Interview with Karen Perry Stillerman, Union of
Concerned ...
<http://www.phillyimc.org/en/btlcritics-challenge-monsantos-claims-extolling-benefits-genetically-engineered-food-crops>

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