Latest news on ‘Agriculture’
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Ottawa may face C$15 billion suit over Wheat Board
Reuters – A Saskatchewan lawyer said on Monday that he will file a C$15.4 billion ($15 billion) class action lawsuit against the Canadian government over the dismantling of the Wheat [...]
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Hoenig: Farm Price Surge May Be A Sign Of Fed-Driven Imbalances
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) – A farm country Federal Reserve official fretted before congress Thursday about the potential impact of monetary policy on the U.S. agricultural sector, which has seen [...]
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Emerging Markets Are Really to Blame for Rising Food Prices
Yahoo Finance – Food is becoming more expensive by the day according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index. Food prices are at an all-time high having [...]
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Grain Prices Rally Toward 2008 Records on Shrinking World Supply
Bloomberg – Corn, wheat and soybean futures jumped to the highest since 2008 after a U.S. government report showed smaller crops and rising demand are eroding global inventories as food [...]
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India to Import Onions From Pakistan as Inflation Set to Climb
Bloomberg – India will import 1,000 metric tons of onions and kept a ban on export of edible oils and lentils to cool prices, ahead of a report today that [...]
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Florida agriculture loses $273M in December freeze
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – December’s wave of unusually cold weather has destroyed much of Florida’s green beans and sweet corn, which means shoppers will pay more at the grocery [...]
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Legend Said to Seek Buyers for Parts of Australian Phosphate Operations
Bloomberg – Legend International Holdings Inc., backed by Soros Fund Management LLC, will next week approach buyers for part of its Australian phosphate project that’s worth as much as $1 [...]
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Brazil, Argentina in Soybean Talks to Curb Asia Power
Bloomberg – Argentina and Brazil are negotiating an alliance with other South American producers of grains and oilseeds to deal jointly with buyers in Asia and elsewhere, according to Brazilian [...]
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US corn crop shrinks, smallest stocks in 14 yrs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. corn crop is likely to be far smaller than expected as late summer heat reduced yields across the Corn Belt, and the corn stockpile will [...]
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Potash files complaint against BHP
TORONTO (AP) — Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan asked a U.S. court on Wednesday to block a $39 billion hostile takeover by BHP Billiton on the grounds BHP has made “false [...]
