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There’s a perfect storm building for food prices. You don’t have to scan the horizon to see the signs; the clouds are developing all around us - at a faster rate than anyone expected.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose, driving the benchmark index to a three-month high, as consumer companies gained on speculation the government will extend measures to boost domestic demand and drive the nation’s recovery.
Reno-area soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in lines, and local food drives and charities are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a less-than-bountiful Thanksgiving.
In August, Southern farmers thought they had a bumper crop — the best in years. Then heavy rains in September and October spoiled the harvest.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Soybeans rose to the highest price in more than three months on signs that demand for U.S. supplies is increasing in China , the world’s biggest importer.
More than 70 fifth-graders from the District's Oyster-Adams Bilingual School left their classrooms on a recent afternoon and trekked more than a mile north for an outdoor science lesson in the city's newest patch of public forest: the Tregaron Estate in Cleveland Park.
LUCAS DO RIO VERDE, BRAZIL -- For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Visitors to Japan who confine their stay to Tokyo are missing out on culinary treats in the western cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness Co. plans to sell 800 million yuan of five-year bonds, according to a filing to Shenzhen’s stock exchange.
Ballots for the 2009 Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections were mailed to eligible voters on November 6, 2009. All eligible farmers and ranchers are encouraged to get involved and vote in this year’s county committee election.
Dave Lamoureux is part of a small subset of kayak fisherman, and his most recent catch, a 157-pound bluefin tuna is one of the sport’s greatest recorded feats.
Families will pay four percent less for Thanksgiving dinner this year, while receiving the same wholesome food provided by America’s farmers, according to American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) informal Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey.
Spearman, Texas, November , 2009-Rick Hargrove, County Executive Director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Hansford County, Texas today urges Hansford County farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers to vote in FSA county committee elections by December 7, 2009, the deadline for casting ballots.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On his recent Congressional delegation's European trip, U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, D-West New York, took part in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's session.
Elections for Farm Service Agency county committees are under way and Dec. 7 is the deadline for voters to return ballots to local FSA offices.
The governor of Maine is worried about the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec and is anxious to voice his concerns with Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest.
ROME (AP)--A U.N. agency says food prices in poor countries remain stubbornly high despite a good world cereal production this year. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report released Nov. 10 that 31 countries still require emergency food assistance. The agency said that Eastern Africa in particular has suffered from drought and conflict, pushing an estimated 20 million ...
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WILCOX — Three of the five generations of Ziebarths who have farmed northern Franklin County land south of Wilcox are working long hours harvesting a share of the record Nebraska corn crop.
A group of musicians including Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp got together in St. Louis, Missouri recently and held a benefit concert to raise money for small farmers.
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