Broadening Feedstocks Eligible For RFS
22:39 | 21/01/2012
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US - US Representative Pete Olson (Texas) is introducing bipartisan legislation to increase competition, stabilise food prices and enhance American energy security and global competitiveness. The Olson bill, HR 3773, the Domestic Alternative Fuels Act, allows ethanol produced from alternative sources, such as domestic natural gas and coal, to be included under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and compete with corn-based ethanol.
Skånemejerier To Be Sold To Lactalis
14:51 | 18/01/2012
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SWEDEN - Discussions are ongoing between Swedish dairy firm, Skånemejerier and French dairy, Lactalis regarding a buy out.
CME: Markets React Badly to Recent Report Data
21:01 | 16/01/2012
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US - The corn balance sheet appears little changed from the previous month and yet markets reacted negatively to a number of key data in both the WASDE report as well as the grain stocks survey and the survey of wheat seedings, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
FAO Food Price Index Ends Year with Sharp Decline
21:31 | 13/01/2012
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GLOBAL - Food prices fell in December 2011 with the FAO Food Price Index dropping 2.4 per cent, or five points from November, FAO said yesterday.
Calls To Halt EU Live Exports To Turkey
12:45 | 13/01/2012
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EU & TURKEY - Investigations into live animal transport from the EU to Turkey have revealed a crisis at the border as exports to Turkey in 2011 rocketed to over one million animals. Animal welfare organisations are now calling for EU exports to Turkey to be suspended.
Most milk in India contaminated or diluted
18:32 | 12/01/2012
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Indians may think twice before gulping down a glass of milk after the country's food safety regulator found most samples collected in a survey were either diluted or adulterated with products including fertilizer, bleach and detergent.
CME: Cheese Offered Lower, Butter Bid Higher
21:12 | 10/01/2012
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US - Sellers had the upper hand in the cheese pits this morning, offering blocks and barrels lower, writes Alan Levitt.
CME: 2011 Market Reflection
21:30 | 03/01/2012
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US - Year’s end is usually the time to reflect on what has transpired since we last celebrated the promise of a new beginning. Here are our thoughts on some of the major happenings of 2011 in livestock and meat markets, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
Major European Genomics Report Published
22:30 | 01/01/2012
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NETHERLANDS - The Sustainable Animal Breeding (SABRE) Report on genomics for sustainable breeding of cattle, pigs and poultry has been published, reports Wageningen UR.
Cheese, Butter Sales Improved
21:11 | 29/12/2011
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US - The spot dairy markets completed another quiet session, with blocks holding at $1.5625 for the eighth straight day and butter holding at $1.5950 for the sixth straight day. No sales took place, writes Alan Levitt.
