| NYSE Euronext buys stake in India's MCX http://www.boston.com/busin... Agriculture Articles Boston Globe - MCX, founded in 2003, is a commodity exchange for the trading of precious metals, ferrous and nonferrous metals, energy, agriculture and industrial commodities. The company said the proposed purchase is its first in the Asia Pacific region and is ... |
| Don't Let Rallies Lure You Into Danger http://www.thestreet.com/s/... Agriculture Articles Street.Com - ... who wish to participate on the long side do themselves a favor by just hanging tight for now and not give in to the temptations to jump back into the market early or to get drawn into the point of view that there are safe havens such as agriculture ... |
| UPDATE 2-Japan consumers to pay 30 pct more for foreign wheat http://www.reuters.com/arti... Agriculture Articles Reuters - ... and their customers. "A 30-percent ceiling means that we're making extra efforts to cushion the shock on people's lives and industries concerned," Yasuo Sasaki, director at grain trade division of the Ministry of Agriculture, said at a news conference ... |
| UPDATE 1-EU says latest WTO negotiating texts lack balance http://www.forbes.com/reute... Agriculture Articles Forbes - Earlier this month, World Trade Organisation (WTO) mediators sought to advance long-running trade talks by issuing revised drafts for agriculture, industry and services. While the revised farm and industry drafts made no changes to existing proposals ... |
| Japan Wheat Prices Increase Most in 34 Years on Costs (Update2) http://www.bloomberg.com/ap... Agriculture Articles Bloomberg - The 30 percent average gain starting in April follows a surge in imported wheat prices driven by a rally in world markets, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said today in a statement released in Tokyo. Japan's wholesale ... |
| Indonesian shares close higher on strong 2007 GDP data - UPDATE http://www.cnbc.com/id/2317... Agriculture Articles CNBC - ... distributor, United Tractors, was up 150 rupiah or 1.1 percent at 13,450 rupiah after the company said its "Komatsu" heavy equipment sales rose 60 percent to 491 units in January from 306 a year earlier, led by sales to the mining and agriculture ... |
| Green ranchers buck cattle industry http://www.forbes.com/afxne... Agriculture Articles Forbes - Recent research from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization found that the world's large-scale livestock operations are causing environmental problems ranging from land degradation and air and water pollution to loss of biodiversity. In ... |
| Commodities to Rise in 2008, Led by Agriculture, Merrill Says http://www.bloomberg.com/ap... Agriculture Articles Bloomberg - Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Agricultural commodities and precious metals may gain in 2008 as demand from emerging economies surges and investors look for alternatives as the dollar and equities decline, Merrill Lynch & Co. said. ``2008 should be another ... |
| Developing Countries Grew More Biotech Crops in ’07 http://www.theledger.com/ar... Agriculture Articles The Ledger - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Genetically engineered agriculture is spreading worldwide, and its biggest growth in 2007 was in the developing world, according to a report released Wednesday. Farmers in 12 developing countries planted biotech crops in 2007 ... |
| Hong Kong announces finding 2nd bird with dangerous H5N1 bird flu ... http://www.iht.com/articles... Agriculture Articles International Herald Tribune - The dead oriental magpie robin, native to Asia, was found at a food market Sunday according to a statement from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. It was Hong Kong's fourth announcement of an H5N1 case in a bird this year, and ... |