04 October 2011 | Issue no: AE2483
POLICY & LEGISLATION
- EU inches towards framework deal for dairy contracts
- CAP dairy payments threaten food security – NGO
- Hopes rise for EU-India FTA ‘by February’
- No hope of Doha deal in 2011 – De Gucht
- MEPs approve Palestinian farm import deal
- EU moves closer to ‘Aid for the Needy’ solution
- Currency windfall for Poles and Hungarians in 2011
- Proactive approach needed to manage price volatility
- ‘Shortcomings remain’ in recovery of undue CAP payments
- US Senate bill clears path for free trade agreements
- EU farm lobby calls for applied research into farming methods
- Country of origin labels to be extended to fresh meat
- EU to introduce private storage aid for olive oil
- ‘Self-regulation’ proposed for dairy contracts
- Cloned cattle can help boost milk output
ARABLE
- CWB could have a future as a voluntary organisation
- USDA announces surprise grain stocks report
- Boost for Russian grain harvest production
- Sugar beet harvest ahead of last year
- Ukraine could produce record sunflower oil output
- Canadian canola approved
- China orders sale
- South African maize outflow seen unlikely to last
- China records eighth consecutive year of grain production growth
- Global sunflower seed output could hit new record high
- Commodity Prices: Week 39 – Ending September 30, 2011
- Bulls on the run amid bearish USDA data, and Euro-zone worries
POULTRYMEAT
- Devaluation of Real predicted to breathe new life into sales of Brazilian chickens
- Highly contrasting payments seen for Brazilian chicken
- Brazil benefits from US-China trade spat
- Soaring consumption, trade seen for chicken by middle of this century
- Chicken slaughter in US dips below year-earlier output levels
- Pakistan eyes export chicken potential
- Hatcheries admit continued expansion in Brazil
MEAT & LIVESTOCK
- US meat output set for dramatic decline in 2012, keeping global prices high
- Spain rapped over “severe” animal welfare lapses
- E.coli cases prompt Tyson beef recall in US
- Danish pig prices to rise as 2013 sow stalls ban looms
- Ireland eyes Asian beef markets as Singapore ban lifted
- Russia suspends imports from French meat plants
- EU pigmeat prices steady as exports rise
- Pig survey reveals mixed fortunes for EU producers
- Traceability gaps threaten US meat export gains
- Canadian sheep breeders win Serbian market access
- Sustainable meat projects launched in UK
- UK sheep association backs database plans
- Representative meat prices
FARM INDUSTRY NEWS
- German farmers go on the attack over ‘uncompetitive’ CAP reform plans
- UK farmland values ease back from second quarter record highs
- USDA backs biofuels production with $80m in support payouts
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
- The US maize and soybean acreage battle: current state of play
- Brazilian Central Bank’s influence extends into worldwide commodity markets
