03 January 2012 | Issue no: AE2495
AGRA NEWS
- WTO chief and UN rapporteur clash over issue of trade in food security
- CAP references cut from biodiversity goals
- New farming index fund launched for agri-investors
- Report counters claims from biotech companies
- Saudi dairy company buys Argentine arable farms
- Record agricultural exports
- Ban on farmland sales
- Bulgarian development funds
POLICY & LEGISLATION
- Europe eyes new trade opportunities
- Biofuels sector wants to see more action on issue of ILUC
- Scientists present world food security vision
- EU farmers’ income up but offset by increases in input costs
- Denmark unveils EU Presidency priorities
- Land governance is ‘under strain’ worldwide says UN
- Brussels protects five more farm products
- Emissions reduction goal is not binding
ARABLE
- EU approves more cane sugar imports
- Big jump in value of US maize shipments
- EFSA approves GM maize for cultivation
- ‘Weather market’ opens 2012; so is there more volatility ahead?
- Russian sector seeks better transport
- Firmer prices encouraging Australian rapeseed growers
- Record harvests produced in Russia in 2011
- Commodity prices: Week 52 ending 30.12.2011
POULTRYMEAT
- NCC aiming for ‘single digit’ increase in chicken exports this year
- EU-Thai operators urge resumption of trade
- 2012: industry thoughts
- Potential seen in reducing poultrymeat bacteria - WPSA
- Brasil Foods reaches agreement in Russia
MEAT & LIVESTOCK
- Beef markets enter 2012 on optimistic note after positive year for prices
- Australian cattle prices hit record
- China overtakes Russia as top destination for EU pigmeat
- Positive end to year for European sheep markets
WEATHER WATCH
FARM INDUSTRY NEWS
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
- Russia WTO entry eyed by US and European food companies
- UK saw booming farm trade with eurozone countries in first half of 2011
