La digestibilidad de las grasas varía según su forma de adición en las raciones

agrodigital Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:03:00 AM CET | info

16/3/2010 La digestibilidad de las grasas varía según su forma de adición en las raciones Investigadores ingleses han demostrado que los lípidos no tienen la misma digestibilidad si en la dieta se adicionan por pulverización o incluyéndolos en los pelltes....

NORIMITSU ONISHI For Aquinos, land issue strikes home

nst Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:55:00 AM CET | info

2010/03/16 The failure of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino’s land reform is evident in her own backyard as family members unabashedly continue to fight a government order to distribute land to farmers For the last few years, he has illegally occupied 1.5ha on which he cultivates rice and vegetables....

CCP against curbs on new flour mills

NewsJang-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:29:00 AM CET | info

LAHORE: The wheat management is a complex issue that relates to food security of the country; however, any measure that tinkers with open market econo...

North Dakota braces for floods; Northeast hit too

alertnet Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:17:00 AM CET | info

* Red River will reach major flood stage by Tuesday * Crest at Fargo, North Dakota, seen below 2009 record * Flooding could affect US spring wheat, sugar beet sowing * Northeast soaked too; Massachusetts state of emergency (Adds flooding in Northeast U.S....

Now, FCI mulls e-auction of coarse grain

financialexpress Monday, March 15, 2010 11:10:00 PM CET | info

As the government plans to sell wheat under the open market sale scheme (OMSS) from Tuesday through the e-auction process for the first time, the Food Corporation of India......

North Dakota braces for major flooding by Tuesday

reuters Monday, March 15, 2010 10:51:00 PM CET | info

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Melting snow will cause major flooding along the Red River in North Dakota by Tuesday with water levels just below the record set in 2009 during one of the worst floods in the state's history, the National Weather Service said on Monday....

Vested interests choking grain market

eastandard Monday, March 15, 2010 7:54:00 PM CET | info

Two news items in our newspaper today illustrate the vicious cycle that hunger has become in this country, and the reasons behind it....

Maize farmers miss out on NCPB boom

eastandard Monday, March 15, 2010 7:54:00 PM CET | info

A rush to sell their maize produce at discounted prices has dearly cost farmers at the revived Hola Irrigation Scheme....

Minister heard feed toxic on TV

bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 6:56:00 PM CET | info

Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew first heard on RTE news about feed contamination which led to a major cull of animals, the assembly is told....

BANGLADESH: Salt-resistant paddy offers hope to farmers

irinnews Monday, March 15, 2010 3:32:00 PM CET | info

DHAKA, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - A new salt-resistant paddy - BRRI Dhan 47 - is offering hope to coastal farmers in southern Bangladesh whose crops are affected by climate change, say experts....

BANGLADESH: Salt-resistant paddy offers hope to farmers

alertnet Monday, March 15, 2010 3:25:00 PM CET | info

Thousands of small-scale rice farmers have seen their livelihoods decimated due to the effects of climate change in the low-lying area. "Fast-increasing soil salinity, especially in agricultural lands, is a major problem in Bangladesh," Golam Mohammad Panaullah, director of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) in Dhaka, told IRIN....

Funds allocated to support agro-industrial complex

nrcu Monday, March 15, 2010 3:21:00 PM CET | info

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated money from the stabilization fund for cheapening credits and support of certain projects in the agro-industrial complex, according to the agricultural policy ministry's website....

Sugar Industry Stakeholders have Shown Maturity towards Transformation Process - Tufton

jis Monday, March 15, 2010 3:04:00 PM CET | info

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has praised the sugar industry stakeholders for the level of maturity being shown towards the Government's efforts to transform the sector into a viable and sustainable one. He said that the administration has had to take some tough.......

Vice Premier urges support for spring farming

xinhuanet_en Monday, March 15, 2010 2:22:00 PM CET | info

WUHAN,March 15(Xinhua)--Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Monday urged local governments to support spring ploughing so as to guarantee a good harvest for this year's grain production....

QTL mapping for Mediterranean corn borer resistance in European flint germplasm using recombinant inbred lines

7thspace Monday, March 15, 2010 1:26:00 PM CET | info

Background:Ostrinia nubilalis (ECB) and Sesamia nonagrioides (MCB) are two maize stem borers which cause important losses in temperate maize production, but QTL analyses for corn borer resistance were mostly restricted to ECB resistance and maize ......

Securities firm: Shares in CJ worth a buy rating

joongangdaily Monday, March 15, 2010 1:19:00 PM CET | info

The stock price of CJ Cheiljedang Corp., a Korean company mainly dealing with the food, animal feed and life sciences industries, is forecast to surge this year on growing expectations that both its profitability and asset value will improve, a local securities firm said yesterday....

Research and Markets: France Agribusiness Report Q2 2010 - Mixed Fortunes are Forecast for the French Grain, Livestock and Dairy Production

earthtimes Monday, March 15, 2010 12:47:00 PM CET | info

DUBLIN - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d81fde/france_agribusines) has announced the addition of the France Agribusiness Report Q2 2010 report to their offering. The France Agribusiness service provides proprietary medium term price forecas...

Bengal gets paddy drying floor

stabroeknews Monday, March 15, 2010 10:33:00 AM CET | info

Rice production in Region Six got a boost on Friday with the commissioning of a new paddy drying facility at Number 43 Village (Bengal). According to ......

What the people say…The water shortage

stabroeknews Monday, March 15, 2010 10:03:00 AM CET | info

Interviews and photos by Tiffny Rhodius and Sara Bharrat This week we asked the man and the woman in the street if the community they are ......

Research and Markets: China Agribusiness Report Q2 2010 - The Second Half of 2009 Saw Fears over the Safety of Chinese Dairy Products Making a Reappea

earthtimes Monday, March 15, 2010 9:14:00 AM CET | info

DUBLIN - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a5b1e6/china_agribusiness) has announced the addition of the China Agribusiness Report Q2 2010 report to their offering. The China Agribusiness service provides proprietary medium term price forecasts...

Research and Markets: Vietnam Agribusiness Report Q2 2010 - Sugar Production to Increase in the 2010/11 Harvest Year Following Two Years of Low Output

earthtimes Monday, March 15, 2010 9:14:00 AM CET | info

DUBLIN - Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/18fd5b/vietnam_agribusine) has announced the addition of the Vietnam Agribusiness Report Q2 2010 report to their offering. The Vietnam Agribusiness service provides proprietary medium term price foreca...

Report due on dioxin cattle cull

bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 8:23:00 AM CET | info

A report into contaminated feed which led to a cull of thousands of cattle in December 2008 is to be presented to Stormont....

For a Philippine Political Family, Land Issue Hits Home

nytimes Monday, March 15, 2010 3:24:00 AM CET | info

A disputed plantation is owned by the extended family of a presidential candidate, Benigno Aquino III, whose mother started a land reform program....

UN leader visits Haiti again

CBC Monday, March 15, 2010 3:13:00 AM CET | info

The UN secretary general promises Haitians that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in homeless camps....

Paddy acreage looks up in Kerala on govt measures

financialexpress Monday, March 15, 2010 2:43:00 AM CET | info

After a long period of continuous decline, the area under paddy cultivation in Kerala has increased from 2.29 lakh hectares in 2007-08 to 2.34 lakh hectares in 2008-09......

Centre gears up to procure wheat; MP announces bonus

financialexpress Monday, March 15, 2010 1:12:00 AM CET | info

As the country is expecting bumper wheat production for the third successive year, state agencies are gearing up for the annual procurement drive which is expected to commence in full swing from April 1....

UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp

antiguanews Monday, March 15, 2010 12:56:00 AM CET | info

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised Haitians on Sunday that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in teeming camps for the homeless. Security issues and the risk of flooding and disease in the.......

Made wants speedy release of grain imports cash

herald Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:20:00 PM CET | info

Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has urged the Ministry of Finance to immediately release funds to the Grain Marketing Board to import grain and avert possible food shortages stemming from erratic rainfall the country has received....