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World Agricultural Production May 2013

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This report uses information from the Foreign Agricultural Service’s (FAS) global network of agricultural attachés and counselors, official statistics of foreign governments and other foreign source materials, and the analysis of economic data and satellite imagery. Estimates of foreign area, yield, and production are from the International Production Assessment Division, FAS, and are reviewed by USDA’s Inter – Agency Commodity Estimates Committee. Estimates of U.S. area, yield, and production are from USDA ’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Numbers within the [...]

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House Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill

WASHINGTON — After a late-night session Wednesday, the House Agriculture Committee voted to approve a $940 billion farm bill, a day after the Senate passed its version, setting the stage for Congress to finally begin work on a new five-year bill. The vote was 36 to 10, with mostly Democrats voting against the bill after nine hours of debate. Efforts to pass a farm bill last year failed when House leaders refused to bring their version of the bill to [...]

March 30, 2013 5:33 am

Solar powered drought fighter ensures water for small farms

Solar powered ‘drought fighter’ ensures water for small farms Presently farmers in Tamil Nadu are battling two problems — acute water shortage and a major power crisis. “Even to pump out the fast dwindling water from the wells for irrigating the crops farmers need electricity. Sometimes they get it after 14 hours or some days they get the supply in 6-7 hours. “There is no fixed time. A few months ago, when I was visiting a field in Kadayam region [...]

March 22, 2013 9:36 am

Cotton Crop Worldwide Seen Falling as Farmers Shift to Grain

By Luzi Ann Javier – Mar 21, 2013 The global cotton harvest will probably tumble more than expected in the coming year as farmers make more money planting grains even after the fiber’s rally, the International Cotton Advisory Committee said. Output may be less than ICAC’s estimate on March 1, Terry Townsend, executive director, said in an interview, without providing a number. Farmers may reap 22.56 million metric tons in the 12 months starting Aug. 1, a 14 percent plunge [...]

March 11, 2013 7:51 am

Crop Prospects and Food Situation March, 2013 – FAO

FAO’s first forecast for world wheat production in 2013 stands at 690 million tonnes, about 28 million tonnes up from 2012 and the second largest crop on record. The increase is expected mostly in Europe, driven by an expansion in area in response to high prices, and in some countries due to an expected recovery in yields from last year’s below-average levels. The international cereal prices in recent months have followed mixed trends with rice prices rising and wheat declining, [...]

February 27, 2013 6:16 am

Five public library services improve farmers’ lives

Public libraries are effective rural economic development partners, according to newly-released impact assessment results of five innovative public library services. The results, released by EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), reflect outcomes of successful implementation of public library agricultural services in Europe and Latin America. The public libraries train farmers to use computers and the internet, and reach farmers with vital agricultural information through diverse online channels – web-portals, webinars, social media, mobile phones – and through more traditional channels [...]

February 21, 2013 5:00 am

Corn Drop Seen as U.S. Sows Most Since 1936

From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests predicted by the government. “Farmers are looking for every acre possible to plant this year,” said Bill Bayliss, 67, who is expanding acreage by 10 percent on land he farms in West Mansfield, Ohio, where drought conditions have disappeared. “The price is attractive, and we have seen an improvement in soil moisture.” Corn acreage in the U.S., [...]

February 17, 2013 6:25 pm

Pakistan Market Price Bulletin – January 2013

The Market price bulletin is a monthly publication of the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) Unit of the United Nations World Food Programme, Pakistan In December, general inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 7.9 percent year-on-year basis compared to 6.9 percent in the previous month. Download Complete Report Demand for staple cereals remained high while prices increased further The increase in wheat support price alongwith limited cereal supply especially of wheat and wheat flour since November caused [...]

February 15, 2013 9:47 pm

U.K. Farmers Face Seed Shortage as Spring Planting Set to Surge

Farmers in the U.K. are facing a shortage of seeds as planting of spring crops is set to surge, after record rainfall last year in England muddied fields and left less land available to be sown with winter crops. Farmers are paying about 30 percent more than usual for spring seeds as rising demand has led to shortages of domestic supplies and spurred an increase of imports, said David Neale, a business development manager at Andoversford, England-based farm adviser Agrii. [...]

February 14, 2013 10:10 am

World’s richest men aid ‘Green Revolution’ center

The research center largely responsible for launching the ”green revolution” of the 1960s that dramatically raised crop yields is getting support from the world’s richest men to develop genetically-modified seeds to help farmers in the developing world grow more grain in the face of a changing climatic conditions and increased demand. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim donated a total of $25 million to build a new cluster of biotechnology labs at the International Maize and [...]