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Iran: Shrimp production on rise
Iran will produce about 8,000 tons of cultured shrimp in the current Iranian year (started March 21), indicating a 20-percent increase against the figure for the same period last year. Stating this, Deputy Minister of ...
Vietnam coffee said to be trading at a discount before record production
Buyers are demanding a discount for Vietnam’s coffee crop starting in October on speculation of record output, according to three people involved in the trade. The beans are trading at $70 to $90 a metric ...
US corn output climbs even as area under production remains unchanged
The chart below plots the US acreage of Corn harvested vs.production. Green lines plot the production in tons all the way from 1967 to 2009, where as red lines plot the area of corn harvested. ...
China to hike grain production
BEIJING (Dow Jones)–China is targeting an 8% rise in grain production capacity by 2015 from 2010 levels and has kept unchanged its 95% grain self-sufficiency rate target, the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday. The world’s ...
A new arrangement for potato production
When Idaho farmers started making the state famous for its potatoes, they seeded their crops in ridged rows and watered the plants by channeling surface irrigation to flow through the furrows between the rows. But ...
Kazakhstan’s grain production up 60%
Kazakhstan’s grain production is expected to jump this year to 19.2 million tonnes, up 60% on last year’s drought affected crop, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service ...
India to witness high oilseeds production in current kharif season
NEW DELHI: Seeing the broad area of cultivation in the current kharif season, the edible oil industry organization Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) is expecting a buffer production of oilseeds in the 2011-12 crop ...
Uncertainty, not panic, surrounding this year’s projected crop production, prices
In an industry where the future is always uncertain but forecasting plays a key role in present decisions, 2011 is shaping up to be as interesting as any year in agriculture. As U.S. Department of ...
Farmland prices reach all-time high, says report
FARMLAND prices reached an all-time high in the South West during the first half of 2011, as land availability failed to match growing demand, says the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey. Chartered surveyors estimate ...
Firm prices boost sheepmeat production
EU sheepmeat production increased by nearly 3% during the first five months of the year, as farmers culled heavier ewes to benefit from higher prices. Although meat production rose to 288,000t, overall slaughter numbers remained ...
