06/15/2009 07:45AM
Despite the prolonged slowdown in global economic activity and the initial wave of A-H1N1 Influenza-related market reactions, exports of U.S. pork and beef held up reasonably well in the month of April. While pork plus pork variety meat exports declined by 10 percent in volume compared to April 2008
04/22/2009 10:06AM
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2009 – A sample of 45.7 metric tons of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of U.S. ethanol production, marked the first-ever exports of U.S. DDGS to Australia on Nov. 25, 2008. Since then, the U.S. Grains Council worked cooperatively with Australian
03/30/2009 07:40AM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Australian farmer confidence slumped to a two-year low in the March quarter as difficult market conditions and softening commodity prices dented sentiment, according to a survey published Monday by Rabobank Australia Ltd.
While confidence is yet to hit the lows experienced in
02/16/2009 07:34AM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Beef production in Australia, a major global supplier, rose in the fourth quarter of 2008 to a trend estimate 539,977 metric tons from 538,504 tons in the third quarter, up 2.9% on year, the government's Bureau of Statistics reported Monday.
The total number of cattle slaughtered
01/15/2009 01:30PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FCStone Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSX), a commodity risk-management firm, today announced that it has acquired Elders Risk Management Pty Ltd, an Australian-based company that specializes in risk management for the producers and users of agricultural commodities, including
01/09/2009 07:45AM
(USDA Report) Australia recently successfully imported and processed a trial shipment of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) from the United States, concluding a process which first began over five years ago. The shipment, limited to just two containers, was undertaken in cooperation with a
12/03/2008 10:31AM
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 3, 2008 – Australia’s first imported sample of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of U.S. ethanol production, successfully cleared inspections today after arriving at the Port of Melbourne on Nov. 25, according to the U.S. Grains Council. The shipment
10/20/2008 10:08AM
USDA Report: Cattle-On-Feed Report Called Mildly Bullish
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly cattle-on-feed report Friday was called mildly bullish to cash and futures markets if the stock market moves higher. "On the face of it, the placement and marketing numbers
08/25/2008 08:08AM
MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Japan's Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. (2503.TO) unit National Foods Monday agreed to buy Dairy Farmers, one of Australia's biggest milk processors, for A$910 million.
The proposal, which has already received clearance from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the