07/08/2009 07:42AM
1. What is the G8? The G8’s membership comprises the main industrialised countries. It is not an international organisation, nor does it have an administrative staff with a permanent secretariat; it is rather a process that culminates in an annual Summit at which the Heads of State and Government of
06/09/2009 08:13AM
Corn
Trends
Short Term: Up
Long Term: Up
Overnight Trade: N +4
Opening Calls: 4-6 Higher
Yesterday, corrective action in the Dollar Index lead to corrective action in the corn. Overnight the Dollar was weaker, therefore the corn was stronger. What it all amounts to for the corn is pre-report
05/15/2009 07:50AM
Ghent in Belgium is making every Thursday a no-meat day. Well, vegetarian dishes can be delicious but, please, spare me the sermon
A friend texts me on the morning of the dinner party to remind me that his wife is vegetarian. I groan. Will she eat fish? No, he says, but she’ll have whatever is on the
04/22/2009 07:39AM
THEY failed more than 60 years ago but Nazis yesterday finally invaded the fields of England, or at least their animal creation have.
A breed of giant cattle created by the Nazis at the orders of Adolf Hitler can be seen in Britain for the first time after a farmer imported the huge creatures to graze
03/11/2009 09:28AM
US Hog Prices Gain While Pork Flounders, Create Unusual Gap
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--A steep rise in cash hog prices and floundering wholesale pork values have resulted in deeply negative fresh pork processing margins. Last week alone, the Midwest direct hog markets gained from $6.75 to nearly $8.00