Europe

2010 Iowa ag exports topped $7 billion
07/27/2011 2:49:23 PM
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) director, Debi Durham today announced that international demand remains strong for Iowa's agriculture products. They cited recently released numbers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing that Iowa exported $7.04 billion in agricultural goods in fiscal year 2010. FULL STORY »

Commodities market impact weather: Favorable heat for Midwest
06/28/2011 10:00:00 AM
Favorable Midwest heat, light Northern Plains rainfall, a variable Delta and Southeast trend, dry and hot for wheat harvest, additional West Texas heat, mixed trends in the Canadian Prairies, a hotter trend in northern China, periods of rain in central China, hotter and drier in western Europe, rainy and cool in Ukraine and Russia, and an mixed monsoon rain pattern in India are the main weather items for the commodity trade's attention. FULL STORY »

Hamburger suspected in French E. coli cases
06/17/2011 2:01:35 PM
French authorities are investigating two new suspected cases of E. coli linked to hamburger patties that have already sickened seven children, the health minister said Friday. FULL STORY »

Commodities market impact weather: Continued Midwest field-work delays
05/17/2011 11:16:02 AM
Continued delays in Midwest field work, persistent dryness in the Southern Plains, limited field-work progress in the Northern Plains, a mixed pattern in the Delta, another dry outlook for West Texas, meager rainfall in western Europe, a developing drier trend in Ukraine, a mild pattern in central China, and approaching showers over northern China are the main weather items for the commodity trade's attention. FULL STORY »

USMEF Report: U.S. beef exports to Europe growing faster than expected
05/03/2011 8:11:56 AM
In mid-2009, the United States and the European Union struck an agreement that defused the tension over beef from cattle raised with growth promotants. FULL STORY »

EU talks on banning food from cloned animals fail
03/29/2011 9:24:43 AM
European Union negotiators on Tuesday abandoned widely popular new legislation that would have banned cloning animals to produce food after all-night talks bogged down in disagreement. FULL STORY »

EU links rising food prices to commodities speculation
02/02/2011 11:42:35 AM
Agence France-Presse reports the European Commission acknowledged a link between commodities speculation and volatility in food prices. FULL STORY »

German Agriculture Minister Vows Tougher Controls
01/18/2011 2:50:16 PM
Germany's agriculture minister says the country is planning to increase controls on livestock feed and groceries in reaction to the dioxin-tainted food scandal that let to the closure of thousands of farms selling eggs, poultry and pork. FULL STORY »

Germany To Up Feed Controls After Dioxin Scandal
01/14/2011 8:43:23 AM
Germany will tighten quality controls for the production of livestock feed after illegal levels of a cancer-causing chemical were found in poultry and pork products, officials said Friday, as the country struggled to restore confidence in its products. FULL STORY »

Germany Kills Hundreds Of Dioxin-Contaminated Pigs
01/11/2011 9:20:00 AM
German authorities ordered hundreds of pigs slaughtered Tuesday after tests showed high levels of a cancer-causing chemical for the first time in swine, as the nation's dioxin scandal widened beyond poultry and eggs.
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Germany Lifts Dioxin-Related Bans On 3,050 Farms
01/10/2011 8:45:44 AM
German agricultural officials lifted a sales ban Monday for 3,050 of the farms closed after livestock feed was tainted with dioxin and met with feed producers to find the source of the contamination. FULL STORY »