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Report calls for agriculture productivity gains in Africa, Asia

The Global Harvest Initiative 3rd annual Global Agricultural Productivity Report notes that increased trade is needed in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia to meet rising food demands. Overall, the report offers a mixed review of efforts to increase global agricultural productivity.

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ADM’s rumen-protected capsicum – from plant science to performance

ADM Animal Nutrition

ADM’s rumen-protected capsicum helps improve energy efficiency in dairy cows, supporting milk production and resource-efficient dairy nutrition.

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New Zealand importing cottonseed meal on Australia bumper crop

New Zealand has imported 10,000 metric tons of cottonseed meal from Australia over the last year due to Australia's bumper crop of cotton, according to reports. Australia cotton producers are forecasting a record harvest of 4.8 million bales from 583,000 hectares planted for the 2011–2012 season.

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Presidential election: Win or lose, keep thumb off the scale

With the election just around the corner, former North Dakota governor and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Edward Shafer told the audience at the United Egg Producers executive conference about presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s commitment to agriculture and to the country’s current ethanol policy. It was as though Shafer were reading from a speech written for the National Corn Growers Association meeting and a group of corn buyers, not the U.S. egg producers.

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Poultry industry sheds light on Renewable Fuel Standard ramifications

While the shortage of rain and dry conditions have and continue to wreak havoc on our nation’s farmers and livestock and poultry producers, there was one good thing that emanated from this summer’s crippling drought: a brighter light was shone on the federal requirement that diverts much of the nation’s dwindling corn crop into fuel.

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Will Africa’s growing urban population have a taste for US poultry?

Industry economists and consultants are saying that Africa might soon become an important destination for U.S. poultry products. Africa’s growth accelerated after 2000, making it the world’s third-fastest growing region behind emerging Asia and the Middle East. Growing disposable incomes on the continent, as people begin to move upward on the economic ladder, make this region of the world a prime market for inexpensive poultry protein. By 2020 more than half of African households will have discretionary spending power.

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World Bank: Global corn, soybean prices at all-time highs

Corn and soybean prices are at all-time highs globally, according to a recent World Bank report, causing global food prices to increase by 10 percent and creating severe budget challenges in the Middle East and Africa. The World Bank said the ongoing drought and dry summers in the U.S., Russia and India are the major cause, resulting in $300-per-metric-ton corn — twice the price of 2010.

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New Zealand’s Tegel Poultry achieves world’s best feed conversion

Tegel Poultry focuses on the five pillars of agricultureperformance to achieve the world’s best broiler feed conversion ratio of 155.

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Brazil may export corn to China

Brazil is awaiting final approval to become an exporter of corn to China, adding the Asian country to a list of global customers that already includes the Middle East and various European markets, according to reports. Chinese technicians visited Brazil in March to assess the phytosanitary risks of Brazilian corn, a protocol required to open trade channels in a food commodity.

Feed Additives

Biomin 2011 mycotoxin report studies global prevalence, regional breakdown

Biomin has released its report on global mycotoxin research for 2011, focusing on global prevalence with a region-by-region breakdown of the various mycotoxins most important to animal and agriculture production. Seventy-four percent of the analyzed samples show the presence of at least one mycotoxin.

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Chr. Hansen posts €30 million profit for second quarter 2011/2012

Chr. Hansen posted €30.4 million (US$39.8 million) in net profit in the company's second quarter ending February 29, an increase from the €24.5 million (US$32.1 million) earned in the second quarter of the 2010/2011 fiscal year, according to Chr. Hansen's latest financial report. The company saw organic growth in both its cultures and enzymes division (9 percent) and its health and nutrition division (11 percent) in the second quarter, but saw a drop in its natural colors division (3 percent).

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How price elastic is demand for eggs?

When economists want to give an example of price inelasticity, eggs are frequently the commodity chosen to demonstrate how changes in price for eggs, either up or down, have relatively little impact on demand for eggs from consumers. The ban on conventional cages for housing layers in the EU that went into affect in January of this year will provide an interesting test case to see just how inelastic demand for eggs really is.

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Saudi Arabia grain imports may jump 16 percent

Saudi Arabia's grain imports may increase by 16 percent in the 2011–2012 marketing year due to demand for animal feed, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. Imports will rise to 12.91 million metric tons from 11.16 million metric tons in the 2010–2011 year, raised from an October 2011 forecast of 12.16 million metric tons.

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