Grain News: Ukraine traders expect wheat export curbs soon
- 12.11.2012
Grain traders expect the Ukrainian government to introduce curbs on wheat exports early in December but fear that instead of an official ban it might opt for informal restrictions, the grain lobby said Friday.
Cool bananas: a trade war is over
- 09.11.2012
Well, trade reporters, you won’t have bananas to kick around any more. One of the world’s longest-running trade disputes, and one of the few with genuine comic potential, was fixed today as the EU signed an agreement with Latin American countries to end the banana wars.
Cheap local farmland lures in Italian investors
- 06.11.2012
The attractive prospect of Romanian farmland has so far led to Italian investors buying some 170,000 hectares of farmland in the country or about a quarter of all the surfaces owned by foreigners, according to data from the Italian Trade Promotion Agency.
Pig Breeding Developments over the Past 50 years
- 06.11.2012
An excellent summary of progress made in pig production through better genetics and management. The interviewee is the Chief Geneticist at our British pig supplier, JSR Genetics.
The huge genetic progress seen in the pig industry looks set to continue well into the future, as...