Ag Trends and Outlook

Amid continuing consumer anger about food safety Fonterra has temporarily suspended operations in Sri Lanka.

If current trends continue nearly 70% of the groundwater in the High Plains Aquifer will be gone in 50 years.

According to the Brazilian Poultry Union, Brazil has lost $1.650 billion due to lack of competitiveness

Using light and imaging techniques researchers are able to identify problems in crops before the human eye can see them.

The worldÕs largest sturgeon breeding farm will open in Romania in October and will begin operations in 2014.

According to a government survey Canada is set to harvest the most wheat in 22 years and have a record canola crop.

According to Rabobank U.S. dairy exports could grow as international prices are high and Fonterra reveals a milk powder withdrawal.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Russia was the top importer of broilers until 2010 and will rank 6th worldwide in 2013.

Report claims big segments of the U.S. dairy industry are less developed and innovative than in other first world countries.

Louis Dreyfus Commodities released estimates for next yearÕs Florida orange crop at 132 million 90-pound boxes.