Ag Trends and Outlook

U.S. wine exports grew for a third consecutive year setting a new record in 2012 with revenue of $1.43 billion.

Cargill Inc. and Mexico have settled a long-running free trade dispute over CargillÕs corn syrup business.

A coalition of UK poultry associations wrote to the British Retail Consortium asking that more GM protein be allowed in feed.

With wheat prices at historic highs, Prairie farmers in Canada will be planting more wheat and less canola in 2013.

Production costs such as fuel, coal, feed, and labor continue to increase in China keeping pork prices and price volatility high.

Monsanto will immediately appeal a decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court regarding a correction to the terms of its patent.

Early spring planting and low winter-kill losses leave less acreage for late-planted crops such as corn and sunflowers.

DuPont is using conventional and biotechnology approaches to create a wheat hybrid that increase yields by 15%-20%.

Arguments in a legal fight between Monsanto and an Indiana soybean farmer go before the U.S. Supreme Court on February 20th.

A drive to restructure TurkeyÕs agricultural sector including fruit and vegetable production is opening doors for foreign investors.