Thai Food Processors Association (TFPA) president Vilai Kiatsrichart held a press conference following the EU's preliminary hearing on charges of Thailand's alleged sweet corn dumping and subsequent anti-dumping measures including an import tax barrier as high as 13. Thai Food Processors Association (TFPA) president Vilai Kiatsrichart held a press conference following the EU's preliminary hearing on charges of Thailand's alleged sweet corn dumping and subsequent anti-dumping measures...

farmers plan to sow the most acres since World War II in response to increased demand for the grain to make alternative fuel and supply livestock feed. April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Corn plunged by the exchange-imposed limit for a second day as U. Farmers hope to take advantage of corn prices, which have risen 50 percent in the past year and reached a decade-high in February due to record production of ethanol, used as a substitute or additive to gasoline. The surge in corn prices in the past...

Corn should be planted by mid-May for good yields and soybeans can be planted as late as June, which could be a fallback plan for farmers if corn doesn't get planted in time. On Thursday, Cuban leader Fidel Castro wrote in an editorial for the Communist Party daily newspaper that President Bush's ethanol plan could deplete corn and other food stocks in developing nations, putting the lives of 3 billion people at risk worldwide. On Thursday, Cuban leader Fidel Castro wrote in an editorial...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Friendly View Email Article business Milk prices bowl over consumers Cereal-killing jump in cost linked to widespread demand for corn By Will Shanley and Steve Raabe Denver Post Staff Writers Article Last Updated:04/01/2007 10:13:58 PM MDT Nate Rinfret has stopped eating cereal because he thinks the price of milk is too high. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Friendly View Email Article business Milk prices bowl over consumers...

Under a new Louisiana law, 2 percent of gasoline sold in the state will have to be agriculture-based when ethanol production in the state reaches 50 million gallons annually, biodiesel production reaches 10 million gallons annually or production of another alternative fuel reaches 20 million gallons a year. Sweet sorghum, a cane-like plant with a high sugar content grown primarily for forage, silage and sugar production, could become the next big alternative fuel crop and boon for...