It would be nice if the major suppliers obtained all of their market information from the Manitoba Co-operator, but it's quite likely the secret is already out. Current commodity prices, with the long-undervalued wheat hitting record highs in recent weeks, would suggest the incoming cash could be just as good. Thanks to increasing interest in biofuels, greater demand for food commodities and troubled crops elsewhere, farmers around here might finally experience decent returns. Sometimes...

The stock market took an absolute beating on Friday's horrific employment data - the worst in four years - and the biggest overreaction to a report in a long time! The employment is notorious for being unpredictable and often sees backward revisions greater than the actual original numbers come next month. The stock market took an absolute beating on Friday's horrific employment data - the worst in four years - and the biggest overreaction to a report in a long time! The employment is...

Girma Belachew, a grain trader in the Mesalemiya area, the major grain market in Addis Ababa, said that the reason for the price decline on some of the grains could be the end of the rainy season. And better access to loans provided by micro-finance institutions enable farmers to sell agricultural products for better prices," Sufian said. The ruling and the opposition parties have been debating the issue. Government officials argue that improved access to market, information and loans were...

Poppy production in this part of Afghanistan -- the Nangarhar province -- was nearly wiped out in 2005, but it rebounded this year with a staggering increase of 285 percent, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report. Poppy production in this part of Afghanistan -- the Nangarhar province -- was nearly wiped out in 2005, but it rebounded this year with a staggering increase of 285 percent, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on...

It was pointed out that though the Congress eagerly expected Muslim support, it was not fielding enough candidates and merely indulging in lip service. Termed as a "brainstorming" session, the meet raised the "basic question" whether supporting the Congress in poll after poll had done any good for the community. Not only that, agriculturists also question the need to import wheat in the face of comfortable domestic supply. This, of course, is not the first for this young bureaucrat, a...