|
|
U.S. says ready to cut farm aid to $15 billion
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is ready to cut its ceiling for trade-distorting farm subsidies to $15 billion a year to help unblock talks for a global trade deal, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Tuesday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-22
Rising oil, food prices pose serious challenge: ASEAN
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Rising oil and food prices pose a serious challenge to the social and economic welfare of Southeast Asia, the region's foreign ministers said at annual talks Monday.
Nations:Philippines Malaysia Thailand Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-07-21
Economy not looking so bad, as viewed from the farm
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The U.S. housing crisis looks pretty distant when viewed from the cornfields of middle America, although land values pushed up by record commodity prices also evoke past booms that ended in bust.
Nations:U.S. India Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-20
EU adopts emergency aid package for fishing sector
BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU fisheries ministers adopted late Tuesday an emergency aid package worth up to two billion euros to help fishermen cope with soaring fuel prices, the EU's French presidency said.
Nations:France Denmark Italy Sweden Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-07-15
Food Prices Eat Up American School Lunch
Students at about three-quarters of American schools can expect to find higher prices in their cafeterias when they return this fall, according to a recent survey by the School Nutrition Association. The reason? Skyrocketing costs for nearly every basic food item schools rely on for meals - including a 17% increase in the price of milk and bread since last year.
Nations:U.S. India Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-07-13
| Headlines |
- U.S. says ready to cut farm aid to $15 billion 2008-07-22
- Rising oil, food prices pose serious challenge: ASEAN 2008-07-21
- Economy not looking so bad, as viewed from the farm 2008-07-20
- EU adopts emergency aid package for fishing sector 2008-07-15
- Food Prices Eat Up American School Lunch 2008-07-13
- Governors talk of moving beyond corn-based ethanol 2008-07-13
- China trade deficit in food up 14-fold: report 2008-07-13
- World Bank's Zoellick: Food prices high until 2012 2008-07-12
- G8 pledges action on food, oil 2008-07-09
- US agriculture secretary confident meat is safe 2008-07-09
- World's top leaders tackle oil and food prices, Africa aid 2008-07-07
- Rich nations poised to tackle soaring oil, food prices 2008-07-06
- G8 nations to tackle global food crisis: Merkel 2008-07-05
- Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report 2008-07-04
- China faces serious challenges on grain supply: premier 2008-07-03
- America's Shrinking Food Wraps 2008-06-30
USDA reports flooding cuts corn acres 2008-06-30- Honey bee crisis could lead to higher food prices 2008-06-26
- Warming May Make 'Perfect Storm' of Disease 2008-06-24
- Bill Gates foundation to prioritise women farmers in Africa and Asia 2008-06-24
- Whaling commission meets with own future at stake 2008-06-23
- Bunge to buy Corn Products for $4.4 billion 2008-06-23
- Report compares costs of animal disease outbreak 2008-06-23
- Whaling commission meet to debate hunting resumption 2008-06-23
- EU confirms closure of industrial tuna fishing season 2008-06-23
Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy 2008-06-22 Everything seemingly is spinning out of control 2008-06-22- Wall Street balks as Fed's tightrope gets thinner 2008-06-22
- As food demand soars, S. American production jumps 2008-06-21
- As Chinese grow richer, hunger for meat strains farms 2008-06-21
- Surging prices may force more people from homes: UNHCR 2008-06-20
- Global quandary: How to feed a growing planet 2008-06-19
- British minister sparks row over GM crops 2008-06-19
- Mississippi overflows levees, crops threatened 2008-06-18
- Bush vetos farm bill for second time 2008-06-18
- EU rejects calls to drop planned tuna fishing ban 2008-06-18
- Veganic farmers work without animal fertilizers 2008-06-18
- Midwest farmland flooding boosts food prices 2008-06-18
- Midwest farmland flooding boosts food prices 2008-06-17
- Midwest flooding spurs record corn price 2008-06-16
- US wants biotech to help solve global food crisis 2008-06-14
- Corn hits record, soy rallies as floods expand 2008-06-12
- Food Prices: Hunger Strikes 2008-06-11
- Sticker shock at the supermarket 2008-06-11
Fed: High energy, food prices keep economy weak 2008-06-11- Consumers pinched by high food, energy costs: Fed 2008-06-11
- Australian leader, in Japan, stands firm against whaling 2008-06-11
- US moves to plug loophole for slaughter of whales 2008-06-11
- Organic alcohol sparks new cocktail trend 2008-06-11
Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100
|
|
|