31.08.2010 US - Corn Falls From 14-Month High as U.S. Crop Unharmed by Weather Corn futures fell from a 14-month high in Chicago and soybeans also declined after a government report showed dry weather in the U.S. Midwest failed to harm crop conditions in the country’s main growing region.The corn crop in the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter, was rated 70 percent good or excellent.
31.08.2010 Food crisis looms after floods in Pakistan The worst floods in Pakistan's history already have swept through the nation's most important breadbasket provinces, destroying cotton and corn crops, vegetables and orchards, and leaving many people in need of emergency food.Now experts warn that the food crisis could expand into a long-term problem if farmers can't get the seeds, draft animals and irrigation repairs they need for the fall planting of wheat, the nation's most important crop.
31.08.2010 US - Crop Insurance To Remain Profitable Despite Cuts Despite a cut in federal subsidy to the crop insurance program, crop insurers are expected to remain profitable, but they likely won’t see the 20 percent-plus returns they enjoyed in the past, a report said. Earlier this year, the government cut subsidies to the SRA by $6 billion over a 10-year period.
31.08.2010 India - Grasshopper swarm destroys crops in Kathua district Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district and adjacent areas have been hit by a swarm of grasshoppers. The new species of grasshopper is destroying maize, paddy, fodder and barley crops. Farmers are worried as they are likely to incur huge loss due to the crop damage.
30.08.2010 Climate change: Lingering clouds Floods in Pakistan have left millions homeless and at least one-fifth of the country inundated. In Russia, droughts have sparked wildfires that sent crippling smog over main cities, claiming scores of lives while destroying crops and costing billions of dollars in damage.
30.08.2010 South Africa - Broader Mandate Sought for Troubled Land Bank The government is reviewing the Land Bank's mandate to transform it into a strategic driver of the agricultural economy and a sustainable development finance institution. If approved, the bank will be able to venture into a value-chain agricultural industry to finance businesses involved in the production, manufacturing and marketing of food.
30.08.2010 Mongolia - Livestock Insurance Program Speed up in Mongolia The Government of Mongolian with the help of the World Bank is implementing the Index-Based Livestock Insurance Program (IBLIP) since 2006. Insurance is provided through partnering with local private insurance companies such as “Mongol Insurance”, “Bodi Insurance”, “Prime Insurance” and “Practical Insurance”.
30.08.2010 Pakistan - 71% rice crop destroyed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has released a damage assessment report of the agriculture sector in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The report reveals that up to 71 per cent of the rice crop has been lost to the floods. Out of the total of 76,564 acres of land used for rice cultivation, 54,665 acres were simply washed away.
30.08.2010 Drought respite for Russia, but German wheat suffers Rains have improved winter grain sowing conditions in some parts of Russia's European region but Germany, the EU's second-largest wheat producer, is facing crop damage because of late rains.
30.08.2010 Wheat Prices Fall as Egypt Looks Elsewhere U.S. wheat prices fell 4% as Egypt, the world's largest importer of the grain, once again opted against buying U.S. wheat. Selling also was triggered after prices breached previously placed sell orders, traders said.
07.06.2010 Adjusting Hail and Storm Damage on Maize seminar - September 8-10, 2010, Switzerland International Association of Agricultural Production Insurers offers a seminar on hail and storm damage on corn. The seminar is jointly organized by the association and Swiss Hail. the seminar will be conducted on September 8-10, 2010 in Egerkingen. Enrolment - by August 1, 2010. 12.04.2010 Remote Sensing Index-Based Crop Insurance Working Group meeting - August 10-11, 2010, USA The 2nd International Working Group On Remote Sensing Index-Based Crop Insurance will take place on August 10-11, 2010 in San Francisco, CA at the Fairmont Hotel. Practical technical issues related to implementing satellite derived index based crop insurance will be discussed.
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