New beef quota for Paraguay During Agriculture Commissioner Fischler's visit to Mercusor from the 6th to 16th October it was agreed to open up a 1,000 tonne import quota for... 30/11/2001
EU beef market The October and November 2001 EU Beef Market Updates identified a slow but steady recovery from the BSE/FMD crisis. While in October beef consump... 30/11/2001
Brighter future for beef? On October 17th 2001, the United States Department of Agriculture released an analysis of market trends in the EU meat sector. The analysis predic... 30/11/2001
EU wheat production down The United States Department of Agriculture is predicting a decline in the EU wheat crop of 11 million tonnes. This will affect bread wheat and fe... 30/11/2001
Global durum wheat production down A 15% fall in global durum wheat production is forecast for 2001/02 (down to 22.2 million tonnes). This decline has largely occurred in US, Canadi... 30/11/2001
Further price decline On October 22nd, Reuters reported a further slump in coffee prices with December coffee futures down 1.35 cents per pound at 42.50 c/lb. 30/11/2001
Production up On October 1st 2001, the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service reported global cotton production up 9% for 2001/02,... 30/11/2001
Recent developments The SKIL sugar sector news update provides reports on developments in the sugar sector with regard to: the Zimbabwean government's decision to... 30/11/2001
Pessimism rules in EU beef market At the 23rd July 2001 EU Agricultural Council meeting, Agriculture Commissioner Fischler gave a pessimistic report on the state of the EU beef mar... 30/09/2001
Beef market update This report reviews the state of the EU beef market including: prices; consumption and production, the 'purchase for destruction' scheme, the oper... 30/09/2001