The predator, which markets cotton from all the world's major production regions except Australia, is offering $5. Mr Malone also said QCH would provide a platform to expand operations in other agricultural commodities in Australia such as meat, wool, pulses and grains. Louis Dreyfus also was the largest supplier of imported cotton into China, which was demanding more high-grade cotton. QCH handled both pima and upland cotton and had a significant presence in the far west of the US. Qld...

Riverside Recycling derives 60% to 70% of its business exporting castoff copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel and other materials to Pacific Rim foundries and smelters. Nearly six decades later, his grandson, Danny Frankel, is running the third-generation family scrap venture in Riverside, a recycling company transformed by the industry's growing role in international trade. Typically iron and steel prices remain static through the month, while copper and brass prices might change...

soybean acreage is expected to slide 11 percent and cotton production, 20 percent this year alone, the Agriculture Department said. The 58-year-old Adams, who works 950 acres in central Illinois, didn't immediately join the farmer cooperatives pooling together to build a 100-million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant. President Bush says the fuel additive distilled from mashed and fermented grain is a cheap-and-easy alternative to high-priced foreign oil, and some say it's already been an...

There were no washouts and breaches of hog lagoons, ponds that hold wastewater from hog farms, but the state Division of Water Quality said at least 70 lagoons were nearing capacity, mostly in southeastern counties. Emory said the drowned chickens and turkeys were significant to individual growers but represented a small fraction of the county's production. The storm dumped more than a foot of rain in some areas, pushing floodwater into fields and livestock and poultry operations. She said...

Despite holding steady in the standings, the amount imported from China has grown at a daunting rate: Since 2002, imports of Chinese agricultural, fish and forestry products have grown from $2. Despite such soaring numbers, producers and representatives of four of the biggest Chinese import categories -- rice, shrimp, tea, and feeds and fodders -- said the United States could still meet the nation's demand for such products should the flow from China cease, most without a huge burden on...

Moberly Monitor - News Customer Service: Subscribe . Place a Classified Ad . Announcements . Contact Us. When evaluating selling and storage options, this survey will be an important source of information for producers," added Danekas. Beginning the end of May, NASS will contact selected Missouri producers by mail or telephone and ask them to provide information on the total number of acres planted and acres planted to specific commodities, including corn, soybeans, sorghum, rice, and...

Media reports tell of Chinese goods that were rerouted through other nationsgoods that were relabeled and no longer bear the name of its Chinese exporter on its label. Products from China are often rejected by the FDA due to filth, misbranding, mislabeling, presence of unsafe color additives, poisonous additives, meat products from animals that died other than by slaughter, and items prepared in unsanitary conditions. The products were contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical...

As I wrote in my lead-in to the CCC columns, one of the best features of my job is I can get interested in something of historical bent, put out the word and learn firsthand from folks who were there. Have you ever had the near-death experience of working in your silo, losing your balance and getting covered up by grain? Also, I got more than a dozen calls and e-mails from folks whose fathers and grandfathers were members of the work crews. Does anything in farming's past compare to the...

China is still a major producer, but now bamboo is becoming a homegrown product. It's so versatile its stalks can be pressed into boards for tough wooden flooring, or crushed to produce fiber for super-comfy clothing, bedding and towels. Now bamboo wood is used by architects and designers for construction, for airy summer houses as well as for sturdy flooring, for furniture and design accents, even for dinnerware. Morris Saintsing, a partner in the South Carolina-based clothing company...