The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. Ubaidullah Jan, a 50-year-old farmer from the Arghandab area just north of Kandahar, said the price his pomegranates command has doubled this year to about 54 cents a pound, due to the...

Today's Top Stories Asia to bear the brunt of climate change London - Global warming could reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, where food shortages loom and more than half the continent's 4 billion people live along vulnerable coasts, a new report issued by Oxfam and Greenpeace warned Monday. Today's Top Stories Asia to bear the brunt of climate change London - Global warming could reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, where food shortages...

AWB general manager for the National Pool, David Johnson, said deliveries into the pool are proceeding strongly as harvest continues to advance in the southern growing regions. However, AWB says it is likely that the Number 2 Pool EPRs will be of lower value due to the anticipated world wheat price reduction when the next northern hemisphere harvest begins in mid to late July 2008. This is to protect the financial equity of growers that deliver early to the Pool. We invite and encourage...

About one percent of the acreage is out of production because of the turbines. It's another thing, however, to actually tour through a place where that energy is being produced so I could paint a word picture, for you, of wind energy in action. The farmers get royalties for allowing PSE on the property, revenues that also act as a hedge in poor wheat production years. Most of that land is in leased wheat farms, with giant wind turbines dotting the wheat fields. First spotted from miles...

India said today it may not buy more wheat because it expects to have sufficient supplies when its crop is harvested in March. Analysts expect farmers worldwide to plant more of the grain to take advantage of prices that reached records this year in Chicago and Paris. Futures still are up 61 percent in the past 12 months after adverse weather hurt crops in several exporting countries. Morocco said it would purchase 316,000 tons from domestic suppliers, shunning imports. Importers snapped...

With Chinese production of soybeans down this year due to poor weather, and consumption of beans and bean oil growing fast in that country, demand for U. November 16, 2007 NEW YORK Soybean prices climbed on Friday, capping a week of strong gains amid expectations that growing Chinese demand for beans could rapidly deplete global stockpiles. Contact SignOnSanDiego.com . Online Media Kit . Print Media Kit . Frequently Asked Questions . Make us your homepage Contact the Union-Tribune . About...