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Europe | Strong European feeds lackluster ahead of USDA dataThe European meal...

Published: Aug 29, 2003

Europe

 

Strong European feeds lackluster ahead of USDA data
The European meals and feeds market was sharply up around midday on Monday on the back of Friday's CBOT soymeal futures close and a weak dollar, but buyers were holding back waiting for fresh USDA crop data due this afternoon, market sources said.

 

EU says a US attack over GMOs would be "eccentric"
The European Commission's food safety chief said on Monday that any U.S. decision to attack the EU's ban on biotech foods at the WTO would be a strange move as the bloc was taking steps to end the moratorium.

 

Export Ban Fallout
Resumption in poultry trade with Russia may reduce dark meat surplus in the United States.

USA

 

Commerce Dept.-Dollar Drop Aids Exports
A drop in the value of the U.S. dollar since early 2002 is improving prospects for U.S. exporters, a U.S. Commerce Department official said on Monday.

Europe

 

Strong European feeds lackluster ahead of USDA data
The European meals and feeds market was sharply up around midday on Monday on the back of Friday's CBOT soymeal futures close and a weak dollar, but buyers were holding back waiting for fresh USDA crop data due this afternoon, market sources said.

 

EU says a US attack over GMOs would be "eccentric"
The European Commission's food safety chief said on Monday that any U.S. decision to attack the EU's ban on biotech foods at the WTO would be a strange move as the bloc was taking steps to end the moratorium.

 

Export Ban Fallout
Resumption in poultry trade with Russia may reduce dark meat surplus in the United States.

USA

 

Commerce Dept.-Dollar Drop Aids Exports
A drop in the value of the U.S. dollar since early 2002 is improving prospects for U.S. exporters, a U.S. Commerce Department official said on Monday.