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DJ China Dalian Grain Futures Closing Prices, Volume Soybean No. 1 Turnover: 263,998 lots, or 11.53 billion yuan Open High Low Close Prev. Settle Ch. Vol Open Settle Interest Jul-14 – - – 4,573 4,573 4,573 0 0 0 Sep-14 4,269 4,340 4,269 4,323 ...

The crippling devastation of Iraq today overwhelms all else. It is difficult, given the facts on the ground, to recapture the imperial vision that was to make Iraq an exemplar of American sponsored democracy and a model for the American remaking of the...

Sustainable development is one of the five priorities of UN Action Agenda for the next five years, and food, nutrition security and sustainable agriculture figure prominently in that plan. Also the UN High-level Panel on Global Sustainability has identified...

I picked up some literature from the International Rice Research Institutethat got me thinking about agribusiness. Rice is a popular crop worldwide.  The dried grains maintain edibility for decades.  Farmers in developing countries need decent prices...

Another eventful day, but especially notable is a global alert that is, if anything optimistic, according to another petroleum geologist of our acquaintance. From The Guardian: Former BP geologist: peak oil is here and it will ‘break economies...