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Jan 23, 2012

A couple of rumpled aid workers were sucking down a Sunday morning beer at the Hotel Florita here when the minister of tourism rolled to the curb, followed by the interior minister with body guards toting AR-15s, and then the star of the show, New York fashion designer Donna Karan of DKNY.

Jan 04, 2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) said on Jan. 3 that it set new annual volume records in 2011 for hard red winter (HRW) wheat futures and for the exchange as a whole.

International news
Jan 23, 2012

Fears that Scottish farmers may face crop diversification demands they cannot meet have been dispelled by a senior European Commission official. Agriculture spokesman Roger Waite said there was every chance of the commission changing its Common Agricultural Policy (Cap).

Jan 23, 2012

CIC Agribusinesses (CICAB) will set up a dairy sector in the eastern province and increase egg, fruit, and vegetable production this year. 'We will also introduce seed coating technology for the first time in Sri Lanka' said CICAB Managing Director/CEO, Keerthi B. Kotagama.

KCBT sets records in 2011
Jan 04, 2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) said on Jan. 3 that it set new annual volume records in 2011 for hard red winter (HRW) wheat futures and for the exchange as a whole.

A total of 6,582,673 contracts were traded at the KCBT in 2011, setting a new record with a 15.5% increase over the 5,697,874 contracts traded in 2010.

In the HRW wheat futures contract, a total of 6,342,782 contracts were traded, which also set a new annual volume record over 2010 volume with a 14.3% increase.

HRW wheat options volume traded in 2011 amounted to 239,891 contracts, a 62.1% increase over total 2010 trading volume.

Source: World-Grain