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18/01/2010 Focus: Agriculture With a sector-specific fund focusing on water, agriculture and related industries, one thesis is not that agricultural commodity prices rise continually. Rather, it is that global demand for both f... more 16/01/2010 Jim Rogers: Food shortages coming, commodities to go through roof Co-founder of the Quantum Fund and Chairman of Rogers Holdings, Jim Rogers, spoke with CNBC to discuss the financial state of commodities. What's his view? Well, agricultural commodities will... more 11/01/2010 How best to invest in agriculture Foodflation -- if it isn't a word, well, it should be. You've noticed the resurgent price of oil, the cold snap in the U.S. that is decimating the ora... more 24/12/2009 Agricultural funds reap a rich harvest You have no cows. You sell both of them and use the proceeds to buy a manure futures contract. This tongue-in-cheek definition of a hedge fund may not be entirely true to life but the idea of managers taking positions in cows and agricultural comm... more 15/12/2009 2010-2020: A decade for farm management WALDO, Ohio — The next decade of agriculture will require more management, innovation and cash, a nationally recognized farm economist told a group of producers and related industries Dec. 10 in Ohio’s Marion County. “The... more 25/11/2009 The World`s Looming `Water Gap` There's good and bad news from a sweeping new report on the world's water scarcity out today from McKinsey & Co., commissioned by such water-dependent companies as Coca-Cola, Nestle, SAB Miller and Syngenta, along with the World Bank/Internationa... more 19/11/2009 Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism? Dr. Robert Zeigler, an eminent American botanist, flew to Saudi Arabia in March for a series of high-level discussions about the future of the kingdom’s food supply. Saudi leaders were frightened: heavily dependent on imports, they had seen... more 27/10/2009 Dreyfus sees commods consolidation, sugar next SAO PAULO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Volatility in commodity markets tends to boost consolidation in the agriculture sector as firms require more capital and improved risk management, the executive officer of French giant Louis Dreyfus said Tuesday... more 22/10/2009 Brazil makes its case to Saudis that Brazilian agribusiness is good for them Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply is going to promote a seminar on the investment opportunities in the sector, in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on November 2nd. The goal is to attract Saudi capital to Brazilian agribusiness... more 20/10/2009 The new farm owners: Corporate investors lead the rush for control over overseas farmland With all the talk about “food security,” and distorted media statements like “South Korea leases half of Madagascar’s land,”... more |
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