In doing some Internet research I came across an agribusiness company that was new to me. Bunge It caught my eye because I’ve not spent much time looking at agribusinesses…and their website was like visiting a foreign land. Yes, I work with farmers. Yes, I care about ‘the environment’. But I do not understand? What are they, Bunge, [...]
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Agribusiness
Posted in Business, Farm Report, International Trade, U.S. Economy on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Will China Break
Posted in Business, International Trade on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An analysis by Paul Krugman of the Chinese economy. The Article
How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis
Posted in Farm Report, Food, International Trade, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A perhaps narrow-minded (a number of reasons for food cost increases), but still informative article on commodity price increases. If you believe what it reports, it is a startling commentary on shortsided human greed. I’m interested to hear any other insights. The money tells the story. Since the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000, [...]
WTO Talks
Posted in International Trade, Politics on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Doha trade talks collapsed on Tuesday when the U.S. resisted allowing China and India a loophole that would have protected farmers from a sudden surge in imports. For the full story: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,569027,00.html
