Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade - August 2010
Despite reduced sunseed and rapeseed production in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere, global vegetable oil supplies are expected to continue growing, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade - July 2010
China’s soybean meal and oil prices tumbled as soybean processors, in a rush to capitalize on a spike in oil prices, flooded the market with soybean meal and oil according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - July 2010
US corn set aside for feed is expected to increase while the amopund for ethanol production is reduced according to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for July 2010.

Putting Second Generation Biofuels to the Test
An interdisciplinary team headed by Empa researcher Rainer Zah, studying the sustainability of second generation biofuels, has calculated how much fuel might be saved in Switzerland through the use of these new products.

Oil Crops Outlook - June 2010
For 2009/10, the domestic crush of soybeans is expected 5 million bushels higher this month to 1.74 billion, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.

Oil Crops Outlook May 2010
U.S. soybean production in 2010 is projected to slip to 3.31 billion bushels, based on 77.1 million acres harvested and a trend yield estimate of 42.9 bushels per acre, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.

Vietnam Oilseeds and Products Annual Report 2010
US soybean meal exports to Viet Nam in 2009 were a record 174,000 MT, rising 90 per cent over the year before, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

India Oilseeds and Products Annual Report 2010
Assuming a normal monsoon and favourable growing conditions, total oilseed production for India in 2010/11 is forecast at 34.9 million tons, up 3.2 million tons over the 2009/10 production estimate, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

Canada Oilseeds and Products Annual
Spurred by relatively better price prospects, canola planted area is forecast to increase in 2010/11 to 6.7 mil. hectares and 11.9 MMT, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Canola crush is forecast to expand to 5.2 MMT in 2010/11 due to...

Biodiesel: The Sustainability Dimensions
Biodiesel is a renewable and environmentally friendly fuel. According to ATTRA, the US National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, net energy balance, sustainable bioenergy crops, scale of production, consumer access and the economics of biodiesel...

Argentina Oilseeds and Products Annual Report 2010
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service expects overall oilseeds production in Argentina to decrease in the 2010/11 crop year. Soybean planted area is expected to decline by one percent to 18.6 million planted hectares with a production of 50 million tons...

China Oilseeds Annual Report 2010
China's MY10/11 total oilseed production is forecast at 56.9 MMT, up from the estimated 54.6 MMT the previous year due to a moderate recovery in soybean and cottonseed production, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

Oil Crops Outlook - April 2010
USDA’s Prospective Plantings report indicated that farmers intend to sow a record 78.1 million acres of soybeans in 2010, according to the USDA Economic Research Service Oilcrops Outlook for April 2010.

Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade April 2010
Argentina’s share of shelled peanut exports to key European markets doubled between 2004 and 2007 in response to growing production, improved quality, and attractive pricing, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

India Oilseeds and Products Update - March 2010
According to the Indian Ministry of Agriculture’s progressive planting report, area planted to rapeseed, peanut, and sunflower decreased fourper cent to 8.2 million hectares, with the sunflower and rapeseed/mustard crop accounting for most of the decline,...