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PARIS, Feb 4- The European Union's farm budget, of which France is the biggest beneficiary, is set to be trimmed when EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to hammer out the bloc's overall budget for the next seven years. *France is the EU's largest farm producer with a 19 percent share of EU agricultural output in 2011, followed by Germany, Italy and Spain.
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FRANKFURT, Jan 21- Food campaigners criticised Deutsche Bank for abandoning a moratorium on trading new commodities products, arguing that financial speculators continue to cause price rises for vital foods.
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Jan 17- Cargill Inc, the privately held agribusiness conglomerate and a leading beef processor, said on Thursday it will close its Plainview, Texas, beef plant effective Feb. 1 because there are not enough cattle to supply it. *The U.S. Agriculture Department will release its January 1, 2013, U.S. cattle supply on Feb. 1.
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CHICAGO, Jan 17- U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc said on Thursday it will idle its Plainview, Texas, beef processing plant on Feb. 1 due to tight U.S. cattle supplies brought on by years of drought in the Southern Plains states.
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The number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same period in which the supercharged drink industry has surged in popularity.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 14- U.S. country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost Canada's hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine retaliation against U.S. exports if Washington does not change its requirements.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 14- The United States' country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost the Canadian hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine retaliation against U.S. exports if Washington does not change its rules.
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NEW DELHI, Jan 11- Monthly palm oil imports by India, the world's top edible oil importer, rose 17 percent in December, fed by scarce domestic supply of alternatives and attractive overseas prices due to record stocks in key supplier Malaysia, a Reuters survey showed.
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*Revenue up 6 percent to $35.2 billion. CHICAGO, Jan 9- U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc reported a four-fold increase in quarterly earnings on Wednesday, tapping its global command of cash markets and food processing and posting strong profits from trading operations after a poor performance a year ago.
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*Monsanto stock jumps after strong earnings, raised outlook. "I'm surprised futures are holding up, given the relative disappointment that German data showed, but I think all eyes are on the beginning of earnings season," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.
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*Sears says CEO to step down, shares rise. Monsanto Co, Apollo Group and Dow component Alcoa Inc start the quarterly season. Monsanto shares rose 3.2 percent to $99 after announcing first-quarter results and the company's outlook.
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*Yum shares fall alongside China sales. *Shares of Yum Brands Inc fell 5 percent to $64.50 in light premarket trading a day after the KFC parent warned sales in China, its top market, shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter. *ConAgra Foods Inc priced a public offering of 8.1 million common shares at $29.75 per share, the foodmaker said on Monday.
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"These proposed regulations are a sign of progress," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who has been a critic of the FDA. " The new law should transform the FDA from an agency that tracks down outbreaks after the fact to an agency focused on preventing food contamination in the first place. "
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WASHINGTON, Jan 4- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed two new food safety rules in an ongoing effort to prevent foodborne illnesses such as E. coli and salmonella poisoning.
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"These proposed regulations are a sign of progress," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who has been a critic of the FDA. " The new law should transform the FDA from an agency that tracks down outbreaks after the fact to an agency focused on preventing food contamination in the first place. "
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CHICAGO, Dec 21- As the United States inches closer toward the "fiscal cliff," Iowa farmer Brian Van Meetern is hurriedly selling his grain before year's end and buying a new $50,000 sprayer for his farm.
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"The kiosk is the heart of the company," said Mark Rodriguez, Hickory Farms CEO, discusses the business of holiday gift-giving.
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*Groups want FDA to study long-term impacts, restrict use. In their petition to the FDA, the Center for Food Safety and the Animal Legal Defense Fund called for an immediate reduction in the allowable levels of ractopamine and asked FDA to study the long-term effect of human consumption and the impacts on animals associated with ractopamine.
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NEW YORK, Dec 19- A relatively unknown German holding company this week made its third move on a coffee company as it tries to assemble a juggernaut that can challenge chains like Starbucks Corp and Dunkin' Brands Group Inc.
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Retail executives, Tony Yurgaitis and George Malkemus, of Manolo Blahnik, discuss the outlook on luxury retail this holiday season and how they are fashioning a market for high-end dairy products.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 18- Top global beef exporter Brazil has yet to contain the spread of international fears over mad cow disease that have now spilled into a large importer of Brazilian beef: Saudi Arabia.