Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=24638 As an economics major at college, I was amazed to find that one of the most interesting courses I ever took was "The Economics of Agriculture." Although I have been involved in the "Wall Street" business all of my life, and spend many hours each day staring at a computer monitor, news stories abou...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=2463838013210SnowshoeNew Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands sciencedaily.com  May 1, 2013 — New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store sugar can have pro...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288722805/3/2013 4:58:46 AMrichardredWell Joe I've seen you have been selling your ARTW stock recently. I've also seen my YH blurb About Palmer Tank being acquired was ask to Mr. McConnell I like the newest ARTW acquisition. CC Snip- Our next question comes from Roger Miller from Foggy Daze International. Please state your question. Roger Miller - F...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288617964/27/2013 9:34:49 AMJon KoplikWSJ piece on : Chinese customers (greatly) boost demand for U.S. grown peanuts ....................... COMMODITIES April 17, 2013 A Bumper Crop and Chinese Go Nuts By CAROLYN CUI ALBANY, Ga.­ -- Mei Guan had never seen so many Chinese customers at her Hong Kong Café in 10 years of operation. She wondered what...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288447944/18/2013 6:53:21 PMrichardredRecord US soy crop means bigger crush, exports in '13/14-USDA Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:50am EST * Soybean end stocks to double to largest amount in seven years * Soyoil for biodiesel forecast up 6 pct in 2013/14 * Soyoil exports down 43 pct in 2013/14 on tighter supplies WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.S....http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287405512/22/2013 10:05:24 AMBrasco Oneim the boss of the west side here santa monica, west side, west los angeles California http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287166502/9/2013 10:58:32 PMJon KoplikL.A. Times -- Britain opens criminal probe of horse meat contamination scandal ................................. February 8, 2013 Britain opens criminal probe of horse meat contamination scandal By Henry Chu LONDON — A growing food-contamination scandal in Britain widened into a criminal investigation Friday, with...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287146252/8/2013 4:09:33 PMJon KoplikWSJ -- Restaurants Get Creative as Chicken-Wing Prices Soar ......................................................... February 1, 2013 Restaurants Get Creative as Chicken-Wing Prices Soar By ANNIE GASPARRO And KELSEY GEE One of the smallest parts of the bird is becoming one big problem for restaurants. As farm...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287068422/4/2013 10:41:22 PMBrasco Onehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287055322/4/2013 12:37:20 PMBrasco Onehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286979451/31/2013 10:50:34 AMBrasco Onehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286811691/23/2013 12:49:27 AMdvdw©indeed....the risk is to give symbols and watch while the criminals cheat your information into a state unbecoming of it.............yes we agree, make them work...knowing full well they wont.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286811401/23/2013 12:02:47 AMBrasco Onepost it here? this is a proprietary million dollar list dvdw. you know better than.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286788071/21/2013 11:41:56 PMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286782891/21/2013 5:59:09 PMdvdw©why the ? should be clear........practice comprehension. ps....where is your list? Post it here.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286742531/19/2013 8:37:38 AMBrasco Onehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286719171/18/2013 9:12:14 AMdvdw©The counties featured such as Obrien, have high probability for deep shale oil... no mystery why these parcels are inflating... http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286697411/17/2013 11:05:59 AMrichardredCliffhanger Tax Bill Rewards Ag Farmers Score Some Significant Tax Victories in Legislation Marcia Zarley Taylor DTN Executive Editor Wed Jan 2, 2013 03:07 PM CST HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- The dust hasn't yet settled in Washington, D.C., but farmers can count on scoring some significant tax victories in legislation d...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286546841/10/2013 12:35:19 AMrichardredCorn Supply Dropping Most Since 1995 Signals U.S. Rally U.S. corn supplies, the world’s biggest, are dropping at the fastest pace in 17 years as drought damage exceeds government forecasts and five months of declining prices spur demand from livestock producers. Inventories on Dec. 1 were 15 percent lower than a y...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286546711/10/2013 12:25:38 AMkidl Tightest Corn Crop Since ‘74 as Goldman Sees Rally: Commodities By Jeff Wilson - Dec 11, 2012 5:08 PM ET Three consecutive years of smaller U.S. corn harvests are driving inventories of the world’s most- consumed grain to a 39-year low and spurring Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to predict that prices will rise near reco...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2860126312/13/2012 9:48:00 AMTommasoFINALLY! Glencore Receives Final Regulatory Approval for Acquisition of Viterra CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2012) - Viterra Inc. (Viterra) (TSX:VT)(ASX:VTA) announces that the acquisition of Viterra by a subsidiary of Glencore International Plc (Glencore) received regulatory approval today from the Mini...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2859027812/7/2012 9:50:44 AMrichardred Syngenta to acquire Sunfield Seeds, financial details not disclosed [graphic]Theflyonthewall.com – 5 hours ago Syngenta announced that it will acquire Sunfield Seeds, a US-based provider of sunflower seeds production and processing services to more than 30 countries. The acquisition represents an important ste...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855958811/20/2012 10:55:29 AMrichardredThat's great! I just alluded to that point because I read about awhile back , many money manager types were buying farm land. You just have to decide if you want to monetize it for a capital gain, or rent the land out for income. That's if you can find a farmer wanting to rent it. I saw a sign out in a field by me...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854747811/14/2012 12:56:43 PMtontoThere are also just the lucky ones such as myself. I bought three adjoining farms next to my quarry for several reasons and they turned out to be great individual investments on their own. It unfortunately had nothing to do with sophistication... (s)http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854736211/14/2012 12:10:03 PMIshhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854640411/14/2012 4:08:21 AMrichardredI guess that's why many of the sophisticated investors were and still are investing in farmland. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854633011/14/2012 1:12:38 AMMichael Mc Donoughhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854514311/13/2012 3:12:27 PMIshhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854488011/13/2012 1:28:57 PMrichardredND farmland cracks $10,000 per acre GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Wonder what “some of the absolute best cropland in the Red River Valley” is worth? In what could be a state record for the per-acre value of farmland, an 80-acre parcel in North Dakota’s Walsh County sold for $800,000, or a whopping $10,000 per acre, at pub...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854418211/13/2012 9:57:32 AMTimFUkraine confirms wheat export ban Wednesday 24 October 2012 : 05:00 PM Ukraine's Agriculture Minister on Wednesday said the country would ban wheat exports from Nov. 15 after a weather-damaged harvest, a move that further underpinned international prices. The move triggered a warning from leading global ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2849650210/24/2012 1:58:42 PMJulius Wonghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848833210/21/2012 8:06:16 AMJon KoplikWSJ -- Farms Awash in Peanuts / After Shortage Sent Peanut-Butter Prices Soaring, Record Crop Should Ease Cost ........... October 18, 2012 Farms Awash in Peanuts After Shortage Sent Peanut-Butter Prices Soaring, Record Crop Should Ease Cost By PAUL ZIOBRO Peanut-butter hoarders can relax. U.S. peanut farmers...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848407610/19/2012 12:40:58 AMJon KoplikWSJ on : Washington Apple Growers / Shortage of Immigrants / Few Pickers ............................ October 9, 2012 Many Apples, Few Pickers Shortage of Immigrants Keeps Washington's Growers From Cashing In on Crop By JOEL MILLMAN PASCO, Wash.­ Washington state is enjoying the second-biggest apple crop in its...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2846544310/10/2012 9:50:33 PMrichardredWoodland's Cal/West Seeds acquired by Dow AgriSciences Sacramento Business Journal Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 7:43am PDT A wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) has acquired the assets of Cal/West Seeds, a Woodland-based supplier of alfalfa, clover and other crops to seed companies and grow...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2846330410/10/2012 1:15:02 AMrichardredS&W Seed Announces Agreement with Monsanto and Forage Genetics FIVE POINTS, Calif., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced that it has signed agreements with Monsanto and Forage Genetics International, LLC. (FGI) that enables the company to produce and sell seed of approved variet...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2844666110/2/2012 11:07:14 AMIshHarvest. Farmers are hauling in their grain to the elevators off the combine instead of storing it due to aflatoxin. That hauling in gets the better than expected from the USDA. Then they say it's the worst fields being harvested early and that is BS. You harvest your best fields first early to protect your money mak...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284422509/29/2012 7:49:52 PMTimFHarvest Harvest is a time of plenty, when the season's hard work is rewarded by bounty. Many of the rhythms of our lives are shaped by the gathering of crops, even if most of us now live in cities. Worldwide, festivals and rituals mark the passage from growing season to harvest, with indigenous and popular prac...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284417499/29/2012 2:00:19 PMTommasoThe Chinese are being rather sticky, it would seem. Viterra Provides Update on Glencore Transaction CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 26, 2012) - Viterra Inc. (Viterra) (TSX:VT) (ASX:VTA) provided an update today regarding the status of regulatory approvals of Glencore International plc (Glencore)'s proposed a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284350619/26/2012 1:45:47 PMrichardredNo Jon<G> but I've heard you have to give the little guys a rest. A Rest Stop Keeps Honeybees From Dropping Dead From Overwork The United Kingdom’s bees are overworked and declining, so Jamie Hutchinson designed landing pads that help them rest and recharge. ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284280209/23/2012 9:23:32 AMJon KoplikRe : pumpkins "raided" by deer / grower down the road put in bee hives ................................... I thought you were going to say : the bees worked perfectly -- because they hate deer, and stung them a lot ... Jon. .http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284277389/22/2012 10:50:59 PMrichardredI didn't even know we imported pumpkin from China. I think some of the US dog food manufacturers. stopped buying ingredients from China due to some dog deaths tied to using Chinese ingredients. Unfortunately for us here in western NY last year we found out the deer like it to. They totally devastated one of our two...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284274779/22/2012 6:24:59 PMTommasoYou better watch out. That dog might go feral and start raiding vegetable gardens, eating people's squash and cucumbers.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284274679/22/2012 6:14:47 PME_K_SMy dog gets an ice cream scoop a day (about 50 cal) of canned pumpkin. It's hard to get the product during the year other than in Fall. I see on the can that the lower priced pumpkin is manufactured in China! I am/was a bit concerned about this and do not understand why this is so. Here is No California, we grow a ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284274499/22/2012 5:54:57 PMrichardred Is Pumpkin the New Bacon? [graphic]By Jane Wells | CNBC – Fri, Sep 21, 2012 3:44 PM EDT @cnbc on Twitter Pumpkin lattes. Pumpkin candles. Pumpkin beer, dog food, facial masks, cologne. [graphic]Pumpkin PatchMove over bacon, there's a new must-have ingredient. With fall starting this weekend, the pumpkin h...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284273669/22/2012 5:03:15 PMPaul SeniorAvocados. Yum. I see I'm playing it "stock-wise" with my shares of FDP: freshdelmonte.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284195519/19/2012 2:10:22 PMJon KoplikWSJ -- Breaking Out of Guacamole to Become a Produce Star ................................... September 18, 2012, 11:35 p.m. ET Breaking Out of Guacamole to Become a Produce Star By ANNE MARIE CHAKER When the waitress at the Perkins restaurant said they were out of avocados, Nicole Breedlove walked out, got one...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284190139/19/2012 11:31:05 AMkidlCorn lobby outgrows US farm subsidies Despite drought, corn growers say $5bn in controversial annual direct payments are unnecessary given US debt levels. Chris Arsenault Last Modified: 31 Aug 2012 14:05 ]As food prices skyrocket in light of a drought in the US, and a gaping budget deficit leaves politicians on ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283774809/1/2012 11:18:50 AMVicEmergency! Pathogen New to Science Found in Roundup Ready GM Crops? i-sis.org.uk http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283660318/28/2012 3:33:20 AMSedohr NodThe next super pest for some fruit crops......Spotted Wing Drosophila.....if you haven't heard of it yet, odds are you will soon. horticulture.oregonstate.edu http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283529708/22/2012 12:21:55 PMTimFCanadian wheat As high as an elephant’s eye Free trade finally comes to the Prairies Jun 23rd 2012 | VANCOUVER | from the print edition ON AUGUST 1st an era will end when the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), set up in the Depression,...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283327148/13/2012 3:34:14 PMkidlOT ... This is not meant to be facetious. Any REAL farmers on this forum? If so, just PM me a “yes”. I have a rather simple (personal) question which is irrelevant in terms of the AG market.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283296168/12/2012 6:06:48 AM