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18.01.2012 World Bank pessimistic forecast for 2012

World Bank made a statement early Wednesday regarding highly possible economic slowdown of 2012. World Bank has also reviewed several forecasts, including cut growth rate from 6.2% to 5.4% and for developed countries from 2.7% to 1.4% respectively. Astonishing forecast for the Eurozone countries was declined from 1.8% growth to -0.3% decline, largest downgrade amongst the ones made. Such position of the organization was explained by several factors, including sovereign debt problems in Eurozone, decline of growth within such countries as Brazil, India and other developing countries. Representative of the WB stated that incase Euro countries are not able to raise money in the financial markets, forecast may be worsened even more.

18.01.2012 Cattle livestock reduces in Ukraine

Cattle livestock in Ukraine reduced 2.5% last year. Therefore, 2011 became the 22nd year in succession, which is characterized by a negative dynamics of the cattle livestock growth.

18.01.2012 Tajikistan To Lease Land To Chinese Farmers

Tajik officials say they will allow Chinese farmers to rent hundreds of hectares of land in southern Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

18.01.2012 Better profit, more Argentine corn hectares

Area planted with corn surged in Argentina this autumn, reported Kurt Shultz, US Grains Council director in Latin America, who explained that Argentine farmers will make a better profit from corn than from soybeans for the first time ever.

18.01.2012 Corn prices - CBOT

Corn prices - CBOT On January17, 2012 the cost of corn on Chicago stock exchange was $237,80 per ton.

18.01.2012 Wheat prices � CME (CBOT)

On January 17, 2012 the cost of wheat on Chicago stock exchange was - $222,15 per ton.

18.01.2012 World wheat stocks 'to hit record' in 2012-13

World wheat stocks are to edge higher still to a record next season despite a marginally lower harvest, Canadian officials said, while saying their domestic harvest would buck the downward production trend.

18.01.2012 Belarus-Kazakhstan trade almost $1bn in 2011

In 2011 Belarus-Kazakhstan trade, according to preliminary data, reached almost $1 billion, with Belarus having a surplus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Anatoly Smirnov told reporters.

18.01.2012 February 15-18, 2012: BioFach and BioFach Congress 2012 in Nuremberg, Germany

Some 2,500 exhibitors and 44,000 trade visitors are expected again at BioFach, the World Organic Trade Fair, in N�rnberg from 15�18 February 2012.

18.01.2012 Vion Food campaign encourages the nation to eat more British pork

Vion Food Group is set to launch the second phase of its successful �Put Pork on Your Fork� campaign, encouraging the nation to eat more British Pork, with a healthy New Year promotion entitled, �Eat Yourself Happy�.