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U.S. farmers profit little from high rice prices

Although rice — as in Middle Eastern pilaf, Asian rice bowls, or Latin American beans and rice — is a staple around the world, less than 8 percent of the global crop is traded internationally.

Tuesday's Biggest Stock Stars

They are exposed fairly equally to European, American, and Asian markets, so that should protect them from any serious downturn in a particular region. Profit margins are at 21%, which means this company is obviously doing something right. Consistent ...

Dearer food unleashes silent tsunami, U.N. says

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said the damage to the delta could scupper plans by the southeast Asian country to export 600,000 tonnes of milled rice in 2008 and force it to import instead. "If post-harvest losses turn out being large ...

Saving Borneo's pygmy elephants

Pygmy elephants were long considered the same as Asian elephants. A myth held that they were remnants of a domesticated herd given as a gift by the British to a Borneo sultan in the 17th century. They were not considered a conservation priority until ...

Experts: Bird flu risks will persist for years

The H5N1 virus had afflicted more than 60 countries, forcing the slaughter of hundreds of millions of birds since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003. It is now entrenched in several countries, including Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria ...