US corn production is still expected to be a record this year but the current forecast is for historically tight global coarse grain stocks, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Animal welfare sentiments are strong this week in Australia, as an expose by ABC Four Corners showed the fate of Australian cattle sent for slaughter in Indonesia.

Vietnam is forecast to export 1.5 million tons of cement in 2011, increasing 0.5 million tons from 2010, the the online newspaper Communist Party of Vietnam reported on February 8, citing the Vietnam National Cement Association.

VNEconomyNews.com - State owned Vietnam National Coal Mineral Industries Group aims to export 16.5 million tonne of coal in 2011, down from an estimated 19.2 million tonne exported in 2010.