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  Spring Lambing in U.K. Turns Deadly as New Virus Kills Young

  Spring lambing in the U.K., Europe’s biggest sheep-meat producer, has taken a deadly turn as a livestock virus, which causes stillbirths and deformed lambs that die soon after birth, spread to the country’s flocks.

• South Sudan Faces 470,000-Ton Grain Deficit, Food Insecurity

  South Sudan faces a grain shortfall of 470,000 metric tons this year, close to half the country’s total consumption, that will make more people food insecure, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization forecast.

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  Mountain Carving Marks Kim’s Birth as North Korea Burnishes Family Legacy

  North Korea today commemorates the birthday of late dictator Kim Jong Il, capping off weeks of celebration that included carving his name into the side of a mountain, as it tries to burnish the legacy of the Kim dynasty.

• Organic-Product Sales Rise 9.2% to $59.1 Billion, Group Says

  Global sales of organic products rose 9.2 percent in 2010 on stronger U.S., French and German consumption, an annual report on organic agriculture showed.

• Farm Productivity Slide Can Be Reversed, Researcher Fresco Says

  Slowing output gains in farming are due to under-investment and can be reversed, said Louise Fresco, a University of Amsterdam professor and former deputy director general at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Following are comments she made at the “Feeding the World” meeting organized by Economist Conferences in Geneva yesterday.

• World Food Prices Rose Most in 11 Months

  Global food prices rose 1.9 percent in January, the biggest gain in 11 months as the cost of oilseeds, dairy and grains increased, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said.

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  South Korea Lawmakers Make First Trip to Gaeseong Complex Since Kim Death

  A delegation of South Korean lawmakers today visited a jointly-run industrial complex in North Korea in the first such trip since Kim Jong Un succeeded his father as leader of the totalitarian state.

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  Farmers Plan Biggest U.S. Crop Boost Since 1984, Led by Corn: Commodities

  U.S. farmers will plant the most acres in a generation this year, led by the biggest corn crop since World War II, taking advantage of the highest agricultural prices in at least four decades.

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  Farmers Can Grow Food for All, as Long as Ecosystems Hold

  Thomas Malthus, history’s celebrated pessimist, wrote in 1798 that, should war and disease fail to claim humanity, “gigantic inevitable famine stalks in the rear, and with one mighty blow levels the population with the food of the world.”

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  Era of Food Prices Always Falling Seen at End as World’s Population Grows

  The era of falling food prices has come to an end with the world population set to add another 2 billion people, according to Cargill Inc., the U.S. farm commodities trader.

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