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According to the data of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, as of January 29, 2010, trading volumes of grains of the harvest-2009 on the exchange market of Ukraine totaled 16.41 mln tonnes, including 6.85 mln tonnes on spot contract terms, and 9.55 mln tonnes on forward terms.

Wheat prices fell in Chicago, capping the fourth straight weekly decline, as buyers opted for supplies that are cheaper than grain from the U.S., the world’s largest exporter.

In a bid to protect farmers against increasing market volatility, EU farm leaders emphasised at a hearing on the long-term future of the EU dairy sector the need to further develop market risk management tools, including futures markets, as well as to maintain EU market management measures as a cornerstone of EU dairy policy, especially as the EU sells 9% of production on the world market.

The second victim was a young Japanese woman in her early twenties. On a business trip to the U.S., she ordered tuna sashimi for lunch. It seemed fishy to her—and she was dead right.

The third was a South African fisherman we'll call "Nate." He never ate a thing, but as he plied the waters of the new fishery he'd recently started working, elsewhere poachers harvested protected spiny lobster and exported them with false documents—further damaging recovering fishing grounds Nate hoped to one day fish again.

Seafood identity theft?