India’s main (Kharif) rice crop planting area has increased to around 19.6 million hectares, up around seven per cent from around 18.4 million hectares rice planting area seen during this time last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Excessively wet weather in the Northern Midwest has hurt the condition of edible bean crops in the region and led to widespread nervousness in the industry that prices may soar on very tight supplies.
Dole Food Company, Inc. DOLE +0.55% today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 15, 2013, and reiterated guidance for full year 2013.
Clearwater Seafoods on Monday reported it completed the redemption of CAD 44.4 million (USD 43.3 million, EUR 32.6 million) of 7.25 percent convertible debentures.
There is a risk that fish will have to be landed which cannot be sold and which might otherwise have survived if returned to the water unless the EU fish discard ban is implemented effectively.
Syntroleum Corporation announced it has hired Piper Jaffray & Co. to review its options after receiving unsolicited offers for the company or its assets.
GlobalDairyTrade (GDT), the online trading platform for international dairy commodities, has announced that it passed the milestone of US$10 billion in cumulative sales at its most recent auction.
According to Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, Russia imported 364,000 tons of pears in the season 2012/13, a decrease of 15% from the previous season.
A Scottish fishery has announced recertification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), marking the first Scottish fishery to ever get recertified.
China Fishery Group raised its stake in Peruvian fish feed maker Copeinca to 74.3 percent from 65.3 percent after settling a dispute with a Peruvian investor who had refused to sell, Copeinca said in a statement on Friday.
Baader Group announced today that it has closed a transaction to take over “certain assets and the business activities” of Seafood Innovations and Seafood Innovations International Group, both based in Australia.
New regulations will slow the growth of Chile’s farmed salmon production, but the industry’s future remains bright, according to a new report published by Rabobank International.
Pork producers need accurate information on the energy value of fat in feed ingredients to ensure that diets are formulated economically and in a way that maximizes pork fat quality.