The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent Crop Progress report released June 24 said the 2013 corn crop was 96% emerged in the 18 main corn-growing states, three percentage points behind the five-year average.
French farmer-owned dairy cooperatives Sodiaal and 3A have agreed to merge to form a group with 5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in sales as the sector braces for increased competition when European production quotas come to an end.
Thailand's largest agribusiness company Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl said it would slash its 5-year investment budget and cut its revenue growth target as its foreign farms were performing below expectations.
Chinese meat company Shuanghui International's proposed purchase of Smithfield Foods Inc is unrelated to food safety issues and its market is open to pork from the United States.
Business is booming in the U.S. chicken industry as production and prices rise, profits continually increase, feed costs decline and fast food restaurants promote chicken dishes.
Viet Nam is the leading producer of black tiger shrimp in the world with a production of 300,000 tons in 2011, followed by India and Indonesia with a production of 187,900 tons and 126,200 tons respectively.
A series of big seafood companies in the west of the southern region, which are the biggest seafood exporters in Vietnam, have one after another, fallen into tragic situation.
The board of directors of Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil producer Copeinca announced today that China Fishery Group has made a new offer to buy out the company, an offer the board is inclined to accept.
China and Vietnam on Friday agreed to establish a hotline to deal with fishery incidents in South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tension between the two nations.
U.S. Wheat Associates on June 21 issued its second weekly harvest report of the season and noted samples taken to date from the hard red winter wheat and soft red winter wheat harvests point to good quality crops.
Milk production in the 23 major producing states totaled 16,525 million lbs in May, up 1% from 16,384 million lbs in May 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in the latest Milk Production report.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has submitted a “bidder’s statement” with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that includes an all-cash offer to acquire GrainCorp Ltd. for A$12.20 ($12.54) per share.
New Zealand dairy company Synlait Milk Ltd plans to raise a total of NZ$120 million ($92.79 million) in an initial public offering and share sell-down, ending the majority stake held China's Bright Dairy.
Beef prices have hit a recent high due to the continued drought that has affected the Western U.S. Although improvements have been seen since September, the concerns still linger.
Studies from England reveal that children of mothers who consumed more than 340 grams of seafood a week, showed better verbal skills than children of mothers who consumed less seafood.