Chinese Ministry of Agriculture issued biosafety certificates to three new overseas varieties of genetically modified soybeans, the Xinhua News Agency reported last night.
World cereal production is expected to rise 6.5 percent in 2013/14 to reach a record 2.46 billion tonnes, mainly due to higher wheat output and a rebound in maize production in the United States.
Corn exports from grain powerhouse Argentina may be delayed next week as farmers go on a five-day strike to protest the government's policies, traders said on Wednesday.
Fonterra has confirmed that the Guaranteed Milk Price (GMP) for the 2013/14 season pilot will be NZ$7.00 per kgMS, following the announcement of its opening Milk Price forecast for the season.
A new snapshot poll of the UK’s NFU (National Farmers Union) members has revealed that the 2013 wheat harvest is likely to be smaller than last year’s.
According to the Industry and Trade Department of Ca Mau five seafood companies have their 159 tons of exports refused by May 2013, worth $3.65 million tons.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its June 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2014, at 2,680,000 short tons, raw value, up 435,000 tons.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Wednesday announced out of more than 4,000 wild salmon samples tested last year, all tested negative for infectious salmon anemia (ISA).
Agriculture is an important driver for Chile’s economy. Chile’s annual agricultural exports over the last four years have consistently surpassed $8 billion, representing six per cent of the country’s GDP.
State limits on foreign ownership of farmland and concerns over US pork exports to Japan have emerged as possible challenges to a Chinese company's planned $4.7 billion takeover of industrial hog farmer Smithfield Foods Inc.