Indonesia will impose a floor on the price of soybeans that traders buy domestically to protect farmers, while setting prices traders charge some customers for the oilseed as it looks to curb possible food inflation.
Almeria made its first shipments of Piel de Sapo and yellow melons to the European markets. Although the campaign started with good prices, these are now on a falling trend.
The Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, Ed Fast, and the Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, today issued the following statement on the United States Country of Origin Labelling (COOL):
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz concluded a successful agricultural trade mission to Russia and Kazakhstan where he strengthened the trade relationship with these growing markets and promoted Canada’s world-class livestock.
In Almeria there are products such as Asian and Star cucumbers, Chinese cabbage, Violet aubergine, Chinese lettuce (kai choi), long beans, Bao long courgette, Daikon turnips, etc., grown under plastics by the firm Naturinda.
A recent article published by the Scottish government speculates that various environmental factors may be playing a role in the drop-off in volume of prawns landed by the Fladens fishery in 2012 and the first few months of 2013.
July Corn finished up 18 1/2 at 658 1/2, 3/4 off the high and 20 3/4 up from the low. December Corn closed up 10 1/4 at 530 1/2. This was 11 1/4 up from the low and 1/2 off the high.
The State of Iowa and a subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Nippon Meat Packers Inc., have reached a settlement resolving a dispute over the constitutionality of Iowa’s ban.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that grant applications are being accepted from qualified non-profit organizations and educational facilities to help rural cooperatives develop new markets for their products and services.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought 122,222 tonnes of food wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that closed on Thursday, a ministry official said.
International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest upto $17 million in Pune-based Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd to expand the latter’s milk processing facilities at Manchar in Maharashtra and Palamaner in Andhra Pradesh.