Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 133,057 tonnes of food wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a weekly tender that closed on Thursday.
Swedish retailer IKEA has stopped selling sausages in its 14 Russian stores after tests showed that sausages from its local supplier contained horsemeat, the company said on Thursday.
Near the heart of Hong Kong's luxury shopping district is Dried Seafood Street. The shop windows here are full of dried golden fins stripped of skin and bones, arranged by size and shape.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment will allocate grants to fund promotion and information programmes for agricultural and fishery products, which will help develop new markets.
The price of major farm produce in 36 medium and large sized cities fell further last week (25 February - 3 March) compared with that of the previous week according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).
Exports earnings are expected to rise for a number of products including barley and beef and to fall for canola, wheat, rice, sorghum, cotton and sugar.
Production of pangasius in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam has increased threefold in the past ten years, rising from 500,000 metric tons (MT) to a peak of 1.5 million MT in 2008, but currently standing at around 1.2 million MT.
Consumers say on average four out of every five meals they eat contains some type of meat, but that may change with rising meat costs impacting prices at restaurants.
India will do everything it can to push record volumes of wheat onto the global market to cut massive stocks, a senior farm ministry official said on Wednesday.
The northern agriculture and agri-food sector is getting a boost from a Government of Canada investment of up to $86,616 to develop new economic opportunities.
Dutch-based food producer VION NV has reached an agreement with Boparan Holdings Limited, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, for the sale of its Red Meat and Poultry activities securing a viable future for these businesses.
A mud crab and fish hatchery will be inaugurated by US Ambassador Judith Fergin and the East Timor Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sr. Mariano Assanami Sabino in a ceremony, 8 March, 2013.