Speaking at the Teagasc National Dairy Conference in Tralee, Stan McCarthy said that increasing global population, increased urbanisation and food security are huge issues, driving demand for dairy products.
Philippine banana exports to China are expected to increase by at least 5 percent to 475,650 metric tons in 2012 from 453,000 in 2011, despite the trade fiasco that affected the entry of shipments in the middle of the year.
Global Fresh Trade started trading yesterday. "We are still in full development, but in principle want to supply a set product assortment based on continuity," says Jan Willem Tolhoek.
Food Certification International has completed the first trial audit for farmed salmon in the UK against the new Aquaculture Stewardship (ASC) Standard.
UK dairy processor First Milk has set its sights on the rapidly expanding market for dairy products in Asian countries such as China, after identifying demand for British cheeses.
Cherkizovo has opened a second production line at the Otechestvenniy meat processing facility in Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad region, Russia, with an investment of $15m.
Agriculture industry experts will work under a new mandate to continue their work on finding efficiencies and driving costs out of the entire value chain.
Global rice production for 2012 is forecast to outpace consumption in 2012/13, resulting in an upward revision of 5 million tonnes in 2013 closing inventories, according to a new forecast by FAO's Rice Market Monitor (RMM) issued today.
After a good start to the grapefruit season brought on by few inventories and little competition, sales of Israeli grapefruit to European countries have cooled.
North American distributor of fresh asparagus, blueberries and blackberries, Gourmet Trading Company, announced the beginning of its Chile blueberry season today.
The United States remains the world's corn export king, although its empire is shrinking, says Philip Abbot, a Purdue University agricultural economist.