Above average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa growing regions were expected to boost the development of the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
Rain which has boosted Argentina’s soybean heartland after a hot, dry spell should ensure a bumper crop as yields are set and the harvesting season approaches, experts said on Monday.
If the anti-dumping complaint against Mexican tomatoes is not resolved positively by May 7, when it expires, the Mexican tomato will have to pay a 17.9 percent tax the next day, said Ulises Robles Gamez.
Thanks to the growing interest that the sprout sector is having among consumers, the company "Vivo" has benefited from this, consolidating its turnover and registering a slight increase also in 2018, as stated by Andrea Farnedi.
The initiative to market Premium Qatari vegetables, launched by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has led to sales of locally produced vegetables creeping up to 301 tons in January.
A few days ago, at the International Fruit and Vegetable Exhibition, Fruit Logistica, in Berlin, fruit merchants from four countries including Spain and Germany signed a cooperation agreement with the Qifeng Fruit Industry.
In recent years, China has become the target for many Spanish citrus exporters, both expert and inexperienced, seeking new opportunities to diversify their business in a profitable manner.
The future is not conquered through high tech and expensive machines, first you need new visions and concepts, then comes the technology and passion to make it happen,” said Ramón Arrau CEO of Giddings Cerasus and Giddings Fruit USA LLC.
China committed to buy an additional 10 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans in a meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Twitter.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture at its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum Feb. 21-22 projected lower soybean production in 2019 from 2018 but higher wheat and corn outturn, with lower carryover in 2020 from 2019 for all three commodities.
Covartis, a chemical startup from Limoges, is considering replacing pesticides with oyster mushrooms after discovering that these mushrooms with fungicidal properties could be used as an ecological alternative.
The National Assembly’s standing committee for National Food Security has expressed reservations over low return to the farmers gain from the potato crop, ARY News reported on Thursday.
