Published: Aug 20, 2013

Ghana has broken ground on an $11m fish processing facility in Elmina, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district, in the Central Region.

Published: Aug 20, 2013

U.S. grain and soybean futures prices traded higher to sharply higher in overnight electronic trading after disappointing weekend rainfall across parts of the Corn Belt.

Published: Aug 19, 2013

This year’s soybean crop looks a bit like an also-ran compared to the expected record corn crop of close to 14 billion bus.

Published: Aug 16, 2013

Demand for rice in developing countries will drive global rice trade in the next decade until 2022 with about 97.9% of rice import growth coming from countries in Latin America, Asia (excluding Japan), Africa, and Middle East.

Published: Aug 14, 2013

Although silking was nearly complete, corn reaching the dough and dent stages, with the latter indicating maturity, in the 18 major states continued to lag five-year averages as of Aug. 11.

Published: Aug 13, 2013

China's growing wheat imports could soon make it the world's top importer, although such a change is not expected to push global wheat prices higher, industry experts said.

Published: Aug 12, 2013

Since 2000, sugar production in Mozambique showed a sustained increase as economic and political stability attracted new investments in the industry.

Published: Aug 12, 2013

Post projects Argentine wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2013/14 at 12.0 million metric tons (MMT), 1 million tons lower than USDA official estimate.

Published: Aug 09, 2013

Recent reforms to the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) included changes to the region’s sugar regulations, with a new sugar regime entering into force in 2017.

Published: Aug 09, 2013

A crop-damaging fruit pest has been found in North Dakota for the first time.

Published: Aug 08, 2013

Below are today’s likely price locations of buy and sell stop orders for the active corn, soybean and soft red winter wheat futures markets.

Published: Aug 08, 2013

Roundy’s banners in Wisconsin began promoting local produce and farmers this week thanks to a partnership with the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative.

Published: Aug 08, 2013

U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill CARG.UL on Wednesday reported a six-fold rise in fourth quarter net earnings and nearly doubled full-year earnings, citing strength in its core grain-based and financial services.

Published: Aug 07, 2013

Pre-tax charges, the ongoing GrainCorp Ltd. acquisition, tight crop supplies and an FCPA matter all affected second-quarter earnings for Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Published: Aug 07, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 86% of the corn crop was in the silking stage as of Aug. 4, up from 71% the previous week but down three percentage points from 89% as the 2008-2012 average.

Published: Aug 06, 2013

Since May this year, the Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture, has exported 106.55 metric tons of premium rice.

Published: Aug 05, 2013

The Council of State says the government can't outlaw Monsanto's MON 810 corn.

Published: Aug 02, 2013

Many challenges lie ahead for the sugar sector, what with slower consumption, excess supply as compared to demand, and unchecked smuggling of sugar across borders.

Published: Aug 02, 2013

Post forecasts that the total area planted to corn later in 2013 by commercial and subsistence farmers for the 2013/14 MY [1] (May 2014 to April 2015), will be around 3.1 million hectares.

Published: Aug 02, 2013

The U.S. C.C.C. July 31 it bought 15,504 tonnes of raw cane sugar in its second tender to buy domestic sugar to exchange for refined sugar re-export credits in an effort to reduce domestic sugar supplies.