World cereal production is expected to rise 6.5 percent in 2013/14 to reach a record 2.46 billion tonnes, mainly due to higher wheat output and a rebound in maize production in the United States.
Corn exports from grain powerhouse Argentina may be delayed next week as farmers go on a five-day strike to protest the government's policies, traders said on Wednesday.
A new snapshot poll of the UK’s NFU (National Farmers Union) members has revealed that the 2013 wheat harvest is likely to be smaller than last year’s.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its June 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2014, at 2,680,000 short tons, raw value, up 435,000 tons.
Agriculture is an important driver for Chile’s economy. Chile’s annual agricultural exports over the last four years have consistently surpassed $8 billion, representing six per cent of the country’s GDP.
According to the Argentine government, China approved to imported four genetically modified crops from Argentina at the China-Latin America and the Caribbean Agricultural Ministers' Forum.
Qatar-based Hassad Food, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $500m in India for the production of rice, coffee, cardamom and ready-made foods.
Two days after Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a Decision to purchase one million tons of summer-autumn rice for stockpiling in the Mekong Delta, rice prices increased by VND100-200 a kilogram compared to that at the end of May.
ConAgra Mills hosted a celebration at its mill in Oakland on June 6 after the facility recently underwent $21.7 million in operational and sustainable upgrades.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse is leading a mission to promote U.S. agricultural exports to Turkey, this week.
Farmers with emerging corn crops should be on the lookout for infestations of the black cutworm, according to Christian Krupke, a Purdue Extension entomologist who specialises in field-crop insects.
Australian canola producers can look forward to new market opportunities in the huge Chinese market with the resumption of bulk shipments of canola now underway.
Monsanto officials during a June 5 conference call with reporters provided an update on information gleaned from the company’s inquiry into the discovery of volunteer glyphosate-resistant wheat growing on an Oregon farm.
