Published: Jun 07, 2013

Argentina has sent its first major cargo of genetically modified (GMO) corn to China, where demand for grain-based animal feeds is growing.

Published: Jun 07, 2013

A projected rebound in global wheat and maize production this year will weigh on food prices but strong demand will prevent prices falling far from high levels, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

Published: Jun 06, 2013

Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5 percent a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1 percent between 2003 and 2012, according to a new report published by the OECD and FAO.

Published: Jun 06, 2013

The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in May was $7.51 per bu, down 20c from $7.71 in April but up 84c from $6.67 in May 2012

Published: Jun 06, 2013 By: Jo Winterbottom and Jukwey

India's key sugar cane producing western and southern states received ample rainfall in the first few days of the annual monsoon after nearly eight months of drought, helping to limit damage.

Published: Jun 05, 2013

2013 is likely to be a very difficult year for agribusiness logistics in Brazil.

Published: Jun 05, 2013

A U.S. wheat farmer has sued Monsanto Co, accusing the biotech seed giant of gross negligence for not containing an experimental genetically modified wheat discovered in an Oregon field.

Published: Jun 04, 2013

July Corn finished up 7 3/4 at 662, 3 3/4 off the high and 9 3/4 up from the low. December Corn closed up 4 1/2 at 567 1/4. This was 9 1/2 up from the low and 5 3/4 off the high.

Published: Jun 04, 2013

Integrated and diversified meat and fodder producer, Cherkizovo Group, has completed crop sowing and says that if favorable weather conditions continue there should be a 30 per cent increase in yield, reaching 150,000 tonnes.

Published: Jun 04, 2013

USDA reported last Thursday that agricultural exports remain on pace for a record value at $139.5 billion for 2013, even though the outlook was lowered by $2.5 billion from the February estimate.

Published: Jun 04, 2013

Traders anticipate the latest US Department of Agriculture’s corn and soybean planting numbers to lag the average pace as little progress was made last week.

Published: Jun 04, 2013

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is beginning to see some of the top-line synergies come forward from its 2011 acquisition of Danisco and its assumption of full ownership of Solae in 2012.

Published: Jun 03, 2013

Monsanto Co. has attracted more attention than it anticipated, and perhaps more than it deserves, in the debate over bioengineering.

Published: Jun 03, 2013 By: Meeyoung Cho

South Korean millers said they would suspend imports of U.S. wheat until the results of tests on whether shipments have been tainted by an unapproved genetically modified strain of the crop.

Published: May 31, 2013 By: Chris Harris

Germany loses about 3.3 per cent of its wheat crop each year because of pests, bad handling and poor storage.

Published: May 31, 2013

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on May 30 announced it would suspend imports of U.S. western white and feed wheat after U.S.D.A. detects bioengineered wheat in Oregon.

Published: May 31, 2013 By: Risa Maeda and Charlie Dunmore

Unapproved genetically modified wheat found growing in the United States is threatening U.S. exports, with Japan stopping a purchase against a backdrop of high consumer sensitivity to gene-altered food.

Published: May 30, 2013

Canola producers, particularly those with canola in storage, follow canola cash prices closely.

Published: May 30, 2013

July Corn finished up 9 1/4 at 666 1/2, 3 1/4 off the high and 11 1/2 up from the low. December Corn closed up 14 1/2 at 551. This was 9 1/2 up from the low and 3 1/4 off the high.

Published: May 30, 2013

The 2013 corn crop has little more than two weeks left to plant the final 14% before mid-June, but the overall outlook for the crop remains favorable said Kurt Setzer, market analyst at MaxYield, a West Bend, Iowa, grain elevator operation.