Canadian canola producers and exporters will have expanded access to the lucrative Chinese market, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced this week.
The Vietnamese Government has highlighted the need for stricter regulations on the safety of aquaculture and agricultural goods for export, as it is holding the country back in a competitive market.
Grain and oilseed markets plunged with other commodity and equity markets on April 15 after China reported slower-than-expected first quarter gross domestic product growth.
By using the hybrid rice technology successfully developed by China, the Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, could become self-sufficient in the staple food and could even start exporting rice to other countries.
The executive manager of Winter Cereals Canada says the abundant snow cover and the late spring melt will protect this year's winter cereal crops from the freeze thaw cycles that can cause substantial damage.
Grain futures markets were under modest selling pressure in the wake of the latest US Department of Agriculture monthly supply and demand report issued late Wednesday morning.
With planting season nearing, a Purdue Extension agricultural safety specialist warns farmers not to let their enthusiasm for spring planting lead to injuries.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today concluded a successful agricultural mission to Mexico where he strengthened agricultural and trade ties with the new Mexican government.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said April 11 that private exporters have sold 360,000 tonnes of U.S. soft red winter wheat to China for delivery in the 2013-14 marketing year, which begins June 1.
Corn overtook rice as the largest food product in China for the first time last year, according to a Chinese Academy for Social Sciences report released on Wednesday.
North Korea has had a surge in agricultural production due to a new pay-based incentive system for farmers last year, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported on Thursday, citing farm managers.
The United States Department of Agriculture has hit out at the Indian government for allowing the export of an additional 5m tonnes of wheat last month, calling it unviable unless the mandated floor price is brought down.
German exports of agri-food products continued to rise in 2012. "A 7% growth rate in value against the previous year is a positive result", said Dr. Gerd Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary and Export Commissioner at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
World wheat ending stocks for 2012-13 were projected at 182.26 million tonnes, up 4 million tonnes from 178.23 million tonnes projected in March but down 17.12 million tonnes, or 9%, from 199.38 million tonnes in 2011-12.
Published: Apr 10, 2013
By: Steve Meyer and Len Steiner
Following a grain stocks report that was significantly different that what trade was expecting, USDA will update on 10 April its grain and meat protein balance sheets.
