The CME Group said today it will transition open outcry trading of hard red winter wheat futures and options at the Kansas City Board of Trade to its Chicago trading floor beginning July 1, pending Commodity Futures Trading Commission approval.
Soybeans found support from uncertainty in South American weather as reports of dryness in some areas and heavy rainfall in others is believed to be pressuring harvest production.
Published: Feb 01, 2013
By: Niu Shuping and David Stanway
China will impose no further curbs on food imports this year, a top agriculture official said on Friday, even after foreign supplies hit a record 12 percent of total demand in 2012
China has vowed to boost its seed industry over the next decade to ensure grain stocks grow, amid fears that limited arable land and water may become constraints for agricultural production.
EnWave Corp. has signed an additional collaboration agreement with Milne Fruit Products Inc. to include the right to test and develop dried peas and corn using the company’s Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) technology.
China's rising rice imports last year will not alter the supply and demand balance in the domestic rice market or threaten global food security, the Ministry of Agriculture has said.
U.S. Investment bank Goldman Sachs said Monday it expects the global cocoa market to see a modest deficit of around 100,000 metric tons during the 2012-13 crop year.
CME Group has announced it will begin the process of conducting outreach to customers, producer groups and other market participants on expanded CBOT grain and oilseed trading hours.
Researchers at the University of Colima, Mexico will make banana juice, a food that lowers levels of cholesterol and triglycerides despite its high concentration of sugar.
Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) said a new genetically modified corn seed won't be available for U.S. farmers until at least the 2014 growing season, as the company is still awaiting regulatory approval.
We can expect more corn and soybeans acres planted in 2013, said a University of Missouri agriculture business specialist at the 17 January Winter AgMarketing Outlook Conference.
