Published: Jul 30, 2014 By: Chris Harris

Concern is mounting over the threat of veterinary medicine residues in food products imported into the UK

Published: Jul 30, 2014

One of the first oilseed rape exports of harvest 2014 left the UK last week in what is expected to mark the start to a busy export season for merchants and traders.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Harvest of the 2014 winter crops (mainly wheat) is nearing completion.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Harvesting of the 2014 winter cereals, mainly the minor wheat crop, is currently ongoing while planting of the main maize crop, accounting in average for about 77 percent of the total cereal production, is to be gathered from August.

Published: Jul 30, 2014 By: Darrel Good

The majority of annually produced crops such as corn obviously have to be stored, writes Darrel Good. For corn producers, the question at harvest time will be who will store the portion of the crop which has not yet been sold?

Published: Jul 29, 2014

The Mekong Delta is amid the harvest time of summer autumn rice whose prices have increased ensuring farmers’ profit.

Published: Jul 29, 2014

Australia-based SunRice Group has agreed to acquire Blue Ribbon Rice Group's rice milling assets in Brandon in North Queensland’s Burdekin region.

Published: Jul 28, 2014

Scientists on Sunday laid bare the genetic codes of African rice and a type of wild tomato, data they said should help breed more resilient crops.

Published: Jul 28, 2014

DuPont, the world's second-largest seed maker, said its agriculture business would not improve in the current quarter as it struggles to cope with farmers' preference for soybean rather than corn, the mainstay of the business.

Published: Jul 25, 2014

Rice food company SunRice has entered into an agreement to acquire Blue Ribbon Rice Group's milling and packaging plant in North Queensland.

Published: Jul 24, 2014

The Philippines will import an extra 500,000 tonnes of rice to increase its thin stockpiles after a typhoon damaged crops last week, in a deal that could help boost export prices in key producers such as Vietnam.

Published: Jul 24, 2014

Vietnam's 5-percent broken rice rose more than 6 percent in the past week to $445-$460 a tonne, the highest in 21 months

Published: Jul 24, 2014

US FOB Gulf wheat basis values were steady to firm after the close on Tuesday with Egypt's GASC tendering for September offers overnight while corn and soyabean basis offers were steady to lower, receding from the gains of the last week, traders said.

Published: Jul 24, 2014

Spot soyabean basis bids were steady to narrowly mixed at elevators and processors around the US Midwest in quiet trade on Tuesday as farmers sold light amounts of soyabeans, dealers said.

Published: Jul 23, 2014

Premiums for higher-quality wheat in France jumped on Monday as heavy weekend rain added to fears that this year's harvest in the European Union's top producer and exporter will be spoiled by poor quality.

Published: Jul 23, 2014

AMI Consulting, a division of Applied Market Information Ltd., has just published a new report on the Agricultural Film Market in Europe 2014 analysing the latest trends in the use of silage, mulch and greenhouse films

Published: Jul 21, 2014

US FOB Gulf soyabean basis offers jumped to the highest levels in nearly five years on Friday on strong demand for new-crop supplies and tight autumn export capacity, traders said.

Published: Jul 21, 2014

South Korea will scrap caps on rice imports from 2015, potentially opening up the politically sensitive market to more imports from countries such as the United States and China, in a move that has been fiercely resisted by many farmers.

Published: Jul 18, 2014

A smaller cereal harvest is expected in the Czech Republic this year, according to initial estimates by the Czech Statistical Office.

Published: Jul 18, 2014

Indian sugarcane acreage has estimated to be around 5.23 million hectares (ha) during 2014-15 sugar season, down by 2 per cent, as compared to the same period last year