Dairy prices will slide over the next year amid increased supplies from exporting countries and weaker demand from China, according to Rabobank International.
This view of the changing nature of the global banana trade is captured in a new FAO information note and based on analysis of information gathered from the annual reports of the largest multinational banana trading companies.
People in the European Union, who according to a United Nations body eat way more protein than necessary, could prompt big cuts in nitrogen pollution if they halved their meat and dairy consumption, a U.N.-backed report said on Friday.
Production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in Russia was 2.8 million tonnes for the first quarter of the current year – 4.5 per cent up on last year.
The prices of major farm produce in China continued to fall last week according to a survey of 36 large and medium-sized cities conducted by the Ministry of Commerce, MOFCOM.
Butter stocks on March 31 totaled 178,347000 lbs, down 30% from a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its April 22 Cold Storage report.
Despite an expected increase in the country's food imports, China will maintain self-sufficiency in its main food crops, including wheat and rice, in the coming decade, said an agricultural report released on Sunday.
Fair Trade USA, the third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in North America, has announced that it has certified one billion pounds of Fair Trade coffee since its founding in 1998.
China will maintain a high rate of self-sufficiency in major grain output and realize the food security target for the next ten years, according to an official report published Sunday.
China: it is the pork powerhouse of the world with over 51% of the world’s population of pigs raised within China, writes Ron Lane, Senior Consultant for Genesus China.
European shares edged lower on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in luxury drinks after a crackdown on gift giving in China knocked beverage company earnings, in quiet trade ahead of a public holiday.
The outlook for Mexico's economic recovery is mostly positive, but the country's agribusiness sector will face challenges, according to a new Rabobank report.
Increased food prices drove China's inflation at retail level to rise at a faster pace in March than the previous month, but the inflation pressure still remained subdued and gave policymakers enough room to mull economic policy action.
A rise in food and retail stocks, seen as "defensive" plays with investors worried by tensions in Ukraine, enabled Britain's top equity index to inch higher on Monday.
Inflation in India is expected to have edged up on higher food costs in March, snapping a three-month easing trend that will give the central bank less scope to support the economy amid fresh signs of slowdown.
