Latest figures from the Scotch Whisky Association show sizeable dips in export values, notably to some Asian markets despite an increase in overall export volume volumes.
U.S. import prices rose more than expected in March as food prices recorded their largest increase in three years, but there was little sign of a broader pickup in imported inflation.
The EU has today launched a case in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the Russian ban on imports of pigs, fresh pork and certain pig products from the EU.
More than 45 per cent of meat industry professionals say the horsemeat scandal has negatively affected their business, according to a new survey on the industry.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 119,718 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday.
Caterpillars and fungus, as well as drought, hurt Brazil's current soya crop and higher costs to control them will limit planting of new fields next season, the director of agricultural analysis firm Agroconsult said on Tuesday.
USDA's March Hogs and Pigs report was bearish for hog prices. As expected, pigs per litter came in far below the year-earlier level, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.
Seafood export from India crossed 1 million tonne for the first time and the earnings crossed $4.5 billion during 2013-14, according to provisional estimates of the Marine Products Export Development Authority [MPEDA].
Beef is the big winner in a free trade agreement struck between Australia and Japan after seven years of negotiations, according to international news reports.
The Danish business, agriculture and research industries are making efforts to tap the great potential in planting seaweed forests and farming mussels in the ocean areas surrounding Denmark's coastline.
Wine is a driving force for the Italian economy, figures released during the 48th Vinitaly, the annual exhibition dedicated to wine and spirits running on 6-9 April in the northern city of Verona, have shown.
Indonesia will slash its 20 percent import tariff on wheat flour next month and opt instead for a quota system, an official of the trade ministry in Asia's second-largest wheat importer said.
ICE Canadian canola futures were higher on Monday on light technical buying and worries about potential planting delays in the Prairies after a harsh winter, traders said.
India's oilmeal exports dropped by a tenth to 4.33 million tonnes in 2013/14, falling for a second straight year as high prices of its soyameal curbed Southeast Asian demand for the animal feed, a leading trade body said on Monday.
By beefing up COFCO's agricultural product origination capabilities, the Chinese government will be able to cut other third-party traders out of the lucrative purchasing and logistics portion of the supply chain.
UK soft drinks value sales grew steadily in 2013, rising by 2% to take the category over the £10bn mark for the first time, according to the Britvic Soft Drinks Review 2014.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said the F.A.O. Food Price Index was 212.8 in March, up 4.6 points, or 2.3%, from February, its highest level since May 2013.
Global food prices rose to their highest in almost a year in March, led by unfavorable weather for crops and political tensions over Ukraine, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
