Uruguay's biggest trading partner, China, has temporarily stopped accepting citrus shipments due to new phytosanitary regulations over fruit fly concerns.
China has gained improved access to major grain-growing regions in Latin America through a recent merger with a Dutch agricultural commodities trader, which has many sources in the region.
Nearly half of all bottles of wine purchased in Germany comes from a discount supermarket such as Lidl and Aldi, according to the German Wine Institute (DWI).
What a wild six weeks! Pork prices have gone up, up, UP!! In Russia as a result of the border closing between Russia and the EU, situation in Crimea has people concerned, and the PEDv issues in North America
The United States has demanded that India submit information pertaining to its National Food Security Act to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and questioned its effectiveness as far as food security is concerned.
Fresh fruit and vegetables exported from India to the European market will from next month onwards have to be routed through government recognized packhouses, amid concerns about the safety of some fresh produce items.
Russian analytical firm SovEcon has raised its 2013/14 grain export forecast thanks to a weaker local currency and concern over Ukraine, it said on Monday.
Ukrainian farms have sown 693,000 hectares of spring grain as of March 17, or 24 percent of the expected sowing area, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
Sidestepping Beijing's import curbs, industry sources estimate hundreds of thousands of tonnes of beef from countries such as Brazil and India is being smuggled into China via neighbouring Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Tnuva, Israel's biggest food maker, is expected to file a prospectus with the Israel Securities Authority in the coming days for an initial public offering, a market source in Tel Aviv said on Tuesday.
Rising industry costs and inflation have led to market growth of 6.9 per cent between 2012 and 2013, according to Meat and Meat Products 2014, a market report from market intelligence group Key Note.
In a major organizational rejig, Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, has brought company veteran Glen Attewell from Seoul to head its captive global IT operations in Bangalore.
Western European wheat prices were steady on Friday as the market consolidated below a near one-year high, with traders awaiting next developments in a standoff between Ukraine and Russia.
