Prices for New Zealand's main commodities rose 1.2 percent to a record high in January, driven by high prices for dairy products, wool, and logs, ANZ Bank's commodity price index showed on Tuesday.
Oil and metals prices rose this week but gains were capped by poorly-received data out of the United States and China, the world's two biggest economies.
The UK plans to ban retailers from selling alcohol at below-cost prices before the start of the FIFA World Cup finals this summer, in an attempt to limit excess drinking.
India's annual sugar production is likely to drop by around 4 percent in the 2013/14 season to around 24 million tonnes as cane yields fell in key producing states due to bad weather, industry and government officials said.
The FAO Food Price Index fell in January for the first time in three months as lower prices of cereals, sugars, oils and meat outstripped gains in dairy values.
Global food prices fell in January, led by declines in the costs of sugar, vegetable oils, and cereals, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday, adding that robust inventories should contain prices in coming months.
Japan is seeking to buy 28,655 tonnes of late June-arrival Canadian Western Red Spring wheat, in an atypical tender issued on Friday, after failing to pick up that amount of the grade in a regular tender
Iran has bought at least 400,000 tonnes of wheat in the first big state-sponsored purchase since December, traders said on Friday, as relaxed Western sanctions make deals easier.
Universal Pasteurization Company, the industry leader in outsourced High Pressure Processing (HPP) services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, UPC Texas, LLC.
Pakistan and Argentina have great potential to enhance cooperation in agriculture sector for achieving mutually beneficial results, say Rodolfo Martin Saravia
Belarus has introduced temporary restrictions on the import of seed and table potato from the EU countries from 1 February, BelTA learnt from the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus.
Egypt's state Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC) has issued an international tender to purchase 40,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, a Cairo-based trader said on Sunday.
Irish Exporters Association, Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association and Scotland Food and Drink have partnered with an EU-funded scheme to grow food and drinks exports for producers.
This Sunday, the International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM) will open its doors, with over 1,450 suppliers from around the world joining to participate in the fair.
