Harvesting of a minor crop has started on Indonesia's main coffee growing island of Sumatra but heavy rains have hurt quality, while Vietnamese robustas have been sold at smaller discounts as roasters step up purchases, dealers said on Thursday.
India is likely to soon permit more wheat exports as the world's second-biggest producer of the grain looks set to harvest a record crop this year, government sources said, swelling stockpiles in an oversupplied world market.
Bega Cheese Ltd will walk off with a pile of cash and a kingmaker role in Australia's "dairy wars" after virtually handing control of the country's oldest milk and cheese producer to a Canadian suitor.
China's agriculture ministry says there is still no timetable for the commercialisation of domestically developed genetically-modified strains of corn and rice, although the country is already the world's top buyer of GMO soy.
Due to frosts that hit lemon-producing regions in Argentina, production is expected to drop by 40 percent for the 2013-2014 season when compared to the previous season's production.
Exporters of fresh produce are losing out on the international market due to poor quality fruits and vegetables and limited knowledge on soils and plants.
Indian soybean futures dropped on Monday to their lowest in nearly three months, while soyoil and rapeseed also fell on a strong rupee and a drop in overseas markets.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 206.7 points in December, nearly unchanged from the previous month, with a sharp increase in dairy prices and high meat values balancing out a steep decline in sugar quotations and lower cereal and oil prices.
The peak industry body for Australian winemakers, the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) has released released an action plan to lift the profitability of Australian wine businesses.
5 Brunei online food entrepreneurs attended the Online Food Business Seminar organized by Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources at Horticultural Convention Center on Thursday.
New research from the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) shows Americans are nearly twice as likely as they were nine years ago to buy blueberries in the coming year
US 2013 corn production was estimated at a record 13,925,147,000 bushels, down slightly from 13,988,720,000 bushels in November but up 29 percent from 10,780,296,000 bushels in 2012
Exports of non-traditional agricultural products from Peru totalled US$ 2.9 billion between January and November 2013, an increase of 8.1 percent over the same period a year ago.
Internationalism, instant gratification, drawing the digital line and investing in prevention top the list of trends U.S. consumers are expected to buy into during 2014, according to a new report from Mintel.
