Global new product launches featuring quinoa grew nearly 50% in the year ended Sept. 30, 2013, and have risen more than five-fold over a five-year period, according to Innova Market Insights.
Ministries of Agriculture from Morocco and Paraguay began to pave the way to seal a cooperation commitment, through which the governments of both nations seek to improve the quality of their livestock and crop production.
The latest data failed to match the strength of export numbers released this week, muddying the outlook for the world’s second-biggest economy just as Chinese leaders meet to discuss targets including next year’s growth goal.
Earlier forecasts were revised upward and aggregate 2013 rice production, including the main and secondary season which was harvested in July, is estimated to reach 650 000 tonnes slightly up from last year’s bumper crop.
The US market took its lead from the bearish USDA report, which showed a gain in global stocks, according to David Sheppard, Gleadell’s Managing Director.
The dairy food market in Mexico is expected to grow at a higher CAGR of 4.3% during 2012-2017 owing to slower per-capita consumption of dairy products, especially milk says a report by Canadean Food.
The food industry’s commitment to investing in the latest food quality and safety equipment was underlined by the success of a special series of events held by Ishida Europe to demonstrate its latest quality control solutions.
Mexico will re-impose tariffs on white corn imports eliminated in 2008 in the midst of a world food crisis, as well as well as on sorghum, the Secretary of Agriculture said on Friday.
Syria tendered to import food on Friday using a credit line from Iran's export bank in what could be a test of last month's landmark deal to ease Western financial sanctions on Tehran.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) now forecasts the 2013-2014 Florida orange crop at 121 million boxes, down 3 percent from its initial estimate in November.
Farm produce prices in 36 major Chinese cities rose slightly in the week ending Dec 8 compared with the previous week, according to a Ministry of Commerce statement.
According to the US Department of Agriculture and the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), beef exports from the US remained on a record-setting value pace in October.
World wheat production for 2013-14 was projected at 711.42 million tonnes, up 5.04 million tonnes from November and up 55.25 million tonnes, or about 8%, from 656.17 million tonnes in 2012-13.
Australia’s agricultural exports are expected to hit $38 billion in the next financial year, up approximately eight percent on the average for the past five years.
A new report from the Conference Board of Canada notes that consumption of seafood domestically is dropping, but an increased demand abroad means Canadian fisheries will remain successful if they shift their focus to foreign markets.
