Indonesia's anti-monopolies regulator has begun an investigation into the country's rapidly growing soybean trade, after a recent spike in domestic prices and a strike by small-scale makers of popular food staples tempe and tofu.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 113,572 tonnes of food wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that closed on
Thursday, a ministry official said.
The value of the UK's food and grocery market is to soar by a fifth to a record £206bn by 2018, with online sales doubling and big increases in business for convenience stores and discounters, according to new research from the IGD.
Chinese alcohol producers are eyeing foreign markets as domestic sales growth has shrunk amid China's frugality campaign, according to sources with a Chinese alcoholic beverages expo.
Brazilian retail sales jumped more than expected in July as lower food prices offered relief for tight family budgets, bolstering hopes that the economy can avoid a quarterly drop.
An international exhibition on food, beverages and technologies used in food processing and packaging was open in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has secured funding for a project that will offer information and advice on energy efficiency to small to medium businesses (SMEs) in the food, beverage and grocery manufacturing sector.
Thailand's recent decision to unleash its huge rice inventory of about 17 million tons has negatively impacted many rice exporters, including those in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).
Syria is seeking 135,000 metric tons (148,812 tons) of white short grain rice, its General Foreign Trade Organisation (GFTO) said on Monday, after failing to buy in a tender that closed on August 25.
Chicago agricultural commodity futures were traded mixed Thursday, with corn and wheat prices down while soybeans prices going up on supportive export sales.
Nigeria is reforming its farming sector to bolster production and draw investment but companies this week said more needs to be done to tackle entrenched corruption, poor infrastructure and rogue government agencies.
Global food prices fell in August for the fourth month running, according to the United Nations' food agency which again raised its 2013/14 forecast for grain production.
The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in August was $6.91 per bu, down 2c from July and down $1.13 from $8.04 in August 2012
According to the latest data from FruitImprese, the flux of fruit and vegetable imports in Italy between January and May 2013 surpassed that of exports.
Prices of agricultural foodstuffs in China rose by a small amount in the week of 19-25 August according to a survey of 36 medium and large sized cities conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
Softer sales, reduced foot traffic and fading restaurant operator optimism all combined to drive the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index down for the second consecutive month.
