Last year, the California table grape industry shipped a record volume of fruit at generally very good prices — a phenomenon growers, shippers and marketers attribute largely to the excellent quality of the grapes.
Nestle Nigeria said on Thursday its half-year pretax profit this year rose by 14.75 percent to 13.22 billion naira ($82.57 million), compared with 11.52 billion naira during the same period a year earlier.
Global food prices fell by 2 percent in the latest four-month period, marking the third straight period of declines, as declining imports in the Middle East and North Africa.
September Corn finished down 18 1/4 at 522 1/2, 16 3/4 off the high and 1 up from the low. December Corn closed down 12 1/2 at 485 1/2. This was 3 1/2 up from the low and 11 off the high.
Butter, cheese, fruit, vegetable and poultry stocks on June 30, 2013, were higher than year-earlier levels, but egg and red meat stocks were lower, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report.
Soaring Chinese wheat purchases due to weather-related crop damage at home could lift global prices of the grain by about 10 percent in the next few months, a survey of traders showed.
Britain's JD Wetherspoon nudged up its profit guidance and said it would accelerate new pub openings next year thanks to a recovery in margins and a more upbeat mood among customers.
Global pork markets are poised for improvements in the second half of 2013 and into 2014, but supply concerns and demand pressures could limit price increases for pork.
Under the plan, people in southern China, Taiwan and Macau will be able to order Japanese farm produce and other types of food online or through TV shopping programs next year.
Starbucks Corp and Danone SA said on Tuesday they will sell a co-branded yogurt through Starbucks cafes and in grocery stores as yogurt makers and food companies battle for market share in the $7 billion U.S. market.
At most grocery stores, supermarkets, and trade centers in Ho Chi Minh City, foreign-made products outnumber domestic-made goods and remain more popular as supermarkets and trade centers continue to import them.
A group of Chinese VIPs spent an evening at a world-class winery in California on Friday to taste its wine products and consider the estate's viability as a wedding destination.
Twelve more live poultry markets in Shanghai, including Antu market in Yangpu district and Pingyang market in Minhang district, recently reopened, putting the number of poultry markets that have resumed business to 17.
European Union move to scrap export refunds on poultry this week has raised an outcry in France, the main beneficiary of the subsidies, as firms said international competition had stiffened and that the decision would lead to job losses.
Indonesia will allow the unlimited importation of live cattle in an effort to curb domestic beef price rises, the country's trade minister said on Friday.
