Published: Apr 13, 2016

U.S. grain stockpiles have climbed higher over the past month because of lower corn and wheat exports, according to analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal ahead of a closely watched crop report due Tuesday.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Attendees at Ingredient Marketplace—taking place April 27 to 29 in Orlando, Florida—will have the opportunity to connect with a range of leading companies across the health and nutrition space, with four official sponsors highlighting their innovative sol

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Market prices for dairy commodities are currently at a 10-year low, and food manufacturers should lock into a long-term deal quickly before they rise again, cautioned Belfast-based Greenfields Ireland, one of Europe’s leading traders.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index inched upward as sliding dairy prices nearly offset sharp rises in sugar and palm oil prices.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

A new walnut variety, ‘Durham’ has been released by the UC Davis Walnut Breeding Program. Researchers say the trees produce good quality kernels with some degree of resistant to a common walnut issue.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

The European Union and Chile have concluded negotiations on an agreement on trade in organic products. Through this agreement, the EU and Chile will mutually recognize the equivalence of their organic production rules and control system and ensure a high

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Europatat and Freshfel Europe’s First-Ever Combined Annual Event on 2 June 2016 in Brussels will look beyond “business as usual”. Europatat and Freshfel Europe will jointly celebrate their first common annual meeting on 2 June 2016 in Brussels.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Roleystone fruit grower Peter Casotti has been forced to dump 30,000 kilograms of nectarines because he says that retail giant Coles chose to stock supermarket shelves with imported eastern states-grown stone fruit rather than local produce.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Farmers in Henderson County, North Carolina, knew that a cold front was coming, what they didn't know was how badly their crops would be affected.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Bulgaria expects imports of Greek fruits, like peaches and apricots, to increase due to the country's poor harvest prospects. Many growers have blamed this on the impact of frosts. This will likely affect the final price paid by the consumers.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) stated that, as a result of a higher placement of traditional products, exports in the first two months of the year (January and February) amounted to $827 million dollars, i.e. 2% more than in the same

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Coles has defended charging Canberra consumers up to three times its wholesale price for many popular fruit and vegetable lines, saying it costs more to bring fresh produce to market than processed and manufactured goods.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Rizal Ramli, said Indonesia is currently focusing on building trade partnerships with the European Union (EU) members through the Common Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Analysts are seeing the effect of the prolonged energy crises in Nigeria as a major contributor to the cost pressures in March, leading to a third consecutive monthly increase in inflation rate this year.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

In order to strengthen relations between the Dutch and Pakistani agricultural sectors, the Dutch Embassy in Islamabad invited Romke Wustman, an agriculture expert to visit Pakistan to discuss the latest agricultural technologies, innovations and ideas wit

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Yunnan province in China hopes to increase trade with Malaysia through commercial links in the agriculture sector. Its Department of Commerce deputy Director-General Ma Yongfu said trade between them was about US$120million (RM466million) annually.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

On Sunday 10 April, the UN announced that it will promote the cultivaton of nutritious crops in Kenya, to boost food security. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Kenya Country Representative, Robert Allport, said that it has commenced a programm

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Food prices in Canada's Far North are exceptionally high, with a bunch of grapes, for example, costing between $26-28. By contrast, in downtown Toronto, some 1,900 miles due south, grapes can be found for as low as $4 to $5 a bunch.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

Jubilee is an early season asparagus variety which was launched as a Tesco exclusive is 2012. Due to the variety's positive reception in previous seasons, Herefordshire asparagus grower Cobrey Farms is doubling the volumes it supplies to Tesco.

Published: Apr 12, 2016

"The cold weather in January has fortunately not affected our new cherry crop. We expect to be able to harvest the first Shandong cherries by the middle of April," says Liu Wei from Xinweihong, a cherry orchard in near Xiamen, in Fujian province.