Published: Apr 05, 2016

The Agricultural Service of the Council of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development of Castile-La Mancha has warned producers in the region about possible cases of stemphylium leaf blight, a disease caused by the fungus Stemphylim vesicarium, in ear

Published: Apr 05, 2016

Frozen broccoli cuts, sold in 11 US states under the Save-A-Lot label of Wylwood have been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to a fear of listeria, found during a random test of the vegetables in Ohio.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

In Maharashtra, the majority of orange farmers have struggled with poor crop quality, low prices, no export opportunities and a lack of processing facilities.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

According to the export records of Argentina's Citrus Federation, there's been a precipitous drop in mandarin sales. Up until March 20, 2016, Argentina had shipped 786 pallets, i.e. 335.37% less than the 3,422 pallets sold in the same period of 2015.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

Indonesia is a major market for Chinese exports of apples and pears, and fresh pear exports accounted for 23% of fruits exported to Indonesian, while apple accounted for 7%.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

McDonald's Corporation intends to identify strategic partners who will add value and unlock growth potential in key markets throughout Asia to advance the company's future growth plans.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

Sugar futures ending the month on a weak note on Thursday, as technical signals and profit taking fuelled a late session selling spree.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

U.S. corn futures were lower on Friday, weighed down by a U.S. government forecast of 2016 planted acreage which was well above market expectations.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its annual Prospective Plantings report surprised the trade with a larger-than-expected increase in 2016 corn planting intentions but lower-than-expected wheat and soybean intentions.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

Wang Zhonghai, a 49-year-old farmer in China’s top corn producing province of Heilongjiang, plans to switch 80 percent of his land to cultivate soybeans this year as the government ends a near decade-old corn price support scheme.

Published: Apr 05, 2016

India is a major manufacturing house for bakery products and is the third- largest biscuit manufacturing country after USA and China (NPCS, 2013). The Indian bakery market is valued at Rs. 3,295 crore and out of this, bread and biscuits hold 82% of the sh

Published: Apr 01, 2016

India was one of the few sales opportunities for the top fruit sector after Russia, but the export was disappointing this season. "A lot less apples are going to India than last year," says Etienne Leclère, commercial director of Veiling Haspengouw.

Published: Apr 01, 2016

"When you see an increase of this magnitude, it's really because there is much potential. Blueberries have become one of the fruits that currently presents the best business opportunities and very attractive prices, which makes them an excellent export pr

Published: Apr 01, 2016

The first harvests of early onions in Spain are expected from the second week of April in the producing areas of Andalusia and Murcia.

Published: Apr 01, 2016

East Lake Farm carrot planting base in Binyang County has successfully completed its export procedures, and more than 1,800 tons of carrots were exported to Korea, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and other countries.

Published: Apr 01, 2016

Cold weather conditions in China have pushed garlic prices up. This is noticable on the Singaporean market. While $2 could easily get a 500g bag of garlic previously, with prices as low as $1.45 last year, the same bag will set buyers back by at least $2.

Published: Apr 01, 2016

Every March in Chennai, the prices of vegetables usually increase with the rising temperatures. However, this year, vegetables prices have not risen for two months and heavy rainfall during last year’s northeast monsoon is cited to be the reason for the g

Published: Apr 01, 2016

The average price at origin of tomatoes fifteen years ago, taking all varieties into account, was 124.07 percent higher than today, despite the increased costs, according to a report based on data from the Prices and Markets Observatory of the Andalusian

Published: Apr 01, 2016

In January 2016, the Canary Islands shipped 29,677 tonnes of bananas to mainland Spain; meanwhile, imports from Africa and Latin America reached 23,908 tonnes and re-exports amounted to 6,355 tonnes, so that consumers had access to a total of about 47,229

Published: Apr 01, 2016

In Maharashtra a record onion output of over 20 million tonnes in 2015-16 is expected; subsequently the prices of the vegetable across markets in the state have fallen to as low as R500/quintal from R800/quintal a few weeks back.