Published: May 24, 2016

Chicago soymeal futures edged lower on Monday as a retreat across commodities encouraged the oilseed market to consolidate after an 18-month high before the weekend due to concerns about rain losses in Argentina’s soybean harvest.

Published: May 24, 2016

The United States plans a major overhaul of the way packaged foods are labeled, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday. Serving sizes will be adjusted to reflect how much people actually eat, and for the first time labels will list added sug

Published: May 24, 2016

Raw sugar futures on ICE held steady on Monday in sight of last week’s 22-month high, buoyed by expectations of tightening supplies, while coffee was little changed, supported by a poor robusta harvest in Brazil.

Published: May 24, 2016

Cargill is forecasting a global cocoa deficit of 160,000 tonnes for the 2015/16 season after smaller-than-expected mid-crops from dominant West African producers Ivory Coast and Ghana, its head of cocoa trading said on Friday.

Published: May 24, 2016

Americans can’t get enough cheese. Nearly 100% of them say they eat it. And, 30% of adults, led by Millennials and Gen Xers, are eating more than they were a few years ago. Consumption of natural cheese has increased over the last 10 years, while processe

Published: May 23, 2016

The apex food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a draft notification on the use of Ethylene for the purpose of fruit ripening. According to sources, the apex body sees this as the best available option for the purpo

Published: May 23, 2016

In response to the new sodium reduction regulations in the UK market, Salt of the Earth Ltd, a producer of sea salt solutions, has announced its new strategy for the UK food processing and food service markets. The company has selected three well-known di

Published: May 23, 2016

The U.S. tree nut industry's golden run may be winding down as it prepares to absorb a significant increase in supply in the face of weakening global demand and softer prices, according to a new research report from CoBank. Growers' margins should remain

Published: May 23, 2016

The study on "Characterization of the Spanish organic production sector in terms of market value," carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Magrama), states that, in 2014 (the latest available data), organic exports were worth 724

Published: May 23, 2016

The technical services of Valencia's La Unió de Llauradors (Growers' Association) have produced a report showing how the production of the hybrid mandarin Nadorcott has been increasing over recent seasons and, conversely, how the price received by those g

Published: May 23, 2016

Fruits like oranges, grapes and apples are being bought from Kenya's neighbouring countries, especially Tanzania, creating stiff competition for Kenya's own fruit farmers in Nyeria. Farmers in high altitude areas where oranges do well, are not supplying e

Published: May 23, 2016

The Central Fruit and Vegetable Market of Thessaloniki was founded in 1975. Originally run by the Greek government until 1998, it was turned into a listed company, though still with the Greek administration as its sole shareholder. About 800 tons of fruit

Published: May 23, 2016

Honduras continues to strengthen citrus exports as the Citrus Growers Association of Sonaguera Colon (Acison) will ship its first two containers with pineapple orange to the European islands of Martinique and Aruba.

Published: May 23, 2016

Within a few weeks, Mushroom Days will open its doors for the 34th time. The exhibition will take place from Wednesday June 1 until Friday June 3, 2016 at Brabanthallen in ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Published: May 23, 2016

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing and its parent packhouse, have invested in new technology which is set to improve their final product and reduce quality-related claims, which cost the two companies millions of rand.

Published: May 23, 2016

A Rutland fruit farmer says that this year, a long run of warm weather in spring has meant that Central Okanagan’s cherry orchards will likely be harvested in late June, about three weeks earlier than usual. According to Sukhpaul Bal, the early crop could

Published: May 23, 2016

Turmeric and authentic ethnic dishes are on top of the trending searches in the U.S., according to the recent “Think with Google: Food Trends 2016” report. Other produce items on the list of trending items are jackfruit, bitter melon, daikon radish, and c

Published: May 23, 2016

Last year, Bulgaria's fruit and vegetable production increased by 20 and 18%, as announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Desislava Taneva, during the press conference about the launch of a national campaign in support of the 100 National Touris

Published: May 23, 2016

Russia is one of the largest importers of Azerbaijani agro-products, said Ilham Guliyev, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture. The official made the remark while addressing a press conference, dedicated to the 22nd international exhibition "Food

Published: May 23, 2016

According to Mustafa Satici, the chairman of the Western Mediterranean Exporters Union (BAIB) if the outcome of talks with Chinese companies are positive, Turkey could become the world’s number one fruit and vegetable exporter.