The market management board of Da Lat Agricultural Market July 27 confirmed from the early July there has been three batches of Chinese potatoes ( total over 50 tons) being released into the market.
On July 4, 2014, the Government of Pakistan approved a proposal to lift the ban on the import of live animals from countries which have been declared as negligible risk by World Animal Health Organization (OIE).
Plans to impose a tax on supermarkets in England - in an effort to boost smaller community enterprises - are likely to be dismissed by decision makers in London, who fear any such taxation could increase food prices for the shopper.
Poundstretcher, one of the UK's largest discount chains, has announced that it is cutting prices across the board in order to compete with the big supermarkets, as well as rival discounters such as Aldi and Lidl.
Greencore announces its Q3 results tomorrow (July 29th), and Davy Stockbrokers has said that it expects the convenience food giant to post "sustained revenue progress" for the period.
Hard Red Winter wheat futures to the highest level since April, raising expectations that U.S. exporters will be well positioned to see an increase in export business at Europe's expense.
Severe drought and scorching heat has damaged over a million hectares of farmland in China's Henan and Inner Mongolia provinces, with no immediate relief in sight, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Spain's discount supermarket group Dia squeezed costs in its second quarter to cope with aggressive price-cutting and low inflation in its home market and neighbouring Portugal, which together generate two-thirds of sales.
China's overseas sales of soyameal are likely to take a hit as improving soyabean processing margins and higher demand for animal feed at home leave less supplies available for exports.
British supermarket chain Tesco should put innovation – in the form of data – back at the centre of its business, a leading FMCG marketing expert has told ESM.
Overall U.S. food inflation will remain nearb the historic norm in 2014, even as prices for meat and seafood are pushed higher by disease and widespread drought, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday maintained its forecast for 2014 U.S. food price inflation at 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent, close to the historic norm, even while raising its projection for pork and seafood prices.
US soyabean prices rose to a near two-week high early on Thursday on firm export demand and concerns that dry weather in parts of the Midwest crop belt might jeopardise yield prospects, traders said.
Unilever reported second-quarter revenue growth that missed estimates as Asian emerging markets continued to slow and the struggling food business posted another sluggish result.
