According to the US Department of Agriculture and the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), beef exports from the US remained on a record-setting value pace in October.
World wheat production for 2013-14 was projected at 711.42 million tonnes, up 5.04 million tonnes from November and up 55.25 million tonnes, or about 8%, from 656.17 million tonnes in 2012-13.
Sysco Corp will buy US Foods Inc for about $3.5 billion from its private equity owners in a deal that will combine the top two U.S. food distributors and create a company commanding at least a quarter of the $235 billion North American market.
European retailers have weathered the worst of the downturn and should benefit from stabilising margins, modest revenue growth and better free cash flow generation in 2014, Fitch Ratings says.
Supermarket giant Woolworths is arguing that Aldi should sign the grocery code of conduct, claiming its private label products may infringe on the intellectual property of other leading brands.
Australia’s agricultural exports are expected to hit $38 billion in the next financial year, up approximately eight percent on the average for the past five years.
Indonesia's state-owned plantation company PTPN VIII will export bananas to Singapore from 2014, said Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan on Friday.
A new report from the Conference Board of Canada notes that consumption of seafood domestically is dropping, but an increased demand abroad means Canadian fisheries will remain successful if they shift their focus to foreign markets.
British-Dutch multinational company Unilever is looking to cut its product portfolio by 30% by the end of 2014, in a move to become more efficient and reverse its global slowdown.
On November 29, 2013 the Polish and French Ministers of Agriculture declared at a meeting held in Warsaw their willingness to tighten cooperation in the area of agriculture.
