Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Fears of soaring food prices are mounting after the National Farmers Union (NFU) warned that wheat yields in England were down by almost 15% on the five-year average, while poor harvests around the world and the global thirst for biofuels continued to dri

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

Iowa farmland is now, on average, worth $10,000/acre.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Supunnabul Suwannakij

Global food prices will probably stay high in the next six months after drought in the U.S. and Russia cut grain supplies, said the United Nations.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Britain’s third-largest supermarket Sainsbury reported total sales for second quarter up 4.3% and like-for-like sales up 1.9 %.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Deliveries to Tesco’s northern stores face disruption next week after more than 180 drivers at the retailer's distribution centre in Doncaster voted for a 48-hour strike.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Hank Schultz

Global consumer spending on omega-3 products will jump from $25.4 billion in 2011 to $34.7 billion in 2016, according to a new report from market research firm Packaged Facts.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are poised to reverse their downward trend and trade higher Thursday.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Whitney McFerron

Corn extended a slide to an 11-week low before a U.S. government report today that may show larger domestic stockpiles. Wheat fell.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: RJ Whitehead

The author of a report suggesting that China’s corn imports are in line to explode by 2017, today cautioned that the government will have to walk a tightrope in balancing pork prices with domestic corn productivity.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: John Wood

Financial analysts have welcomed Tate & Lyle’s trading update for the six months ending 30 September but warned of a challenging second half.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: FBR

HealthKart, an online retail platform, has introduced a new range of products to control diabetes.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Miratorg Company, one of Russia’s largest meat producers, has almost doubled its profits over the past year.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Growth in DSM’s human and animal nutrition cluster is set to continue after the company this morning indicated an ongoing commitment to broadening its portfolio and did not rule out probiotic and/or botanical acquisitions.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

After sinking to three-month lows yesterday, continued weakness of demand and favorable weather for a strong U.S. harvest pace will pressure the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets to start Thursday's trade.

Published: Sep 27, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Fonterra has reported a drop in net profit for the 2012 season and cut its final payout to farmers - citing the negative effect of record breaking milk production on global dairy prices.

Published: Sep 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

iba 2012, which has just concluded in Munich, has given 70,000 bakers, confectioners, caterers and decision makers from the food retail sector a glimpse of the future information that will be valuable during the 1,087 days until the next World Market for

Published: Sep 26, 2012

U.S. grain and soybean futures settled mixed Tuesday, with traders continuing to avoid risk amid seasonal harvest pressure and technical factors.

Published: Sep 25, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Ecuador Bananas, the world’s most traded fruit, are getting more expensive after Latin American rains that were 60 percent above normal in Ecuador curbed output.

Published: Sep 25, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

With countries in Asia and the Middle East becoming more lucrative markets for European suppliers of fresh produce, Don Limón, a German produce supplier, is expanding into those regions.

Published: Sep 25, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are set to follow the overnight trade lower Monday.