Published: Sep 24, 2012 By: Chew Yee Kiat

Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Friday to their lowest in more than 11 months, posting their worst week since March last year as rising inventories and overnight losses in U.S. soybeans weighed on prices.

Published: Sep 24, 2012 By: Naveen Thukral

Chicago soybeans rose 0.8 percent on Friday, boosted by bargain hunting in Asia, but the market is on track for its biggest weekly loss in a year, with a rapid U.S. harvest and expectations of higher yields weighing on the market.

Published: Sep 24, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

We don't know if Willy Wonka would be horrified or delighted by Nestlés latest ad campaign in the UK.

Published: Sep 22, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank is forecasting food prices will hit record highs in Australia and New Zealand next year due to another round of what it calls “agflation”.

Published: Sep 22, 2012 By: Mark Astley

UK dairy processor First Milk has announced an increase in the standard price it pays to its milk suppliers.

Published: Sep 22, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

After a week of choppy trading, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are set to start higher Friday.

Published: Sep 21, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

Global meat producers are facing immediate and significant feed cost increases, which will impact supply dynamics and lead to increased meat prices, a new report has warned.

Published: Sep 21, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Australia’s agricultural export earnings have been forecast to remain strong in 2013 despite a slight dip in previous expectations.

Published: Sep 21, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets have little support to trade higher Thursday.

Published: Sep 21, 2012 By: DANIEL LOOKER

As some 5,000 crop insurance adjusters work through the claims from one of the nation's worst droughts, delays in the process don't surprise Rhonda Smith, Vice President, Insurance, for Farm Credit Services of America.

Published: Sep 20, 2012

Thai Singha beer brewer Boon Rawd will reportedly invest THB 16 billion ($518 million) in a new brewery and an upgrade of an existing production facility.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Latvian pig farmers have begged the government for financial aid, warning that, without it, local pork production will cease by the end of the year.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

European Union food and beverage exports to China increased by more than 50% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to official statistics.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: John Wood

Estate agents marketing Young’s Seafood’s former Cromer Crab factory say they have received about half a dozen expressions of interest.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Mark Asltey

The Indian government has approved a policy amendment allowing foreign investment in its retail sector – a move that could open up the world’s largest dairy market to Western brands, an analyst has claimed.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Dairy farmer members of the Co-operative Dairy Group will receive a one pence per litre (ppl) increase on their August 2012 rate.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are poised to take back losses from earlier this week Wednesday.

Published: Sep 19, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Contrary to its goal of promoting good nutrition, a U.S. food-assistance program spends billions of dollars each year on unhealthy, sugar-sweetened drinks, according to a new study.

Published: Sep 19, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Chinese infant formula company Synutra has entered into an agreement with Sodiaal, a leading dairy cooperative in France, and its subsidiary, Euroserum, to build a EUR100m drying facility in Carhaix, France.

Published: Sep 19, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

French champagne maker Lanson-BCC has blamed a “major global economic slowdown” for a 27.7% dip in first-half profits to €4.2 million.