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In a major worry for farmers, oilseed prices are set to decline due to lower demand from the domestic crushing and processing industry, following dumping of edible oil from Malaysia, the country sitting on a massive stockpile and looking for a duty cut to boost its shipment. The government of India had signed the […]
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The planting of rabi pulses in India is still behind last year due to a deficit of productive precipitation during the period of monsoon rains. According to India’s Agriculture Ministry, 11.37 Ml ha had been planted by December 7 (76% of projected area) that is 10% less than a year earlier and 4% below the […]
GRAIN RECEIVALS from the Western Australian harvest to date have hit 13 million tonnes (Mt), with 2.77Mt received in the week to 13 December, according to CBH Group’s latest weekly harvest. After two weeks of peak receivals, daily tonnages started to reduce across the state towards the end of last week, and CBH said some […]
Brazil is prepared in the event China removes tariffs on U.S. soy, which had driven down prices for the oilseed in Chicago and driven up the premiums over U.S. prices paid for Brazilian beans, outgoing Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said. Maggi, who will step down when President-elect Jair Bolsonaro takes office Jan. 1, said removing the […]
China’s grain production has increased from 135 kilograms per mu in 1978 to 367 kilograms recorded in 2017, boosted by indigenous innovation in agriculture, according to the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences (CAAS) on Sunday. China has cultivated a batch of good germplasm resources and genomes and completed the genetic mapping and sequencing of major […]
The country’s import of vegetable oils during November 2018 has been reported at 11,33,893 tonne as compared to 12,56,433 tonne in October 2018 and 12,48,810 tonne in November, 2017, down by 9%. The country’s import of vegetable oils during November 2018 has been reported at 11,33,893 tonne as compared to 12,56,433 tonne in October 2018 […]
Cereal production and the area of cereals grown in Scotland have decreased in 2018 due to the severe winter and sustained heatwave in the summer. The final estimates for the 2018 cereal and oilseed rape harvest in Scotland were released this week. Around 420,000 hectares of cereals have been grown this year, three per cent […]
European Union grain crops will jump in 2019 with soft wheat, the main crop cultivated in the bloc, hitting a four-year high due mainly to a sharp rise in projected yields after a severe drought this year, Strategie Grains said on Thursday. In its first estimate for next year’s crop, the consultancy estimated the EU […]
On December 12, Egypt purchased 180 KMT of milling wheat from Romania & Russia to be delivered on February 01 – 10, 2019 at an average price of USD 257.11/MT C&F. The price in the previous tender equaled USD 253.11/MT C&F, reports UkrAgroConsult. The purchase included the following: Quantity, KMT Origin Shipper FOB ($) Freight […]
India’s sugar production could fall in 2019/20 as farmers are struggling to plant cane because of a drought in two of the country’s top producing states, according to multiple industry officials and traders. “Many farmers couldn’t plant cane in Maharashtra and Karnataka due to water scarcity. This will reflect in next year’s production,” said Prakash […]
Iraq has signed an agreement with the United States to import U.S. wheat and rice, the Iraqi trade minister said on Thursday. The agreement covers the first half of 2019, Mohammed Hashim said at a signing ceremony in Baghdad. “The agreement signals a wider cooperation with the American companies to supply Iraq with wheat and […]
Chinese state-owned buyers are rumoured to have bought up to 30 cargoes of US soybeans, according to three market sources, demonstrating a thaw in trade relations between the US and China. The cargoes were rumoured to have been bought by state-owned companies Sinograin and Cofco, with loading in January, February and March, with the majority […]
A couple of days ago we offered an update on US beef import statistics and outlook for next year, writes Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc. The official export data for October was released by USDA-FAS on Thursday (6 December) afternoon and what follows is a brief recap of the main highlights and some of […]
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (ABARES) has forecast that wheat production for the 2018/2019 marketing year will reach 16.95 million mt, the lowest since the 2007/2008 crop, according to a report released Tuesday. Compared with last year’s forecast, the 2018/2019 wheat production estimate has now been reduced by 20.2% due to […]