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Wheat, a major staple food and cash crop of the country, would be cultivated over 8,781.6 thousand hectares of land across crop producing areas of the country during Rabi season 2018-19 in order to produce about 25.572 million tons of grains for fulfilling the domestic requirements as well as to exports. In this regard, all […]
The imports of edible oil into the country like soyabean and palm during first quarter of financial year 2018-19 reduced by 70.47 percent and 4.82 percent respectively as compared the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-September, 2018 import of soyabean oil into the country decreased by 70.47 percent and it was […]
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says any new trade agreement involving the United States and the United Kingdom or the European Union must include the elimination of tariff and non-tariff trade barriers on pork Last week, on the heels of the successful conclusion of negotiations aimed at modernising trade agreements with Canada and Mexico […]
Croatia’s 2018 wheat output rose 6.3% year-on-year, reaching 725,000 tonnes, the country’s statistical office said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data. The wheat yield in 2018 amounted to 5.4 tonnes per harvested hectare, the statistical office said in a statement. The results were based on data collected by September 15. The output of rapeseed rose by […]
Wheat, a major staple food and cash crop of the country, would be cultivated over 8,781.6 thousand hectares of land across crop producing areas of the country during Rabi season 2018-19 in order to produce about 25.572 million tons of grains for fulfilling the domestic requirements as well as to exports. In this regard, all […]
WORLD wheat production estimates have dropped significantly this season, with the United States Department of Agriculture October forecast for 2018-19 a mere 730.92 million tonnes. That’s a 2.15 per cent drop since the May figure of 747 million tonnes. The report, released earlier this month, put estimated world wheat ending stocks at 260.18 million tonnes, […]
An official says the Iranian government needs no more wheat imports thanks to favorable crop harvest and procurement from local farmers at a time of diminishing grain stocks around the world. Largely self-sufficient in wheat a decade ago, Iran emerged as one of the world’s biggest importers a few years ago but a raft of […]
Vice President Jusuf Kalla has hinted that the Indonesian Government would not implement its rice import policy because rice stocks at the warehouses of Bulog, the state-owned logistics company, remain sufficient. “We have no plan to import rice now, because we do not meet any of the required conditions to do so. The rice stock […]
Canadian canola carryout stocks at the end of the current marketing year (2018/19) will be considerably larger than an earlier estimate, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released on Oct. 19. Agriculture Canada’s market analysis branch forecast canola ending stocks for 2018/19 at 2.500 million tonnes, which would be double the […]
In the current season, the key suppliers of Black Sea wheat – Russia and Ukraine – continue enjoying high export prices and strong global demand for their commodity. In view of a decrease in the 2018/19 world wheat crop and rather unfavorable conditions for planting winter crops for the 2019 harvest, some grain growers decide […]
European wheat futures were hovering near the previous session’s two-week low on Friday, with tightening global supplies and drought concerns in Europe offset by sluggish exports. December milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext was unchanged at 201.25 euros a tonne by 1626 GMT, just above Thursday’s two-week low of 200.75 euros. “There’s not enough news to […]
As per the latest release from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Australian wheat production is forecast at 18 MMT for 2018/19, slightly below the revised official forecast of 18.5 MMT as a result of very dry and hot conditions across major wheat growing areas. The harvested area is expected to be stable at […]
The strained trade relationship between the US and China is having a fundamental impact on world grain markets, according to speakers at the Grain Market Outlook Conference. The US Department of Agriculture’s Seth Meyer delivered the keynote presentation at the annual event hosted by the AHDB, which brought together 150 stakeholders from across cereals […]
Sunflowers in southern Manitoba are starting to come off and early indications point to very good quality. Ben Friesen, manager of the sunflowers, flax and bird food division for the Scoular Co. in Winkler, said although only a few samples have come in, what he’s seen so far is promising. Sunflower growers normally […]
The European Union’s total cereal production for 2018 is expected to be 284.3 million tonnes, which is a five-percent decline from 2017-18 and eight percent lower than the last-five-year average. | Chris McCullough photo Soaring hot temperatures and extreme lack of rain this summer throughout Europe has caused an estimated eight percent drop in total […]