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Planting area for Argentina’s 2018-19 soy crop is seen at 17.5 million hectares, the secretary of agriculture said on Thursday, higher than the 17.2 million hectares of soy planted in the 2018-19 season. The government also reported there was no change in expected planting area for the 2018-19 wheat or corn harvest. The government […]
With the country this year expecting to produce 140 000 metric tonnes of wheat against a national requirement of 400 000 metric tonnes per year, the government has moved in to help in acquiring irrigation machinery and combine harvesters for The country’s wheat tonnage continues to decline. Last year 158 000 metric tonnes […]
The agrarian trading company from Dnipro plans to acquire a stake in the authorized capital of the Berezinsky and Kulevchansky grain-producing integrated works. The agreement provides the buyer with an excess of 50% of the votes in the supreme governing body of both enterprises. A subsidiary of the Swiss commodity trader Glencore International, […]
Morocco’s government council announced on Thursday it would cut customs duties on soft wheat to 30 percent from November 1 from 135 percent, backtracking on a previous announcement to abolish the duty altogether. The duty “will help maintain the import price of soft wheat at 260 dirhams per quintal,” the government council said in […]
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China’s soybean imports are set to drop by a quarter in the last three months of 2018, their biggest fall in at least 12 years as buyers curb purchases amid the Sino-U.S. trade war and high domestic stockpiles. Soybeans, crushed to make protein-rich animal feed ingredients and vegetable oils, have been at the heart […]
Wheat imports almost doubled in July and August compared to the same period last year. The increase followed the hot, dry period at the end of the last season, which reduced yields and tightened supply. It also pushed up the price of wheat in many parts of Europe, with UK milling wheat up 23.5% year-on-year […]
This year, Hungaryʼs total vegetable harvest could come close to the 1.9 million tons reached last year. Ferenc Ledó, Head of fruit and vegetable growers association FruitVeB, said this to Hungarian news agency MTI. The current October weather could impact vegetable production volume by as much as 5%, according to Ledó. He added that the […]
US wheat exports look set for a strong second half of the 2018/19 season when shipments from Russia are expected to slow, the chairman of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) World Agricultural Outlook Board said. The USDA is forecasting U.S. wheat exports in the 2018/19 season will rise to 27.9 million tonnes, up from […]
Vietnam could recall an order that goes into effect on Nov. 1 that requires companies to re-export wheat cargoes containing cirsium arvense seeds, known as Canada thistle, the government said on Wednesday. Vietnam, whose main wheat suppliers include Russia, Australia and Canada, has been battling with imports contaminated with thistle seed since May. The government […]
Zimbabwe’s wheat supplies remain critical due to logistical challenges arising from failure by the National Railway of Zimbabwe to speedily move the grain from Beira, Mozambique. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe said nearly 180 wagons were stuck in Beira, blaming the NRZ for the slow movement of the commodity. NRZ, however, said the delay […]
Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, has over four months of strategic reserves of the grain, Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference, Moselhy also said Egypt had 5.6 months worth of sugar reserves and 3.2 months of vegetable oil reserves. hellenicshippingnews.com
Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, is studying the possibility of hedging against the rise in global prices of the grain, Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said on Monday. “Until now we are buying spot … there is a working group formed within the finance ministry to study this (hedging) … but to this moment no […]
India’s year-on-year imports of edible oil in September 2018 were down by 2 per cent, while the overall imports during the 11 months from November 2017 to September 2018 were down by 3.5 per cent , said Solvent Extractor Association (SEA). According to a SEA release: “Import of vegetable oils during September 2018 is reported […]
Kenya’s sharply contrasting 2017 and 2018 maize production seasons have renewed focus on the country’s planning credentials even as experts warned that world hunger is on the rise, again. The country is projecting a record harvest of maize in 2018 on favourable weather — just months after it witnessed a massive shortage of the commodity […]