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Robust harvests in Latin America and rebounding agricultural conditions in Southern Africa are on course to improve the global food supply situation, but ongoing civil conflicts and climate-related shocks are affecting progress towards hunger reduction, according to the new edition of FAO’s Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. Hurricanes in the Caribbean and floods in […]
More than 4,300 animals have been treated in northeastern Haiti at mobile clinics set up by Heifer International and the Ministry of Agriculture in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Teams are preparing to care for more livestock as Hurricane Maria threatens the country. Natural disasters can be just as hard on livestock as they are […]
Retail food prices showed a slight increase during the third quarter, with a basket of 16 staple items at the grocery store totaling $46.75, according to the latest Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Grocery Price Watch survey. Third quarter prices rang in at 73 cents higher than last quarter and 97 cents more compared to this […]
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has joined in calls for a renewed global commitment to zero tolerance for food loss and waste. The call was made at a high-level event at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly that focused on tackling food loss and waste as a pathway to achieving Sustainable Development […]
Taiwan has once again agreed to purchase a large share of U.S. wheat over the next two years, with most of it coming from Idaho, North Dakota and Montana. Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Taiwanese milling industry officials signed the $576 million agreement Wednesday at the Idaho Capitol in Boise following similar agreements being […]
China could import up to 20 million tonnes of corn a year, more than six times the current level, to meet a switch to greater use of ethanol in fuel, an analyst predicted on Thursday. Beijing plans to roll out a gasoline known as E10 – containing 10% ethanol – across the world’s largest car […]
Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa to hear Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, […]
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition released today. At the same time, multiple forms of malnutrition are […]
China’s new oil policy rattles FG By Olawale Ajimotokan India has approached Nigeria to supply it with $1billion (about N367 billion) worth of Pulse Beans. The Director, Agricultural Business, Processing and Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Azeez Olumuyiwa, made this revelation at a sensitisation workshop on agriculture held for officers of the Nigerian […]
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that Japan is expanding market access for U.S. chipping potatoes, resuming imports from Idaho for the first time in 11 years. “The United States has a reputation around the globe for growing high-quality potatoes,” said Secretary Perdue. “We are committed to opening up new market opportunities for U.S. […]
The Swedish government plans to open a national center for plant-breeding in order to develop new species of plants that are suitable for the Swedish climate. According to a statement published on the Swedish government’s website on Wednesday, access to suitable plant species is paramount for developing sustainable and competitive agriculture and gardening production across […]
French and German farmers jointly called on European governments to renew the license for glyphosate weedkiller, saying there was no evidence it was toxic and banning it would severely harm farming. The European Union is due to decide by the end of the year whether to extend the licensing of one of the world’s most […]
As initial damage assessments and cleanup begin after Hurricane Irma’s impact on South Carolina, farmers throughout the state hope to experience minimal crop damage and infrastructure loss. With the mere size of Hurricane Irma, a large portion of the state’s 25,000 farmers may be negatively impacted. All farmers who have experienced losses are encouraged to […]
IOI Corporation Bhd. (1961.KU), Malaysia’s second-largest listed palm-oil firm, said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell a 70% stake in its unit Loders Croklaan Group to U.S. agricultural trader and processor Bunge Ltd. for $946 million cash. IOI Corporation, controlled by Malaysian tycoon Lee Shin Cheng, said the proposed disposal allows the company to […]
Corn and soybean growers in Canada have a new tool in the fight against tough and resistant weeds. ZIDUA SC is a new Group 15 herbicide from BASF that contains the active ingredient pyroxasulfone. “BASF focuses on providing Canadian growers with tools that support current and emerging resistance challenges,” said Deven Esqueda, Crop Manager, Corn […]