Agriculture

Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator, the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC), is planning to implement a major reform of the domestic cocoa marketing system within the next year. The goal of this reform is to eliminate middlemen in the supply chain, preventing risks and overpayment. The reform will target the independent intermediary buyers who act as […]

In a move that escalates tensions between China and the European Union, Chinese firms have formally applied for an anti-dumping probe into pork imports from the EU. This latest development opens a new front in the ongoing bilateral trade disputes between the world’s two major economic powers. The state-backed Global Times reported that the move […]

The latest data from France’s farm office, FranceAgriMer, shows that crop condition ratings for French soft wheat remained steady last week, while farmers neared the end of maize planting. The report indicates that 62% of the soft wheat crop was estimated to be in good or excellent condition as of June 10, unchanged from the […]

Agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is expanding its palm oil refining business in Indonesia, which will include the construction of a new glycerine plant and higher production of biodiesel, according to a senior company official. Rubens Marques, LDC’s chief executive for South and Southeast Asia, told Reuters that the company is “investing significantly […]

The Chinese agriculture ministry has warned that searing temperatures and drought in parts of the country are adversely impacting summer crop planting. According to the ministry, temperatures in some wheat-growing provinces like Hebei, Henan, and Shandong are forecast to reach record highs of up to 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, accelerating soil […]

According to estimates presented by Mexico’s agricultural ministry, the country’s 2024 corn harvest is set to be severely impacted by a prolonged drought, with overall production expected to decline by 9%. The ministry report forecasts Mexico’s 18-month corn season to produce around 25.15 million metric tons, including 21.89 million tons of white corn, which is […]

The Rosario grains exchange in Argentina has predicted that the country’s upcoming 2024/25 wheat harvest could approach the record set in the 2021/22 season, pegging its estimate at 21 million metric tons. According to the exchange, the planting of the wheat crop itself could also set a record, with an estimated area of 6.92 million […]

China is facing a searing heatwave this week, with temperatures expected to reach as high as 42 degrees Celsius (107.6°F) in northern Hebei province on Wednesday. This comes as countries across Asia brace themselves for another summer of extreme weather conditions. The National Meteorological Centre (NMC) in China has warned of the impact of the […]

Australia’s largest sugar producer, Wilmar Sugar and Renewables, has temporarily halted operations at one of its sugar mills after unions agitating for better pay said workers would lay down tools. The Inkerman Mill in the Burdekin region was the only one of Wilmar’s eight mills that had begun its cane crushing season, with the others […]

A quarterly survey by Rabobank has found that rising input costs and dry weather in parts of Australia during the winter crop planting season have reduced confidence levels among the country’s farmers. Australia is a major global exporter of agricultural goods, and farm confidence had rallied earlier in the year after rains doused most of […]