The world is faced with a global fertilizer shortage, experts say, placing even more strain on food prices. In the last few decades, an increasing reliance on industrial fertilizers has led to surging demands for the largely ...
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Soybean imports are likely to rise to a new high in the 2013-14 market year (September 2013 to August 2014) following a drop in domestic output and greater demand for animal feed and edible oil. Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, ...
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Chicago Argo ethanol was assessed Monday at a two-week high of $2.07/gal amid stronger corn futures and tight ethanol supply, sources said. Specifically, the Chicago Argo ethanol assessment rose 1.5 cents from Friday to the highest level ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, tight ethanol, corn
Wrap has conducted research which identifies how much food, drink and packaging waste arises in the grocery retail supply chain. It also looks at where in the sector it arises, what the waste is, and how it is managed. It is estimated ...
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being, Rospotrebnadzor, has lifted a temporary ban on imports of dairy products from New Zealand-based Fonterra, after it was revealed that botulism ...
Tags: Dairy Products, Food
The President of Southeast African country of Malawi, Joyce Banda, recently inaugurated a cotton ginnery worth US$ 20 million, in the Ngabu region. The cotton ginnery was constructed with aid from Government of India, as a part of the ...
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US agribusiness company Cargill is set to upgrade its poultry processing facility in Saraburi, Thailand with an investment of THB300m ($10m). The project, which is expected to be completed by July 2014, includes upgrading plant's food ...
Fonterra has temporarily suspended its consumer operations in Sri Lanka after it faced allegations that some of its milk products were contaminated. The protests comes after claims by the Sri Lankan authorities that some of Fonterra's ...
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Abbott Vietnam has expanded the recall of its Similac GainPlus Eye-Q products to include another 4,387 cans of infant formula over concerns of whey concentrate contamination with Clostridium botulinum. The products implicated in the ...
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Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have announced ban on the import and sale of New Zealand-based Fonterra's products following a contamination scare. Earlier this month, Fonterra announced that the batches of whey protein, which is used for ...
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Evonik Industries is now significantly expanding precipitated silica capacity at its Maptaphut site in Thailand. Funded by an investment in the lower double-digit million euro range, the expansion is to be completed in the first quarter of ...
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US-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has entered into a 81-20 Grain Terminal joint venture with Central Valley Ag Cooperative (CVA) to establish a bushel shuttle loader grain elevator near Randolph, Nebraska. The elevator will source ...
Abu Dhabi-based agri business company Al Dahra International (ADII) is set to acquire 20% stake in India-based Kohinoor Foods (KFL) in a deal estimated to be worth Rs1.12bn ($18.9m). Under the terms of the deal, Al Dahra will pay Rs160 ...
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The United Nation (UN) food standards body Codex Alimentarius has set new standards on fruit, vegetables, fish and fishery products and animal feed to protect the health of consumers worldwide. Codex Alimentarius has also unveiled codes ...
Tags: Food Products, Safety Standards
Weather Update June 24, 2013 Part of the reason for the delay in sending an update on the crop position is the diversity of the information we are able to obtain. The weather has been very mixed depending on where you are standing. A very ...
Tags: agriculture, lentils, pulses, grains