At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
Dry conditions continue to slow Brazil's soybean planting season. Although sowing has advanced, forecasts indicate that the rains will remain irregular, and producers may have to work on replanting. In Mato Grosso, which is the largest ...
Tags: Soybean, soybean production
Monday's USDA Crop Production caught the market's attention for a short time, but since then, the focus has turned to the weather in key soybean-growing areas of South America. Though rainfall is forecast in some of those critical areas, ...
Tags: Soybean, Agriculture
Rains continue to criss-cross the Midwest and mid-South, forcing even more corn and soybean harvest delays. And, the trend's expected to stay in place for the next couple of weeks, forecasters say. After rainfall this week that addded to ...
Tags: Rains, Harvest Progress, Food
The rains have been abundant in most of the cotton growing areas. However, in certain parts of Rajasthan and Haryana, there may have been some damages to the cotton crop, informs the latest fortnightly report from the Indian Cotton ...
Tags: Cotton, rains, Cotton prices
Quoting trade sources, the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) says, if agro climatic conditions are favourable, Indian cotton production could reach above 400 lakh (40 million) bales in the 2014-15 season and that overall acreage may jump by ...
Tags: Cotton Output, cotton, Textile
The monsoon has set in over all the agriculture belts in India and has covered the water scarcity faced by the farmers in very little time. The cotton markets are seeing a clear drop in prices in spite of the very low good quality unsold ...
Tags: Indian Markets, Drop, Textile
The rainfall situation in the major crop-growing regions of South America is essentially an "average by extremes" situation to begin the week during a critical time period for that region's corn and soybean crop development. First, the ...
Tags: Rainfall Discrepancy, Agriculture
Reportedly, Vale SA is declaring force majeure on some of its iron ore sales contracts by reason of heavy rainfalls since December in southeastern Brazil, especially in the state of Espírito Santo where landslides and floods ...
Tags: iron ore
Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that it is declaring force majeure (FM) on a number of its iron ore sales contracts as a result of the weather conditions in the Southeast of Brazil. Heavy rainfalls since December in the Southeast of Brazil, ...
Tags: Vale, force majeure, iron ore sales
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists recently provided 2014 projections for major commodities produced in Texas, with many pointing to past drought conditions as a key factor in making or breaking a crop. The Plains region of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Subdued buying activities were noted in market across India. Daily all India kappas arrivals crossed 1,80,000 bales and the monsoon in Andhra Pradesh is reflecting on prices of cotton. Mills are going hand to mouth and constantly observing ...
Tags: Indian, Textile, Cotton Prices
Participants in the biggest Asian coal conference in Bali, Indonesia, in the first week of June will be eying whether China will continue to remain relatively passive in importing thermal coal, industry sources said Monday. Participants ...
Tags: thermal coal, Coaltrans Asia
With states in the Midwest bracing for flooding and a rare May snowstorm predicted in the Plains states, other parts of the country have been unusually dry this spring. It's been a tough start to the growing season for some lawns. During ...
Tags: Agriculture