Malaysia’s total palm oil stocks in October 2018 rose 7.63 per cent to 2.72 million tonnes from 2.52 million tonnes …
Precision farming startup Taranis gets $20M Series B for its crop-monitoring tech
Taranis, an ag-tech startup that uses aerial scouting and deep learning to identify potential crop issues, announced today that it …
Philippine rice import dependency up
The country’s rice self-sufficiency level declined to 93.44 percent from 95.01 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to the …
Egypt imported 10 million tonnes of wheat in 2018
A report by Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture says that Egypt has imported 10.1 million tonnes of wheat from nine countries …
World wheat production forecast drops
As the international price of wheat firms up, global supply and demand balance is going to tighten in 2018-2019. That …
Argentina expects a record harvest of 140 million tons of grain and oilseeds
Argentina is expected to harvest some 140 million tons of grain in the 2018/2019 season, the largest crop in the …
World cereal output forecasts raised – FAO
FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2 601 million tonnes, primarily due to higher …
Corn prices under pressure from large supply and low demand
Warm and dry weather in the United States and Ukraine allows to speed up the harvesting of corn. The U.S. …
Global palm oil output to rise by nearly 2.5 mil T in 2019
Global palm oil output will climb by nearly 2.5 million tonnes in 2019, although growth will slow in top producer …
Cuba sweet on sugar imports
Sugar, it’s so quintessentially Cuban that even a young, machete-wielding Fidel Castro used to hack away at the cane stalks …
Iran wheat imports down to zero amid global crisis
An official says the Iranian government needs no more wheat imports thanks to favorable crop harvest and procurement from local …