Crop Industry News: Global
17 June 2014

GLOBAL - The civil war in Iraq remains on the front burner of the market place Tuesday. ...
16 June 2014

GLOBAL - It’s a modest “risk-off” day in the market place Monday, as the situation in Iraq deteriorated during the weekend. ...
15 June 2014

EUROPE - At its 57th General Assembly in Liège, Belgium, last week, the European Feed Manufacturers Association (FEFAC) published 'The Feed Chain in Action', a report revolving around three...
12 June 2014

GLOBAL - Iraq is back in the news headlines again, as civil war has broken out in that country amid escalating violence. ...
10 June 2014

GLOBAL - In overnight news, China inflation data showed its consumer price index rose 2.5% year-on-year, compared to a 1.8% rise in April. ...
09 June 2014

GLOBAL - U.S. stock indexes are slightly lower in early trading, on profit taking from recent gains. Asian and European stock markets were firmer overnight, following the lead of the U.S. stock...

ANALYSIS - Farmers are seeing the value of switching to outcome measures to increase profitability as part of building on their sustainable farming practices. ...
06 June 2014

GLOBAL - The U.S. stock markets are hovering at record or multi-year highs to end the trading week. Meantime, European stocks and government bonds have rallied late this week. ...
05 June 2014

GLOBAL - The world market place was quieter Thursday as traders and investors awaited the highly anticipated monthly monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank. It is widely believed...

GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 207.8 points in May 2014, down 2.5 points (or 1.2 per cent) from April and nearly 7 points, or 3.2 per cent, below May 2013. ...
04 June 2014

GLOBAL - The U.S. gets some significant economic data out during the trading session, which could move the markets. The ADP national employment report and the Fed’s beige book are highlights....
03 June 2014

GLOBAL - In overnight news the rate of consumer price inflation in the European Union was up 0.5%, year-on-year, in May. That was the lowest reading in four years....

GLOBAL - The open-access, open-data journal GigaScience has published an article on the genome sequencing of 3000 rice strains along with the release of this entire dataset in a citable format...
30 May 2014

GLOBAL - Friday is the last trading day of the week and of the month, making it an extra important day for the markets, from at least a technical standpoint. It’s a significant development,...
26 May 2014

US & AFRICA - Purdue University researchers will lead a $5 million, five-year effort to help countries in sub-Saharan Africa reduce hunger and poverty fueled by food waste....
23 May 2014

GLOBAL - It would not be surprising to see some keener risk aversion creep into the market place as trading session progresses Friday. It’s a long, three-day holiday weekend in the U.S and...
22 May 2014

ANALYSIS – While the prospect of an El Nino generally means moisture for the US Corn Belt, it could spell disaster for Australians in much need of rainfall....

GLOBAL - Thirty-five member countries of the United Nations have now officially agreed to common guidelines for sharing and managing freshwater resources that cross international borders....

GLOBAL - July corn futures closed steady at $4.73 1/2 Wednesday....
21 May 2014

GLOBAL - The economic highlight of the day and arguably of the week is the Wednesday afternoon release of the latest Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes. ...

ANALYSIS - The United Nations six Food and Agriculture Business Principles that were launched this week, designed to help agricultural communities in underdeveloped and developing regions, in...
20 May 2014

GLOBAL - The feature in quieter overnight trading is increasing worries about the European Union countries that have the most serious debt problems—namely Italy and Spain. ...
19 May 2014

GLOBAL - European stock markets were weaker Monday, led by weakness in the Italian stock market. ...

EU & UKRAINE - As a result of talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation and trade with agricultural products between the EU and Ukraine this week, duty-free tariff rate quotas have been granted...

GLOBAL - The United Nations (UN) has launched the Food and Agriculture Business Principles - the first global voluntary business principles for the whole food and agriculture sector aiming at...
16 May 2014

GLOBAL - The talk of the market place—but not yet pervasive in the general business media--late this week has been the rally in the U.S. Treasury market prices. ...

US & BRAZIL - Documenting grain losses at different stages of the supply chain provides an important baseline for measuring improvements of grain quality. Researchers in the Department of Agricultural...
15 May 2014

GLOBAL - It’s a big day for U.S. economic data Thursday: weekly jobless claims, the consumer price index, real earnings, the Empire State manufacturing survey, industrial production and capacity...
14 May 2014

GLOBAL - In overnight news, European Union industrial production fell in 0.3% in March from February, and was down 0.1% year-on-year. ...
13 May 2014

GLOBAL - In overnight news the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported China’s economic growth rate will continue to slow in the coming months, while other countries’...