Crop Industry News: Global
23 December 2013

GLOBAL - It’s a quiet, pre-holiday trading environment Monday morning. With the Christmas holiday on Wednesday look for thin volumes and lackluster trading conditions for most of this week...

GLOBAL - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) the world's largest agriculture research partnership, has announced its funding has doubled from $500 million in 2008...
20 December 2013

GLOBAL - The March NASDAQ 100 was higher overnight and is poised to extend the rally off Wednesday's low. Stochastics and the RSI are bullish signaling that sideways to higher prices are possible...

GLOBAL - On a global scale food supply is sufficient to feed the entire population but its uneven distribution leaves a significant proportion of the world’s population food insecure while...
19 December 2013

GLOBAL - The highly anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, statement and press conference by outgoing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke are over, and in the aftermath...

GLOBAL - A holistic long-term approach may be the key to introducing sustainability into the food and agriculture (F&A) equation, according to a new report from Rabobank....
18 December 2013

GLOBAL - Today is the day. The highly anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting ends in early afternoon with a statement and then a press conference from outgoing...
16 December 2013

ANALYSIS - Reports of a bird flu outbreak in China is limiting buying interest in the US soybean markets, reports Jim Wyckoff....

GLOBAL - Traders and investors are anxiously awaiting Wednesday afternoon’s conclusion of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. ...

GLOBAL - The full impact of the North African supply squeeze has been evident in the urea market over the past week, writes Calum Findlay, Gleadell’s Fertiliser Manager....
13 December 2013

GLOBAL - In overnight news, the U.S. dollar hit a five-year high against the Japanese yen in the currency markets. ...

GLOBAL - The US market took its lead from the bearish USDA report, which showed a gain in global stocks, according to David Sheppard, Gleadell’s Managing Director....

GLOBAL - At a major conference organised by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Copa-Cogeca outlined the key measures needed to ensure family farms can meet growing world...
12 December 2013

GLOBAL - In overnight news, industrial output in the European Union fell sharply in October—down 1.1% from September and the steepest monthly decline in a year. ...

ANALYSIS - The World Trade Organisation’s Bali Ministerial Conference ended last week in a fanfare of triumph, writes Chris Harris....

GLOBAL - Copa-Cogeca outlined at a major conference organised by FAO today key measures needed to ensure family farms can meet growing world food demand expected to climb by 60 per cent by 2050....
11 December 2013

GLOBAL - In a surprise move late Tuesday, U.S. government lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement on a budget deal that should avoid the debacle that occurred just a few months ago, which forced...
10 December 2013

GLOBAL - In overnight news, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the EU is not headed for a deflationary debacle like that of Japan—even though EU inflation is very low and is...

EUROPE - The Agricultural Industries Confederation has confirmed that it is seeking to back two crop science companies in their challenge in the European Court of Justice against the European...
09 December 2013

GLOBAL - In overnight news from the European Union, German industrial production showed a surprising decline of 1.2% in October from September. This was well short of market place expectations...

AFRICA - Improving the quality, availability and relevance of data on food and agriculture has become a key priority as Africa strives to develop more effective policies to tackle its persistent...
06 December 2013

GLOBAL - Traders and investors anxiously await what is arguably the most important economic report of the month: Friday morning’s U.S. Labor Department employment report for November. ...
05 December 2013

GLOBAL - Traders and investors are awaiting the next big batch of important economic data due out Thursday. ...

ANALYSIS - Over use of antimicrobial medicines has prompted scientists to ask the question; are we going to lose our life-saving drugs? Michael Priestley reports for TheCropSite....
03 December 2013

GLOBAL - This is a big week for economic data, highlighted by the European Central Bank’s monthly monetary policy meeting on Thursday and the U.S. jobs report on Friday. ...

WEST AFRICA - The MY 2013/14 (Aug/July) rainy season started late with irregular rains. Farmers had to replant many times....

GLOBAL - The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) has joined as a partner in the Feed Schemes Observatory (FSO), a global initiative between the feed industry, Feed Assurance Schemes,...
02 December 2013

GLOBAL - It’s a big economic data week. Focus of traders and investors is on the European Central Bank’s monthly monetary policy meeting on Thursday. ...

GLOBAL - A five-agency programme has shown “impressive” and “highly relevant” results in helping developing countries meet international standards on food safety and animal and plant...

GLOBAL – Family farming has been championed as an essential route to sustainable food production by prominent agriculture speakers from across Europe....