Crop Industry News: Global
03 October 2013

GLOBAL - The partial U.S. government shutdown is in its third day with little to no signs lawmakers’ federal budget impasse will end soon....
02 October 2013

GLOBAL - The market place is greeting the partial U.S. government shutdown with some mild anxiety but certainly not panic. Asian and European stock markets overnight focused on other matters....

UKRAINE & CHINA - The Ukrainian cereal, vegetable and pig-producing company at the centre of recent news reports says there is no agreement with its Chinese partner to cooperate beyond the installation...
01 October 2013

GLOBAL - The U.S. government is now partially shutting down as the October 1 deadline for a government budget plan was not met by U.S. lawmakers. ...
30 September 2013

GLOBAL - It’s a “risk-off” trader and investor mentality in the world market place Monday. The main focus of the market place is on the U.S. budget impasses that threatens to shut down...
27 September 2013

GLOBAL - In overnight news, consumer confidence in the European Union rose to its highest level in more than two years during August....

US & JAPAN - The United States and Japan today announced that beginning January 1, 2014, organic products certified in Japan or in the United States may be sold as organic in either country....
26 September 2013

GLOBAL - In more “Fed speak” this week, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank president Jeffrey Lacker said Thursday he supported a faster tapering of the Fed’s monthly bond-buying program...

GLOBAL - Adopting proven sustainable land management practices could raise world crop supplies by an estimated 2.3 billion tonnes, worth $1.4 trillion, experts say in a study being released at...
25 September 2013

AFRICA - The booming economies of developing Asia continue to dominate the near term outlook for food and feed demand, but the question of "what next?" is never far from the surface....
24 September 2013

GLOBAL - Amid a lack of major geopolitical developments or markets- moving economic data the past several days, the world market place continues to buzz about last week’s decision by the...
23 September 2013

GLOBAL - German elections on Sunday saw Chancellor Angela Merkel win a third term. The result is what the market place expected....
19 September 2013

GLOBAL - Most world stock, financial and commodity markets were cheered by the surprising news from the FOMC Wednesday afternoon....
18 September 2013

GLOBAL - After weeks or even months of anticipation and speculation in the market place, today is the day many traders and investors have been eagerly awaiting....
17 September 2013

GLOBAL - Asian and European stocks markets were a bit anxious overnight as traders and investors await the results of this week’s meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee...

AFRICA - With concern building around the deadly Maize Lethal Necrosis disease, the Association for Strengthening Agriculture in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is taking the first step...

UK & US - A BBSRC UK/US Partnering Award shared knowledge in this area and a technique brought back from the States is going to revolutionise approaches to investigating honeybee health, writes...
16 September 2013

GLOBAL - Many markets posted modest relief rallies Monday on the surprise weekend news that former U.S. Treasury secretary Larry Summers withdrew his name for consideration for chairman...

GLOBAL - International wheat prices are down for the week; futures came back as harvest progresses in the northern hemisphere and their corn crop hits the market. CBOT December 13 wheat futures...

GLOBAL - The waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also wreaking significant harm on the natural resources that humanity relies...
13 September 2013

GLOBAL - It was generally quiet in Asian and European markets overnight, except the gold and silver markets, which saw solid follow-through selling pressure from Thursday’s strong losses. ...
12 September 2013

GLOBAL - Improved investor risk appetite is the feature in the market place this week. ...

GLOBAL - Food security, jobs, resource management and so on… Africa faces many challenges. To tackle them, the continent is betting on the diversity of its farming systems and calling on IntensAfrica,...
11 September 2013

GLOBAL - The likelihood of a U.S. military attack on the Syrian regime continues to decrease this week, which has boosted investor risk appetite worldwide. ...
10 September 2013

GLOBAL - Notions are receding that the US will attack the Syrian regime over its alleged use of chemical weapons. Russia has put forth a plan to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international...
09 September 2013

GLOBAL - European stocks were weaker Monday on jitters regarding a potential U.S. military strike against the Syrian regime....
06 September 2013

GLOBAL - World markets were quieter overnight, as traders and investors await the big economic news of the week and of the month: Friday morning’s U.S. jobs report....

GLOBAL - The Agri Commodity Market Research team at Rabobank is bearish on most agri-commodity prices, predicting further falls in grain and oilseed prices to the end of 2014....

GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 201.8 points in August 2013, nearly four points (1.9 per cent) below its July value and 11 points (or 5.1 per cent) less than in August 2012. ...
05 September 2013

GLOBAL - The world market place is quieter and on hold Thursday morning, as there were no major economic or geopolitical developments overnight, and as major world economic data is on deck....