Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield […] Read more
Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest
Russia’s winter grains still at risk despite warm weather – analyst
* Warm November to help Russia’s winter grains – SovEcon * Says some farmers hold crops due to the falling rouble * SovEcon sees Nov. grain exports at 3.0-3.2 mln […] Read more
Lilly eyes emerging markets in Novartis animal health deal
Paris | Reuters — The purchase of Novartis’ animal health business will strengthen Eli Lilly’s hand in emerging markets, tapping into growing demand there for protein-rich diets and household treatments […] Read more
France seeks lost wheat protein; exporter ranking at stake
The lowest level of protein in French wheat for years has drawn the government into a debate on tackling a decline in crop quality that producers and traders fear will […] Read more
France clears use of frozen funds to export food to Syria
France has cleared the use of frozen Syrian bank assets to fund the export of food to the country as part of a European Union system that allows such funds […] Read more
French durum exporters scale up to meet Canadian competition
French durum wheat producers aim to expand exports through a trading joint venture in a riposte to expected stiffer competition from Canada, the world’s top exporter of the pasta ingredient, […] Read more
Brazil threatens WTO action over BSE restrictions
The world’s top beef exporter, Brazil, will give countries that curbed imports of its beef after a case of BSE until March to drop the measures, or it will file […] Read more
France calls emergency G20 ag meeting for mid-October
France has called an emergency meeting of G20 farm ministers for mid-October to discuss curbing price swings on grain markets, the French president’s office said, after a year of drought […] Read more
World powers eye emergency food meeting; action doubted
Leading members of the Group of 20 nations are prepared to trigger an emergency meeting to address soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in more than half […] Read more
Commodity storm leaves food concerns intact
This week’s commodities plunge has done little to dent concerns of continuing food price inflation, as grain prices held up better than most and fundamentals for the highly weather-sensitive sector […] Read more
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