International Trends
Soybeans Close 30¢ Higher, Corn Up 11¢ Per Bushel
On Wednesday, the CME Group soybean market closed up 30¢. At the close, the March corn futures closed 11¢ higher...
Cattle and Hog Futures Firm; Supplies Remain Tight
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and hog futures rose on Wednesday, with tight supplies supporting prices after a slowdown in...
Ghana’s Farmers Arm Against Freak Weather With Crop Insurance
Farmers in Ghana increasingly hit by drought, flooding and pests Project uses satellite data, field visits to calculate crop loss...
Ukraine Says EU Allows Resumption of Imports of Ukrainian Poultry
Ukraine, a major supplier of poultry products, said on Monday the European Union had lifted all limits on Ukrainian poultry...
Ozone harms East Asian crops, costing $63 bln a year, scientists say
Fossil fuel emissions aren’t just driving climate change and worsening air quality, they’re also hurting crop yields enough to cause...
Looking ahead at tractor supply & demand in 2022
The tractor market has been in a unique place since the pandemic started. What does 2022 look like for it?...
Powerful sensors on planes detect crop nitrogen with high accuracy
Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers transformed agriculture as we know it during the Green Revolution, catapulting crop yields and food security to...
Kenya’s food imports increase with worsening inflation
China is the most significant contributor of Kenyan imports accounting for 31.6 per cent of the total bill. This is...
Africa’s Cannabis Market to Hit U.S.$7.1 Billion By 2023
Africa's medicinal cannabis market will be worth $7.1 billion by 2023. Morocco legalized the product last year with the "illegal"...
Ivory Coast weather favourable for cocoa mid-crop, farmers say
Weather conditions last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa growing regions were encouraging for the growth of the April-to-September...