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As grain prices fall, food prices to ease first in developing world -U.S. official

Jul. 26, 2022 at 12:34 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Seth Meyer, chief economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, said on Tuesday weaker commodities prices will take longer to ease food inflation in the United States than in the developing world. Some of the world’s poorest nations were hardest hit by a spike in corn […]

Philippines’ Marcos lays out ambitious policy agenda with farm sector in focus

Jul. 25, 2022 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Karen Lema Neil Jerome Morales

Health Canada to slap warning labels on sugary, salty and fatty foods

Jun. 30, 2022 at 10:42 am CDT

By Ismail Shakil

Deere considers rejected offer its “best and final” as strike continues

Nov. 4, 2021 at 8:00 am CDT

By Abhijith Ganapavaram Joe White Juby Babu

U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change

Nov. 2, 2021 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Emma Rumney

Bunge raises 2021 profit outlook on higher food, renewable fuel demand

Oct. 27, 2021 at 8:45 am CDT

Bunge Ltd reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its full-year profit outlook on Wednesday for a third time this year amid improved demand for food and renewable fuel as pandemic restrictions have eased. Although volumes in the U.S. agricultural commodities trader’s core agribusiness and its refined and specialty oils units […]

By Arunima Kumar Karl Plume

Slow U.S. corn shipments could pressure supply forecasts

Aug. 11, 2021 at 9:19 am CDT

Reuters – The United States has already secured a record corn export campaign for the nearly concluded season, but the shipments are unlikely to match the government’s current forecast because the pace has recently been too slow. Disappointing export inspections last week – a marketing year low – might be […]

By Karen Braun

Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade: U.N. climate report

Aug. 9, 2021 at 5:34 pm CDT

Reuters – Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a U.N. climate science report said on Monday. The report www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 found that we are already […]

By Jake Spring

Deere, Bear Flag aim to automate tractors as ‘fast as possible’

Aug. 5, 2021 at 5:39 pm CDT

Reuters – U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co said on Thursday it would buy tech startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million, with the goal of developing over the next year systems Deere can sell to allow farm tractors to operate without a human driver in the cab. “We are […]

By Joseph White

Bayer Q2 misses forecasts as costs, forex effects bite

Aug. 5, 2021 at 5:24 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters – Bayer shares fell to their lowest levels in more than seven months after the German agricultural and pharmaceuticals group reported lower-than-expected second-quarter core earnings due to higher production costs and currency headwinds. Second-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) before special items fell 10.6 percent to […]

By Christoph Steitz

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