Supply Chain

Wheat Drops With Corn on Outlook for Rising Global Crop Supplies

Wheat slid to near the lowest level in four years on expectations that global production will climb to a record. Corn fell for a second day as farmers in t...

Nigeria Minister Says Cocoa Production To More Than Double

Nigeria’s cocoa production is expected to more than double within three years after farmers were supplied with better-yielding seeds, Minister of Agr...

EU Agriculture Commissioner Defends Handling of Russian Ban

Outgoing EU Agriculture Commissioner, Dacian Ciolos, has defended the Commission's handling of the Russian ban on food imports from the EU. Russia has...

Gartner Reveals Unilever As Leading Supply Chain Organisation

Gartner, the information technology research and advisory firm, has announced its 2014 list of top European supply chain organisations. The results, w...

Cargill Sues Syngenta Over Corn Seed Trait Shipped To China

Cargill Inc., the grain exporter that’s the largest closely held company in the U.S., sued seed maker Syngenta AG over claims it illegally marketed i...

Coffee Reserves In Vietnam Shrinking To Lowest Since 2011

Coffee growers in Vietnam, the top producer of robusta beans used by Nestle SA, are probably holding the smallest stockpiles in three years after rising pr...

S. African Sunflower Seeds Climb to Highest in More Than 5 Weeks

Sunflower seed futures in South Africa rose to the highest level in more than five weeks in Johannesburg. Corn dropped, while wheat gained. Sunflower...