Supply Chain

Tea Rally Seen Reviving Profit at World’s Top Grower

McLeod Russel India Ltd, the world’s biggest tea grower, forecasts its profit will climb for the first time in three years as prices rally on prospec...

Soybean Stockpiles In Brazil Fall As Global Demand Rises

Soybean stockpiles in Brazil, the world’s top exporter, have declined from last year, even after farmers harvested a record crop because of increasin...

Ivory Coast Floods Impede Some Cocoa Farmers From Delivering Beans

Floods in Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa producer, are keeping trucks from delivering cocoa beans from some farms. Rain averaged 12 mill...

Corn Avalanche Coming as Rain Trumps U.S. Planting Slide

The 8-foot (2.4-meter) corn stalks on Bill Long’s farm in southern Illinois are so big, green and healthy that he wishes he’d sold more of it s...

EU Wheat Quality Causes Concern as Rains Cover Spain to Hungary

Rain has interrupted wheat harvests in France and elsewhere in Europe in recent days, raising concern about crop quality, Paris-based farm advisor Agritel...

Coldiretti Lashes Out At EU Food And Drink Policies

Coldiretti (Confederazione Nazionale Coltivatori Diretti), the largest agricultural organisation in Europe, has become dissatisfied with what it views as e...

Maersk Partners With MSC to Cut Costs After China Blocks Pact

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S said it has entered into a long-term vessel sharing agreement with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. after Chinese regulators unexpect...