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Continente Launches New Initiative To Explore Food Trends

Portuguese banner Continente has launched a new initiative aimed at informing customers about emerging food trends. The Continente Food Lab will see ded...

China Buys US Soybeans For First Time Since June

The US Department of Agriculture on Thursday confirmed private sales to China of 68,000 tonnes of soybeans for the 2019/20 marketing year, the fi...

Danone Announces Sustainability Investment In New Zealand Milk Formula Plant

Danone has announced a NZ$40 million (€25 million) investment in its Nutricia spray drying facility in the Otago region of New Zealand, with which the...

French 2019 Soft Wheat Crop To Be Second-Largest In History: Agritel

Farmers in France, the European Union's largest grain producer, will harvest their second largest soft wheat crop in history this year at 39.17 million ton...

South Africa Resumes Beef Exports To China After Foot And Mouth Outbreak

South Africa has resumed beef exports to China after an outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease (FMD) in January halted trade, officials s...

Ivory Coast Rains To Boost Cocoa Main Crop: Farmers

Above-average rainfall last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions will boost the October-to-March main crop, but more sun is still needed, fa...

Australia’s Mackay Sugar Accepts Nordzucker Takeover

Farmers who own shares in Australia's Mackay Sugar have voted to accept a takeover offer from Germany's Nordzucker, helping secure the company's future aga...

Beijing Says China Stepping Up US Soy Imports, Yet To Show Up In US Data

Chinese state media said on Sunday the United States has shipped several million tonnes of soybeans to China since the two countries' leaders met in J...