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Vegetable Prices Soar In China After Heavy Rain Swamp Crops

Vegetable prices are surging in China after heavy rain swamped crops this month, fuelling concern over food prices at a time when consumers must...

Rains Delay Wheat Planting, Autumn Grain Harvest In China

Constant rains in recent weeks have delayed wheat planting in main production regions in China, a government official said. China had completed 26% of w...

Power Crunch Drives Up Feed Costs For China's Livestock Farmers

China's huge livestock sector is facing a hike in feed costs as the country's worst power outages in years forces soybean crushing plants to close, diving...

Argentina To Resume Beef Exports To China

Argentina said it would once again allow cattle farmers to freely export beef to China, lifting a cap imposed earlier this year that had stoked tensions wi...

China Steps Up Australian Wheat Imports Despite Trade Standoff

China is snapping up cargoes of Australian wheat despite a bitter trade standoff between the two countries, as crop downgrades elsewhere lead to a global s...

Louis Dreyfus Sees H1 Profit Rise As New Shareholder Joins

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has reported a sharp rise in first-half profit, in another sign that mounting commodity prices and strong demand for staple cro...

Diageo To Set Up Research And Development Centre In Shanghai

Spirits giant Diageo has announced plans to establish a new research and development centre in Shanghai to further its product innovation and development a...

Surging Fish Prices In China Stir Up Food Supplies

Chinese consumers are having a hard time stomaching a nearly 50% jump in fish prices from a year ago, which mark the latest shake-up to the country's vast...