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UK Consumers 'Very Thoughtful' On Big Ticket Spending, Asda Chair Says

People in the UK are thinking very hard about spending on so-called big ticket items, the chairman of supermarket Asda has said.

Ukraine Winter Wheat Sowing Seen Unchanged Despite Export Crisis

Ukrainian farmers are not expected to reduce the area of winter wheat they sow for the 2024 harvest despite higher logistics costs due to the wartime expor...

EU Cuts Cereal And Oilseed Crop Forecasts Again

The European Commission has further reduced its outlook for European Union production of major cereal and oilseed crops this season, with maize seeing the...

French Pork Gets Go-Ahead For Trade With Australia

France has obtained final approval for exporting pork to Australia, adding a new potential trade outlet for a sector that has faced fluctuating demand from...

EU Crop Monitor Trims Yield Estimates, Warns Of Wheat Quality Damage

The European Union's crop monitoring service has reduced its forecast for this year's average EU soft wheat, maize and rapeseed yields for a third consecut...

Strategie Grains Cuts EU Oilseed Crop Estimates After Dry Weather

Strategie Grains lowered its forecast for this year's oilseed harvests in the European Union by a total of over 1 million metric tonnes, mainly to take acc...

German Inflation Continues To Fall In July

German inflation fell in July, resuming the decline since the start of the year that was interrupted the previous month due to the base effects in June's d...

Russia To Cut Back On French Wine, Norwegian Fish With Duty Hike On 'Unfriendly' Imports

The days of French and Italian wines may be numbered in Russia as Moscow raises duties on imports from so-called 'unfriendly' countries, promising that dom...