Harvest

EU Rapeseed Harvest Begins With Modest Crop Expected

Rapeseed harvesting has started in the European Union with the market expecting a small crop like last year, though recent rain could boost yields after a...

Costa Rican Coffee May Go Unharvested As Pandemic Creates Migrant Worker Shortage

Coffee connoisseurs across the world prize Costa Rica's gourmet beans, but local farmers warn that if a coronavirus-induced foreign labour shortage is not...

Vietnam Rice Export Prices Scale Eight-Year Peak As Rains Hamper Harvest

Vietnamese rice export prices hit their highest in more than eight years as traders struggled to meet rising demand and heavy rains hampered harvest in the...

South Africa's 2020 Maize Harvest Up From Last Season

South African maize farmers are expected to harvest more maize in 2020 compared with the previous season on the back of favourable weat...

Arabica Coffee Growers See Harvest Delays, Possible Losses Due To Coronavirus

South American coffee growers may delay harvest this year and limit the number of workers they employ as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, thre...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Fear Low Output After Below-Average Rainfall

Below-average rainfall in Ivory Coast last week has raised fears of a cocoa supply shortage in the coming months and a weak end to the April-to-September m...

Belgian Farmers Struggle With Absent Workers, Closed Markets

Farmer Luc Warnez is very clear on the two issues threatening his business since the coronavirus outbreak - who will pick the strawberries in his fiel...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Belt Sees Dry Week As Harvest Slows Down

Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions stayed hot and dry over the past week as the main crop harvest started to slow down, farmers told Reuters. Ivory Coa...