Harvest: latest retail news, analysis and trading updates | ESM Magazine

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...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Happy With Crop But Worried Over Heat

Mainly below average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions had farmers worried about the rising heat, despite a good soil moisture content...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Hope For Rain, Brace For Winds

Farmers in Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions are hoping for rains as they brace for rising temperatures and dusty winds blowing in from the desert. Iv...

Ivory Coast 2019/20 Cocoa Main Crop Seen In Line With Last Season: Poll

Ivory Coast's 2019/20 cocoa main crop is expected to be between 1.65 million and 1.7 million tonnes, broadly in line with the 1.66 million tonnes in the pr...

Strategie Grains Raises Forecasts For EU Wheat Harvest And Exports

Strategie Grains has made a sharp increase to its forecasts for European Union production and exports of soft wheat this season, citing strong ha...

EU Heading For Large Wheat Crop Despite Early Summer Heatwave

The European Union is set for a larger wheat harvest this summer as a heatwave in late June which wilted some crops had a less severe impact than initially...