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EU Wheat Exports Start Strongly As War Hangs Over Season

European Union wheat is being scooped up at the start of the 2022/23 crop season as importers profit from a pullback in prices from records and seek altern...

Brazil Expects Record 2022 Wheat Crop Of Nine Million Tonnes

Brazil is expected to harvest a record wheat crop of nine million tonnes in 2022, with growers sowing the largest area for this crop in the past 32 years.

India's July Palm Oil Imports May Surge To 10-Month High As Prices Plunge

India's palm oil imports in July are set to jump to the highest in 10 months because of a hefty correction in prices and as Indonesia allows more exports o...

Antipodean Dairy Firms Eye Baby Food Supply To U.S.

Dairy companies in Australia and New Zealand are queueing to restock empty shelves in the United States with baby food, after the country recently relaxed...

EU To Suspend Tariffs On Ukraine Imports For One Year

The European Commission has proposed a one-year suspension of import duties on all Ukrainian goods not covered by an existing free trade deal to help the c...

France Bans Import Of Meat From Animals On Growth Antibiotics

France has adopted a decree on banning imports of meat from animals treated with growth antibiotics - a practice prohibited in farming within the...

Drought In Morocco To Boost Import, Subsidy Costs

The worst drought in decades has left Moroccan farmers facing what one industry official dubbed a "catastrophic year" that will force the governm...

Irish Trade With Northern Ireland Sees Rapid Growth Post Brexit

Ireland's trade with Northern Ireland grew rapidly in 2021 with imports up 65% and exports to the British-run region 54% higher, helping to offset a 13% fa...