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Argentine Rains Revive Wheat, Support Corn Sowing With Spring Showers Ahead

Rains over the last 10 days have helped revive Argentina's drought-hit wheat crop and improve prospects for corn planting later this month, with...

French Crop Growers Warn Farms At Risk After Harvest Setbacks

Poor harvests this year in France are expected to push most grain growers into the red and could put some farms in less fertile regions out of business, fa...

Nigeria Cocoa Output To Fall In 2020/21 On Virus, Dry Weather: Cocoa Association

Nigerian cocoa output is likely to drop by at least 20% this season as measures aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus and drier weather incr...

Ivory Coast's Main Cocoa Harvest To Begin Early, Boosted By Good Weather

Below average rainfall last week in most of top grower Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions is expected to support the development of the upcoming main crop,...

EU Wheat Crop On Course For 10% Drop After Weather Swings

Unfavourable growing conditions are putting the EU and Britain on course for a 10% drop in wheat output this year, with weather swings creating m...

Favourable June Weather Seen Averting More EU Wheat Losses

Showers and moderate temperatures in much of Europe so far this month should prevent further damage to wheat crops but they have come too late to avoid a m...

Ivory Coast Weather Boosts Cocoa Mid-Crop: Farmers

Plentiful rainfall and sunshine in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week should boost the volume and quality of the April-to-September mid-crop, fa...

Rain-Hit French Wheat Sowing Seen Down 10% At 19-Year Low: Survey

The area sown with soft wheat for this year's harvest in France, the European Union's biggest grain producer, is estimated to have declined by 10% compared...