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First Quarter Pork Output In China Jumps To Highest In Two Years

China's first-quarter pork production rose 31.9% from a year earlier to 13.69 million tonnes, data showed on Friday, the highest quarterly volume in two ye...

Global Edible Oil Prices Near Their Peak, But Retreat May Be Slow: Analysts

Global edible oil prices are nearing their peak but may be slow to decline to previous levels due to low stocks, a slow recovery in output and higher globa...

Indian Rice Shipping Delays Come At Bad Time As Consumer Demand Spikes

The global rice market is grappling with logistical disruptions at major supply ports caused by a lack of shipping containers at the same time a worldwide...

Pandemic Boosting Demand For Plant-Based Foods, Nestlé Says

Demand for plant-based foods has picked up during the coronavirus crisis as consumers try to eat more healthily and problems at some factories have hit&nbs...

India's Retail Inflation Eases In August As Food Prices Rise More Slowly

India's annual retail inflation eased slightly in August as food inflation cooled, but remained above the upper end of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) me...

Ivory Coast To Hike Farmgate Cocoa Prices 21% This Season, Sources Say

Ivory Coast plans to increase the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by more than 21% to 1,000 CFA Francs (€1.51) per kilogram in the 2020/202...

U.S. Consumer Spending Rises Steadily; Inflation Remains Tame

U.S. consumer spending rose steadily in December, but tepid income gains pointed to moderate consumption growth this year, which together with slumping bus...

China's Consumer Inflation At Eight-Year High

China's consumer inflation climbed to nearly eight-year peaks in November as pork prices doubled, but factory-gate prices remained in the red, adding to un...