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China Allows First-Ever US Rice Imports Ahead Of Trade Talks

China has opened the door to imports of rice from the United States for the first time ever in what analysts took to signal a warming of relations between...

World Food Prices Down 3.7% In July: FAO

World food prices fell 3.7% in July from the month before, the sharpest monthly drop since last December, with declines seen across all crop types, the Uni...

Spain's Ebro Foods Sees Small Gain In Net Turnover In H1

Spanish food processing group Ebro Foods saw its net turnover rise 2.3% during the first half of 2018, it has announced. The group earned a net profit o...

Ebro Foods Posts Profit Drop Due To Rice Price Increases

Spanish food company Ebro Foods has posted a 15.9% drop in net profit to €43.4 million in the first quarter of 2018, due to a hike in commodity prices...

Carrefour Italia Promotes Piedmont Rice

Carrefour Italia has joined a project that aims to promote quality rice from Italy’s northern Piedmont region. The 'Piemondina' project is an init...

Il Viaggiator Goloso Expands In Verona, Launches New Rice Line

Il Viaggiator Goloso, the premium private label brand of Italian retailer Unes, has opened a new retail area within a hypermarket, in addition to launching...

Nigeria Plans $1 Billion Processing Zone To Boost Exports

Nigeria plans to establish a $1 billion crop-processing park with Turkish investors in the country’s north as part of efforts to improve value and bo...