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04:21 Trump tariffs threaten to pile more pain on Thailand's rice sector

Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world's second-largest exporter of the staple crashed this year after India resumed exports.

17/04 US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts

The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

17/04 More Japanese embracing foreign rice, even before it became a tariff topic

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety.

17/04 Cambodia eyes more China help as Xi visits amid US tariff tensions

Cambodia is betting on more financial support from China, including for infrastructure, as President Xi Jinping visits the country on Thursday at the end of a three-nation trip in Southeast Asia, a Cambodian government spokesman said.

15/04 Exclusive: Argentina bumper wheat harvest could hit record if export tax cuts extended

Argentina's major Buenos Aires grains exchange, already forecasting a bumper wheat crop, could raise its estimates even higher if a temporary export tax cut until the end of June is extended, the body's chief economist told Reuters on Tuesday.

15/04 China's Cofco hiring dozens in farm powerhouse Brazil

Cofco International, which is building its biggest export port terminal in the world in Brazil, said on Tuesday China's state-run food group is recruiting dozens in the South American farm powerhouse.

15/04 Trump trade war dries up sorghum sales to China but US farmers plan to plant more

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China comes at a bad time for sorghum growers like Dan Atkisson in Kansas, who is nevertheless preparing to increase plantings by 25% this spring.

15/04 ADM halting domestic trading in China, cutting jobs in Shanghai

Global grain merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland has begun shutting down domestic trading operations in China and laying off staff within its largest business segment as part of a global cost-cutting push, the company said on Monday.

15/04 Argentina farmers focus on harvest over sales despite currency boost

Argentina's grain industry welcomed an exchange-rate overhaul on Monday, though the new measures will likely not translate into immediate sales as the harvest remains behind schedule, experts said.

10/04 Hungary suggests 'biological attack' could be source of foot-and-mouth outbreak

Hungary on Thursday suggested a "biological attack" as a possible source of the country's first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century, which has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle in the northwest.

09/04 From juice to jewellery: which U.S. goods will EU hit with tariffs?

The European Union will launch countermeasures from next Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs with extra duties on 21 billion euros ($23 billion) of U.S. imports.

09/04 EU to start retaliating against U.S. tariffs on Tuesday

The European Union will launch its first countermeasures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs next week, the bloc's members agreed on Wednesday, joining China and Canada in retaliating and escalating a global trade conflict.

07/04 'Everything is so expensive': Bolivians tighten belts as new inflation reality bites

In Bolivia's highland city La Paz, homemaker Angelica Zapata is coming to terms with a new inflation reality as prices rise at the fastest speed in almost two decades, propelled by shortages of fuel and dollars in the Andean country.

05/04 Amazon shipping route for Brazilian soy disrupted by protests, poor roads

Indigenous protests and poor roads have disrupted shipping of Brazil's bumper soybean crop in recent days via the river port of Miritituba in the Amazon rainforest, worrying global companies including Cargill and Bunge which have important operations.

03/04 Brazil may emerge as winner from sweeping US tariffs, economists say

Sweeping U.S. tariffs could prove relatively advantageous for Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, despite President Donald Trump's move to impose a 10% levy on its exports to the United States, economists said on Thursday.

03/04 US egg imports meant to drive prices down could be hit by tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs could apply to eggs being imported to ease a supply shortage, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday, a move that industry experts said could boost prices just as they have started to decline from record highs.

01/04 US House Democrats open investigation into Kennedy bird flu response

Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handling of the federal response to bird flu, according to a letter sent to Kennedy and released by the committee.

01/04 Cuts to food stamps and Medicaid could imperil this California Republican

When Blair Isbell's food aid benefits arrive each month, the community college student and mother of two starts planning how to spend the roughly $7 per person per day she gets for groceries.

20/03 Exclusive: Proposed US port fees on China-built ships begin choking coal, agriculture exports

President Donald Trump's plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad.

10/03 The end of cheap palm oil? Output stalls as biodiesel demand surges

Stagnating palm-oil production and a biodiesel push in Indonesia could keep the price of cooking oil high for years.

08/03 Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century

The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more than a fifth this century, according to research spanning hundreds of species from the red admiral butterfly to the American lady to the cabbage white.

08/03 China announces retaliatory tariffs on some Canada farm, food products

China announced tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday, retaliating against levies Ottawa introduced in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminium products.

07/03 US, Canadian farmers face soaring fertilizer prices amid Trump trade war

With only weeks until spring planting on both sides of the border gets underway, Canadian and U.S. farmers, already facing low grain prices, are bracing for another economic blow: even bigger fertilizer bills amid a North American trade war.

06/03 Brazil braces for more Chinese demand, higher food prices amid US trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China will give Brazilian agricultural exporters an opportunity to take an even bigger share of the Chinese market at the expense of American farmers, but it could also fuel already high food inflation in Brazil.

04/03 With Trump's tariffs, Illinois farmers worry about losing corn sales to Mexico

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Mexico carry an outsized risk for farmers in Jacksonville, Illinois, as retaliation by Mexico could prompt corn buyers in that country to turn to rival growers in South America.

04/03 How China reduced its reliance on US farm imports and sharpened its trade war toolkit

Since the U.S. and China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs during a trade war during Donald Trump's first presidential term, Beijing has taken steps to reduce its reliance on American farm goods in a wider effort to bolster its food security.

04/03 China to impose extra tariffs of 10%-15% on various US farm products

China on Tuesday swiftly retaliated against fresh U.S. tariffs, announcing 10%-15% hikes to import levies covering a range of American agricultural and food products, and placing 25 U.S. firms under export and investment restrictions.

19/02 What's in Trump's new order on reciprocal US tariffs?

President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to tear up decades-old low U.S. tariff rates, raising them to match those of other countries and counteract other barriers to American goods to try to shrink a U.S. goods trade deficit that topped $1.2 trillion last year.

01/02 The third year was running out: foreign agents began to guess about the plan of Russia and their role

The third year was running out - and only now foreign agents began to guess about the plan of Russia and their role in it. Runny comedians Ruslan Bely* and Mikhail Shats* voiced the opening of liberals.

22/01 Find out why Gino Assereto and Jota Benz do not have the same last name, even though they are brothers

Jota Benz is one of the finalists of 'The Great Celebrity Chef: The Super Rematch', where he will face Ricky Trevitazo. The final is this Wednesday, January 22.

20/01 Argentina marks record trade surplus at nearly $19 bln in Milei's first year as president

Argentina posted a record $18.9 billion trade surplus for 2024, according to official data released on Monday, that largely coincides with libertarian President Javier Milei's first full year on the job.

17/01 Argentina's Milei set to clinch trade surplus record on grains, energy exports

Argentina likely logged the largest trade surplus in its history in 2024, a Reuters analyst poll released on Friday showed, on the back of libertarian President Javier Milei's bid to boost grains and energy exports in his first full year in office.

16/01 Trump upended trade once, aims to do so again with new tariffs

Trump's biggest first-term trade impact was to shatter decades of political consensus favoring ever-lower trade barriers that had allowed China to become the world's largest goods producer.

14/01 Malaysia says EU deforestation law presents challenges, opportunities for palm industry  

The European Union's pending anti-deforestation law presents both challenges and opportunities for Malaysia's palm oil industry, Malaysia's deputy commodities minister told an industry conference on Tuesday.

06/01 Syria unable to import wheat or fuel due to US sanctions, trade minister says

Syria is unable to make deals to import fuel, wheat or other key goods due to strict U.S. sanctions and despite many countries, including Gulf Arab states, wanting to do so, Syria's new trade minister said.

02/01 Zelenskiy says Ukraine preparing to resume diplomatic ties with Syria

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was preparing to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria, less than a month after the overthrow of the Russia-backed government in Damascus.

30/12 Syria eyes 'strategic' ties with Ukraine, Kyiv vows more food aid shipments

Syria hopes for "strategic partnerships" with Ukraine, its new foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new Islamist rulers in Damascus amid waning Russian influence.

27/12 Ukraine sends food aid to Syria, says Zelenskiy

Kyiv traditionally exports wheat and corn to countries in the Middle East, but not to Syria.

27/12 Brazil court suspends law cutting tax breaks for firms with deforestation soy commitment

A justice on Brazil's top court on Thursday suspended a law from the country's top soy-producing state that would end tax breaks for firms following an agreement to not purchase soy from deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest.

20/12 Exclusive: China's state importer books US soy purchases as tariff threat looms

China's Sinograin has bought nearly 500,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans this week for shipment in March and April, paying more for U.S. supplies for state reserves rather than buying cheaper Brazilian beans, two U.S. traders familiar with the deals said.

20/12 Japan's core inflation accelerates, keeps BOJ rate-hike chance alive

Japan's core inflation accelerated in November as rising food and fuel costs hit households, data showed on Friday, keeping the central bank under pressure to raise interest rates.

19/12 France says bird flu-free after month without outbreaks

France has declared itself to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the absence of new outbreaks for more than a month, though the country remains on high alert for the virus that has been spreading rapidly in Europe, the agriculture ministry said.

16/12 Syria's ports working normally as Ukraine looks to supply staple foods

Syria's main ports are working normally after days of disruptions, maritime officials said on Monday, and Ukraine said it was in touch with the interim government about delivering staple foods.

16/12 Norway to provide $242 mln to strengthen Ukrainian navy

Norway said on Monday it would provide 2.7 billion crowns ($242 million) to strengthen the Ukrainian navy and help it deter Russian naval forces in the Black Sea.

06/12 South American farmers hail Mercosur-EU deal, wary of fine print

South America's agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free trade agreement, though farmers said they wanted to see the small print of the deal.

06/12 Nigeria's Senate seeks to criminalise corn exports to tackle hunger

Nigeria's Senate has passed a bill seeking to make it a crime to export large quantities of unprocessed corn in an effort to alleviate hunger in the West African nation, documents seen by Reuters on Friday showed.

04/12 Valencia floods contaminate rich Albufera wetland with detritus and sewage 

One of Europe's most biodiverse coastal wetland reserves has been inundated with tons of plastic waste, wrecked cars and pharmaceutical products by the flash floods that ravaged southeastern Spain last month.

04/12 Grains for gold: Indian export curbs drive boom in barter smuggling

Guards on either side of a border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh scour vehicles and frisk passengers in a hunt for illicit consignments of gold and drugs, as well as food staples such as sugar, grain and even onions.

03/12 Biden pushes out over $100 billion in clean energy grants as term winds down

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said.

03/12 Tyson Foods to close Kansas meat plant, cutting more than 800 jobs

Tyson Foods will permanently close a beef and pork plant in Emporia, Kansas, that employs more than 800 people, the meat processor said on Monday.

02/12 ADM says top compliance officer is leaving the company

Accounting problems forced the company to correct six years of financial data earlier this year.

02/12 ADM's earnings report delayed after more accounting errors found

Prices for staple crops like corn and soybeans have slid to near four-year lows, hurting ADM's profits and margins.

26/11 Trump tariffs could raise grocery, liquor bills - from beef and pork to avocados and tequila

U.S. prices may rise next year for avocados, strawberries and other fresh produce, and consumers could face shortages, if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on plans to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, agricultural economists and industry executives said.

20/11 French farmers continue protests as union threatens food supply disruption

French farmers held a second day of protests on Tuesday over EU-Mercosur trade talks, with the hardline Coordination Rurale union dumping Spanish wine and blocking official buildings as a prelude to threatened disruption to food supply chains.

18/11 At least eight killed as super typhoon struck Philippines

Super typhoon Man-Yi unleashed fierce winds and strong rains that triggered landslides and storm surges.

18/11 French farmers back on the streets as Mercosur talks fuel discontent

Farmers will protest across France on Monday as the prospect of a trade deal between European and Mercosur countries sharpens discontent over foreign competition that fuelled a farming crisis earlier this year.

13/11 Focus: Trump trade policy seen as wild card for US soybean farmers

American farmers are worried that President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans will curb their access to top soy buyer China, but tariffs could also lure companies to build more U.S. crushing plants, hungry for domestic supplies.

13/11 Millions of Nigerians go hungry as floods compound hardship

Unrelenting price rises and a brutal insurgency had already made it hard for Nigerians in northeastern Borno State to feed their families. When a dam collapsed in September, flooding the state capital and surrounding farmland, many people ran out of options.

12/11 Canada moves to end labor disputes at ports, cites economic damage

Canada on Tuesday moved to end labor disputes at the country's two biggest ports, Vancouver and Montreal, citing economic damage and the potential for driving away trading partners.

11/11 Return of US drought delays cattle-herd rebuilding, hurting Tyson Foods

The return of drought in U.S. cattle-producing areas is delaying ranchers' plans to expand production after the nation's herd shrank to its smallest level in seven decades, farmers and analysts said.

07/11 US farmers back Trump but face pain from China tariff threats

U.S. farmers want something from President-elect Donald Trump that his trade policies mean he is unlikely to deliver: increased access to the market of top soy-importer China.

04/11 Can Milei defuse Argentina's economic time bomb?

Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei, a political outsider who won election last year brandishing a chainsaw as a blunt symbol of his plans to cut spending, is defying long odds to right the embattled economy and keeping a lid on voter anger.

04/11 Trump's tariffs would reorder trade flows, raise costs, draw retaliation

Iowa farmer Bob Hemesath is worried that U.S. agriculture will pay dearly if Donald Trump wins Tuesday's presidential election and makes good on a vow to swiftly impose a 60% tariff on Chinese goods and at least a 10% levy on all other imports.

03/11 Indonesia's Prabowo visits Papua to check key food estate project

President Prabowo Subianto visited the Papua region of Indonesia on Sunday to oversee the development of a key food programme aimed at creating three million hectares (7.4 million acres) of food estates across the country.

01/11 Nigeria's hunger crisis deepens with 33 million at risk, report says

Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a one third jump from this year due to economic hardship, a joint report by the government and United Nations said on Friday.

30/10 Bioherbicide helps lift Kenya's witchweed curse on farmers

Catherine Wanjala's small maize farm in western Kenya was suffering. Her crops would stop growing at knee height and her field was peppered with the lilac flowers indicative of witchweed.

23/10 UK warns Russian strikes on Black Sea delay grain supplies to Palestinians, global south

Russia's increased attacks on the Black Sea ports in Ukraine are delaying vital aid reaching Palestinians and stopping crucial grain supplies from being delivered to the global south, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said late on Tuesday.

21/10 Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh

Dhaka ramped up imports of the staple grain amid soaring food prices.

11/09 As beer loses share to hard seltzer, US barley farmers scramble

Don Nygaard, a third-generation farmer in a remote corner of North Dakota, used to grow malt barley for Rahr Malting Corporation to make into lagers, pale ales and IPAs.

09/09 South America's rivers hit record lows as Brazil drought impact spreads

South America's Paraguay River, a key thoroughfare for grains, has hit a record low in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, with water levels depleted by a severe drought upriver in Brazil that has hindered navigation along waterways in the Amazon.

09/09 China begins anti-dumping probe into Canadian rapeseed ahead of EV tariff

China announced on Monday the start of a one-year anti-dumping investigation into imports of rapeseed from Canada, just weeks before Ottawa's 100% tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and other products come into force.

05/09 Soy grown illegally on Brazil's tribal lands finds its way to global markets

Farm cooperatives in Brazil that supply some of the world's biggest multinational agricultural firms are buying soybeans grown illegally on Indigenous reservations in the country, according to tribal leaders and court records, despite the companies' public pledges to respect the land rights and resources of Indigenous peoples.

04/09 Ethanol push turns India into corn importer, shaking up global market

A push by India to make more corn-based ethanol has turned Asia's top corn exporter into a net importer for the first time in decades, squeezing local poultry producers and scrambling global supply chains.

31/08 Fake cows ready for milking at US state fairs as bird flu threat looms

In Michigan this year, where dairy workers and herds have fallen ill from bird flu, a pair of unlikely prized cows are being prepped to take the state fair stage.

30/08 Canada rail union launches court challenges to back-to-work order

The union representing workers at Canada's two main rail companies said on Friday it had filed court challenges against rulings by the country's industrial labor board that forced them back to work.

27/08 Argentine farmers eye pivot to soy on corn plague fears, rain outlook

Argentine farmers are likely to plant more soybeans in the current 2024/25 season, trimming the area dedicated to corn after that crop's last harvest was hit by a devastating insect plague and with rain forecasts looking rosier for soy.

25/08 Canada labor board orders end to railway work stoppage

The board imposed binding arbitration on the companies and the worker's union to reach new deals and to impose a continuation of the existing contracts until they reach agreements.

21/08 Argentina quarantines grains ship over suspected mpox case

Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River near the inland grains port of Rosario over a suspected case of mpox onboard, an industry official said on Tuesday.

20/08 Canada rail stoppage poised to disrupt North American agriculture

A looming stoppage of freight railway operations across Canada would disrupt North America's agricultural supply chain, snarling shipments of everything from wheat to fertilizer and meat.

20/08 Argentina judge halts deforestation of Chaco forest in rare move

An Argentine federal judge on Monday ordered a three-month suspension of deforestation in northern Chaco province, a rare step to protect one of the world's woodland ecosystems that is most rapidly being destroyed to make way for farmland.

20/08 Canada tells rail companies, union to work harder to avert crippling stoppage

Canada's labor minister will meet with the country's two main railway companies and the Teamsters union in Montreal on Tuesday and Calgary on Wednesday to try to avert a crippling rail transport stoppage.

19/08 Explainer: Why Canada is on the verge of an unprecedented rail labor stoppage

The stoppage could inflict billions of dollars in economic damage.

17/08 Canada's CPKC expands freight embargoes ahead of looming work stoppage

Canadian Pacific Kansas City said on Saturday it would halt any new rail shipments originating in Canada, and all new U.S. shipments destined for Canada starting on Tuesday if talks with its Canadian labour union fail to progress.

15/08 Chipotle investors see continued growth, steady leadership after CEO Niccol departs

Chipotle Mexican Grill's future may not be as bumpy as some shareholders fear upon the departure of CEO Brian Niccol, investors said.

12/08 Argentina oilseed workers' strike nears one-week mark

An oilseed workers' strike in Argentina is set to carry on into its seventh day on Monday as wage negotiations with firms remained stalled, affecting shipments from one of the world's major grain exporters.

12/08 Rain-hit crops create triple whammy for French grain farmers

Jean Lefevre like many French farmers has just endured one of the worst wheat harvests in decades as rain barely stopped from the moment he started sowing his grain last October to when he started gathering the crop last month.

07/08 Chinese cities swelter in record heat, rice-growing regions under threat

Extreme heat baked megacities on the eastern Chinese seaboard and sharply pushed up demand for power to cool homes and offices, while scorching temperatures in China's interior stoked fears of damage to rice crops.

05/08 Bunge, ADM to benefit as US farmers sell cheap crops in 'haul of shame'

A spike in bargain-basement crop sales by U.S. farmers needing to make room in storage bins for autumn harvests could boost profitability at grain handlers such as Archer-Daniels-Midland and Bunge Global .

04/08 Ukraine foreign minister heads to Africa to win support in war against Russia

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit three African countries this week in an effort to drum up support for Kyiv's position in its war with Russia, his ministry said on Sunday.

05/07 Ukraine navy chief says Russia is losing Crimean hub in Black Sea

The Russian navy's Black Sea Fleet has been forced to rebase nearly all its combat-ready warships from occupied Crimea to other locations, and its main naval hub is becoming ineffectual because of attacks by Kyiv, Ukraine's navy chief said.

04/07 La Nina threatens Latin America with hurricanes and droughts, experts say

The pattern is seen fueling a greater climate variability across the region.

25/06 Hot spell hits summer crops in east Europe, but a relief in northwest

A heatwave due to spread throughout Europe this week is set to take a heavy toll on summer crops in the southeast but is good news for farmers on the other side of the region after prolonged rains flooded fields and hampered plants' growth, analysts said.

24/06 From Black Sea to US Midwest, extreme weather threatens crop output

Forecast dryness in the Black Sea region's breadbasket is likely to stunt sunflower and corn yields, while heavy rain in the United States after near-record temperatures threaten to take a toll on crops, hitting world supplies and pushing prices higher.

21/06 Gabon detects first case of bird flu since 2022

Gabon has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, for the first time since 2022 at a poultry market in the capital Libreville, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.

21/06 Death toll from floods in China's Guangdong jumps to 38

The death toll from days of torrential rain in one of the worst-hit areas in southern China jumped to 38 from nine on Friday, Chinese state television CCTV reported.

21/06 Explainer: Why food prices will remain high in India

Food inflation in India, driven by supply-side factors like adverse weather affecting crops, has remained at around 8% year-on-year since November 2023 and is unlikely to ease any time soon, despite early arrival of monsoon rains and forecasts of above-normal rainfall.

21/06 After electoral setback, Modi may be forced to amend India's food policy

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a policy conundrum after losing ground in the recent election: how to control food inflation without resorting to export curbs and more imports - steps that have angered farmers, a sizeable voting bloc.

21/06 India's monsoon advances, set to bring relief from heatwave

India's monsoon is advancing after stalling for more than a week and rains are set to cover central parts of the country in the next few days, bringing relief from the heatwave in the grain-growing northern plains, two senior weather officials said.

18/06 US farmers shun buyers, cling to unsold corn as prices slump

South Dakota farmer Eric Kroupa received a flurry of calls from grain dealers and ethanol plants asking to buy the corn locked away in his bins when prices neared 4-1/2-month peaks last month.

18/06 Oil and corn groups team up in lawsuit to halt Biden truck emissions rules

The top U.S. oil and corn industry lobby groups said on Tuesday they were suing the administration of President Joe Biden over its plan to slash planet-warming emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, arguing the regulations will cause economic harm.

18/06 Farmers' financial pain spills from Kansas wheat fields to Main Streets

In a tiny town surrounded by miles of rippling wheat fields, Brady Peterson's restaurant sits nearly empty during what should be a Saturday lunch rush. Normally, Pete's would be filled with farmers ordering fried chicken and cheeseburgers, but as farm income thins, so does Peterson's business.

13/06 La Nina weather 65% likely to develop in July-Sept, says US forecaster

There is a 65% chance of the La Nina weather pattern, characterized by cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, developing during July-September, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday.

12/06 WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India

The World Health Organization on Tuesday said a case of human infection with bird flu caused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a four-year-old child in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.

05/06 WHO confirms first fatal human case of bird flu A(H5N2)

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday a death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with a subtype of avian influenza.

05/06 Bird flu: What mammals have been infected and where

Bird flu, officially called highly pathogenic avian influenza, has increasingly spread to mammals, raising concern it may lead to human-to-human transmission, with foxes the most affected species and the United States reporting the widest number of mammals infected.

04/06 US farmers opt for soy to limit losses as all crop prices slump

Mark Tuttle planted more soy and less corn on his northern Illinois farm this spring as prices for both crops hover near three-year lows and soybeans' lower production costs offered him the best chance of turning a profit in the country's top soy producing state.

03/06 A farm in Bolivia's Andean plains grapples with hotter climate

Bolivian ranchers Elizabeth and Edwin Churata are learning how to survive in a drier, hotter climate. They are adapting new water-storage techniques as their traditional ponds dry up, and changing how they feed their cattle and sheep.

03/06 Germany counts flooding losses as heavy rains stoke climate debate

The German government said on Monday that deadly flooding in the nation's south served as a warning to keep up the fight against climate change, hours after an official advisory council said the state had fallen behind its greenhouse gas targets.

03/06 Spanish and French farmers block border days before EU election

Spanish and French farmers blocked roads along the border through the Pyrenees mountains on Monday ahead of European Parliament elections to protest against what they say is unfair competition from outside the European Union.

24/05 Mexico front-runner Sheinbaum aims to reform water-heavy agriculture sector

Claudia Sheinbaum, front-runner in Mexico's presidential race, aims to overhaul water governance in the agriculture sector, the top user of the country's scarce supply, with a potential investment of 20 billion pesos ($1.2 billion) per year.

21/05 Argentina soy farmers wait on rising prices to sell rain-drenched crop

In the fields of Pergamino in Argentina's grain heartland, farmer Adrian Farroni is revving up his soybean harvest late, delayed by rains that along with low prices have led to the country's slowest soy sales in a decade.

10/05 Canada moves to push back start date for possible rail strike

The Canadian government is moving to push back the start of a possible strike by railway workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), an official said on Friday.

09/05 Argentine workers launch general strike against Milei reforms, austerity

Argentine unions launched a huge general strike on Thursday against painful austerity measures and planned reforms by new libertarian President Javier Milei, whose cost-driving has stabilized local markets but hammered the real economy.

09/05 Too many tractors: As boom times fade, farm equipment piles up

Falling crop prices are leaving agriculture equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines. To cope with the surplus, dealers are discounting machines, suspending new orders, and even auctioning off equipment at reduced prices.

08/05 Exclusive: India's Modi, chasing reform legacy, shifts income goals for struggling farmers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has drawn up new targets to boost farmer incomes as he seeks to secure his legacy of reforming the world's largest democracy and tries to assuage a key voting bloc disillusioned by his government's past failures.

08/05 Brazil floods death toll rises to 90, dozens still stranded

Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, with 90 reported dead and desperate survivors seeking food and basic supplies.

07/05 As climate shifts, a leafhopper bug plagues Argentina's corn fields

Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures and is threatening harvests of the crop. Meet the leafhopper.

06/05 Atos board reported to be meeting Sunday to review takeover bids

The board of French tech firm Atos was due to meet on Sunday evening to consider takeover offers, including one submitted by Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky, Les Echos and Le Figaro reported.

05/05 French bakers make world's longest baguette, beating Italy

French bakers cooked the world's longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres (461 ft), reclaiming a record for one of the nation's best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.

04/05 Atos creditors reach deal to rescue debt-laden group, La Tribune says

Creditors have reached an agreement that could rescue tech firm Atos , which secures communications for the French army and is set to manage cybersecurity for this summer's Paris Olympic Games, La Tribune newspaper reported on Saturday.

04/05 How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing.

Farmer Luz Klotz straightened the brightly striped hair bow on Reba, a 1,600-pound heifer lounging on the ground under twinkling fairy lights. Teenager Joey Pachl, hoping to impress his girlfriend with an invitation to the high school prom, had paid $75 for an hour-long cow cuddling session at the farm.

01/05 Parts of India record hottest April as heatwave kills nine

Eastern India experienced its hottest April on record as a heatwave scorched parts of the country amid a general election, killing at least nine people, and the weather office on Wednesday forecast above normal temperatures for May too.

30/04 Laid-off: Former Tyson Foods chicken farmers face high costs switching to eggs

Some U.S. farmers who once raised chickens for Tyson Foods to slaughter are shifting to sell eggs instead after the meatpacker closed six plants, a move that left local suppliers with limited options for work.

30/04 US to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows

The U.S. government said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing, but remains confident the meat supply is safe.

27/04 As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk

The solar industry is pushing into the Midwest, drawn by wide-open fields, cheaper land rents, access to electric transmission and federal and state incentives. The boom risks damaging some of America's richest agricultural soils.

18/04 Exclusive: US EPA to announce temporary expanded sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blend - sources

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce by Friday plans to temporarily expand sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline this summer, a win for the corn ethanol industry that will likely see demand increase, three sources familiar with the matter said.

18/04 Paraguay on track for record soy crop, but low river levels slow exports

Paraguay is headed for a record soybean harvest but exporters are worried about low river levels that are slowing shipments along the key Paraguay-Paraná waterway, with a drought in central-west Brazil affecting water levels running downstream.

18/04 French dairy group Lactalis says 2023 profitability hit by inflation

Lactalis, the world's largest dairy producer, said on Thursday its sales had risen by 4.3% to 29.5 billion euros ($31.51 billion) in 2023, but its net profit margin remained low as inflation pressured consumers purchasing power.

17/04 US wheat farmers face bleak crop economics as grain oversupply hits

Profit is growing further out of reach for U.S. wheat farmers and many do not expect to break even in 2024 as ample global supply keeps prices around their lowest in nearly four years at the same time costs including equipment and transport remain high.

12/04 'We're like Noah's ark' says animal shelter in flooded Russian city

The roaring sound of water pumps filled the deserted streets of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg on Friday as people heeded official warnings to escape.

12/04 Russian city calls for mass evacuations due to rapidly rising flood waters

Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg called on thousands of residents to evacuate immediately on Friday due to rapidly rising flood waters after major rivers burst their banks due to a historic deluge of melting snow.

12/04 La Nina weather 60% likely to develop from June-August, says US forecaster

A U.S. government weather forecaster expects an about 60% chance of the La Nina weather pattern characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean emerging in the second half of 2024.

11/04 Focus: Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land.

28/03 Pasta makers cheer Turkey as its durum wheat flows abroad

Turkey's spectacular breakthrough as an exporter of durum wheat has spared pasta fans another year of price pain and the country is poised to remain a crucial source of the ingredient prized in Mediterranean cuisine.

23/03 India extends ban on onion exports indefinitely ahead of general election

India has extended its ban on onion exports indefinitely - a surprise move that comes ahead of a general election and is set to exacerbate high prices in some overseas markets.

19/03 EU to impose tariffs on Russian grain imports, sources say

The European Union is preparing to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus to placate farmers and some member states, EU officials familiar with the plans said on Tuesday.

18/03 Zimbabwe goes hungry as crops wither amid El Nino drought

Residents of the Zimbabwean village of Buhera stood in groups at a primary school waiting to be called by name to receive life-saving handouts of grain, peas and cooking oil.

18/03 Farmers, oil drillers in parched Alberta brace for water shortage

Drought in the western Canadian province of Alberta is stretching into its fourth year and farmers and oil companies are planning for water restrictions that threaten production of wheat, beef and crude.

15/03 Indonesia dry season to be less severe this year, weather agency says

Indonesia's dry season will be less severe this year compared to 2023, improving its chances of managing forest fires and crops, the country's weather agency said on Friday.

15/03 EU plan to ease farmers' fallow land requirement stalls on detail

European policymakers' plan to replace a requirement for farmers to leave land fallow with a voluntary scheme has been held up by disagreement on details, the agriculture commissioner said on Friday on a visit to Warsaw.

15/03 Brazil eyes exports via China-controlled Chancay port, Peruvian minister says

Brazil is interested in exporting soy, corn and other products through Peru's China-controlled Chancay port, Peruvian Economy Minister Jose Arista said on Thursday, according to state news agency Andina.

14/03 Exclusive: Chinese buyers cancel or postpone Australian wheat buys amid global oversupply

Chinese wheat importers have cancelled or postponed about one million metric tons of Australian wheat imports, trade sources with direct knowledge of the deals said, as growing world stockpiles drag down prices.

13/03 Australian farmer confidence bounces back after rains douse dry pastures

Widespread rainfall and improving livestock prices have lifted confidence levels among Australian farmers to their highest in two years, a survey published on Wednesday showed.

13/03 Argentina downpour drenches crop fields, flash floods in Buenos Aires

Intense rains in Argentina are beginning to leave the soil too wet in key agricultural areas, which could also make it harder to harvest the 2023/24 soybean crop, a climate specialist said on Tuesday, though the conditions could be good for the 2024/25 wheat crop.

11/03 Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers

Tyson Foods will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, the meatpacker said on Monday, eliminating jobs for about 1,200 workers.

09/03 Polish government pledges grain surplus cut, farmers press on with protests

Poland's prime minister pledged to reduce a grain surplus on the domestic market at talks with farmers on Saturday, a government official said, but union leaders said they were pressing on with weeks of protests.

06/03 Farmers threaten to bring Poland to a halt after police clashes

Tens of thousands of farmers and their supporters warned on Wednesday they would bring Poland to a standstill, after violent clashes with police outside the country's parliament in Warsaw.

06/03 Polish farmers burn tyres outside Tusk's office in return of protests

Thousands of Polish farmers protested outside the prime minister's office on Wednesday, burning tyres and throwing firecrackers as they demanded a halt to cheap imports and environmental regulations they say harm their livelihoods.

29/02 India's farmer protest fuels opposition hopes of denting Modi's appeal

When India's powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in 2021 to repeal three farm laws aimed at overhauling the antiquated agriculture sector, he seemed to have won over farmers who had been protesting for over 12 months.

28/02 Bakeries smashed in Israel bombardment key to Gaza hunger crisis

The rubble and twisted metal of Kamel Ajour's smashed-up Gaza bakery underscores one reason starving people in the north of the bombarded enclave are reduced to eating raw cactus leaves after nearly five months of Israel's military campaign.

28/02 Sprawling queues for subsidised rice highlight plight of Indonesia's poor

In the afternoon sun, dozens of Indonesians, mostly women, gather in a snaking queue to buy bags of subsidised rice, their arms poking through a metal gate to grab tickets assuring them a spot to make a purchase.

27/02 Polish farmers rally in Warsaw against EU policies, Ukraine imports

Thousands of Polish farmers took to the streets of Warsaw on Tuesday, carrying the national flag and blowing handheld horns, escalating a protest which started early February against food imports from Ukraine and European Union green rules.

27/02 EU Parliament passes nature law despite political backlash

The European Parliament approved a flagship law to restore nature on Tuesday, salvaging at least part of EU plans to protect the environment after farmers' protests ignited a backlash.

27/02 Zelenskiy says Black Sea grain corridor in doubt without US aid

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that without new U.S. military aid his country would be unable to defend a Black Sea shipping corridor that has allowed Kyiv to export millions of tons of grain to global markets.

26/02 Polish farmers block highway at border crossing with Germany

Polish farmers protesting against European Union regulations and cheap food imports from Ukraine blocked the A2 highway at a border crossing with Germany on Monday.

26/02 'Not in dreamland': WTO aims for modest outcomes at Abu Dhabi meeting

Trade ministers from nearly every country in the world gather in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization meeting that aims to set new global commerce rules, but even its ambitious chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has sought to curb expectations.

24/02 U.S. rice exports to Haiti have unhealthy levels of arsenic, study finds

U.S. rice exports to Haiti, which account for the bulk of supplies of the country's key food staple, contain unhealthy levels of arsenic and cadmium, heavy metals that can increase risks of cancer and heart disease, according to a recent study by the University of Michigan.

24/02 Angry French farmers storm into agriculture fair in Paris

A group of French farmers stormed into a major Paris farm fair on Saturday ahead of a planned visit by President Emmanuel Macron amid anger over costs, red tape and green regulations.

23/02 Ukraine's defences under strain as war enters its third year

Ukraine marks the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on Saturday looking more vulnerable than at any time since the early days of Europe's most deadly conflict since World War Two.

23/02 French farmers prepare tough welcome for Macron at farm show

French farmers were back on the streets of Paris on Friday, warning President Emmanuel Macron that he should expect a difficult welcome when he opens a major farm show on Saturday, amid anger over costs, red tape and green regulations.

22/02 US approves E15 gasoline sales expansion in Midwest starting 2025

The Biden administration said on Thursday it approved a request from Midwestern governors allowing expanded sales of gasoline with higher blends of ethanol in their states, starting in 2025.

22/02 Czech, Slovak farmers block borders in protest

Farmers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other central European countries protested along Czech borders on Thursday, blocking some crossings as they demanded less bureaucracy and changes to EU policy.

22/02 US farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos

Illinois farmer Dan Henebry regrets not selling more of his corn crop last summer, when the Midwest needed rain and prices were high.

22/02 Insight: How life in Ukraine has been shattered by two years of war

Wives have become widows, parents long for captured sons, classrooms are empty and farmers can't find the hands to work the land. Unlikely friendships have formed; old ones have fallen apart.

21/02 Tunisia farmer turns to old wheat varieties as climate change bites

Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year.

21/02 France's Attal promises new price law to appease angry farmers

The French government will prepare by the summer a new law to better safeguard farmers' income and strengthen their position in negotiations with retailers and consumer goods companies, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.

21/02 With cranes and excavators, Indian farmers prepare to march on capital

Thousands of Indian farmers prepared on Wednesday for a protest march to the capital, equipped with cranes and excavators, after talks with the government on guaranteed support prices for their produce failed to break a deadlock.

21/02 Greek ship attacked in Red Sea by Houthis arrives in Aden with cargo

The Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion arrived in the southern Yemeni port of Aden on Tuesday after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appeared to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, shipping and military sources said.

20/02 Exclusive: Biden administration to approve E15 gasoline expansion starting in 2025, sources say

The White House will approve a request from a group of Midwest governors to allow year-round sales of gasoline with higher blends of ethanol, but will push the start date into next year, two sources familiar with discussions said.

20/02 Polish farmers to step up protests with total blockade of Ukrainian border

Polish farmers will step up protests on the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, blocking almost all traffic in what they say is a bid to save their livelihoods but which Kyiv says is damaging its war effort.

19/02 Tractors roll into downtown Prague as Czech farmers join protests

Hundreds of Czech farmers drove their tractors into downtown Prague on Monday, disrupting traffic outside the Agriculture Ministry, as they joined protests against high energy costs, stifling bureaucracy and the European Union's Green Deal.

19/02 India offers protesting farmers support prices on corn, cotton, pulses

The Indian government has offered guaranteed support prices for pulses, corn and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with protesting farmers, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said after week-long clashes between security forces and protesters.

14/02 Ukraine denies trade-off plan for agriculture in EU talks

Terms for the integration of Ukraine's agricultural sector into the European Union will be determined during negotiations, two ministers said on Tuesday, denying Kyiv was considering seeking an easing of the EU's Green Deal requirements.

14/02 Why are Indian farmers protesting again? Demands for government explained

Indian police fired teargas on Tuesday to scatter hundreds of farmers and supporters on a protest march to the capital New Delhi to demand better prices for their produce.

13/02 Indian farmers to march to Delhi after talks with ministers fail

Indian farmers plan to continue a protest march to New Delhi on Tuesday after talks with ministers failed to make progress on issues including better crop prices promised in 2021 when thousands camped on highways leading to the capital.

12/02 Ukraine seeks action against Polish farmers for grain spillage

Kyiv urged Warsaw on Monday to "hold to account" Polish farmers for stopping three trucks at a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine and spilling the Ukrainian grain they were carrying.

12/02 Indian police block roads to halt farmers marching to New Delhi

Indian police on Monday blocked roads to halt farmers who were marching to New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021 when thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the country's capital.

10/02 Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on civilian cargo ships in Black Sea

Russia said on Saturday it had repelled an attempted Ukrainian drone attack on Russian "civilian transport ships" on Friday evening in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, a key artery for grain and oil exports from both countries.

09/02 Polish farmers' protests crank up pressure on EU agriculture head

Polish politicians called on the EU Commissioner for Agriculture to quit on Friday as farmers blocked roads across his home country Poland and at border crossings with Ukraine, kicking off a month-long general strike to protest against EU policies.

09/02 Palm oil buyers switch to cheaper rival oils, hampering price recovery

The rebound in palm oil prices is likely to be capped by abundant supplies of rival soyoil and sunflower oil, "soft" oils that are available at discounts to tropical palm oil for the first time in more than a year.

08/02 Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Spanish farmers drove tractors through city streets disrupting traffic on Thursday as they stepped up their protest against soaring costs, bureaucracy and cheap competition from outside the European Union.

08/02 Spain's paella rice could 'disappear', say farmers angry at EU rules

A Spanish rice variety traditionally used to make paella is under threat from a fungus after the European Union banned a pesticide farmers said they relied upon, in another example of how the bloc's environmental rules are angering growers.

08/02 Australia records its 8th warmest year as climate change lifts temperatures

Australia experienced its eighth-warmest year in 2023, with the influence of climate change pushing average temperatures almost 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1961-1990 average, the weather bureau said on Thursday.

07/02 Shift from El Nino to La Nina portends rains in Asia, dryness in Americas

After a strong El Nino, global weather is poised to transition to La Nina in the second half of 2024, a pattern typically bringing higher precipitation to Australia, Southeast Asia and India and drier weather to grain and oilseed producing regions of the Americas, meteorologists and agricultural analysts said.

07/02 US farm spending bill must include climate and hunger money, say key Democrats

The U.S. farm spending bill being negotiated by Congress must preserve funding for climate-friendly farming and federal food benefits to get Democrats' votes, according to Democratic leaders on the House farm committee.

02/02 'Everything is melting': Argentines seek cool as heat wave strikes

Argentines sought shade and tried to cool off in public fountains on Thursday as a heat wave hitting the country saw temperatures rise towards 40 degrees Celsius (104°F).

01/02 Farmers hurl eggs and stones in Brussels as EU summit begins

Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks amid protests to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs.

31/01 European farmers step up protests against rising costs, green rules

The French government on Wednesday sent armoured vehicles to protect a wholesale food market in Paris in a sign of escalating tensions as farmers blocked highways in France and Belgium and protests spread elsewhere in Europe.

30/01 Spanish farmers plan February protests as anger spreads across Europe

Spanish farmers' associations said on Tuesday they were planning to take to the streets in February in protest against strict European regulations and lack of government support as unrest continues to spread across Europe.

30/01 French farmers block roads with tractors, press government for action

Farmers set bales of hay ablaze to partly block access to Toulouse airport in southwestern France on Tuesday and parked tractors across highways near Paris as they lobbied the government for help to make a living from their work.

30/01 Vietnam, Philippines seal deals on South China Sea security

Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to boost cooperation among their coastguards and to prevent untoward incidents in the South China Sea, in an announcement during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

29/01 Philippines' Marcos says maritime cooperation a cornerstone in Vietnam visit

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said talks on maritime cooperation between his country and Vietnam would be one of the cornerstones forged in a strategic partnership with its Southeast Asian neighbour.

29/01 ADM postpones some executive bonuses amid accounting probe

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co will delay paying performance bonuses to some executives until its financial statements are completed and audited, according to a staff memo seen by Reuters.

26/01 French farmers block highways around Paris as protest reach capital

Farmers blocked one of France's main motorways liking Paris with the northern city of Lille, the Benelux and Britain on Friday, causing kilometres of traffic jams, the first major traffic disruption caused by the protest movement in the French capital.

22/01 France's farmer lobby turns up heat on government, says protests to continue

French farmers will continue to protest pending government action, union representatives told reporters after a meeting with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Farming Minister Marc Fesneau to address the reasons for the demonstrations.

22/01 ADM shares tumble on CFO probe, profit forecast cut

Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland tumbled 12% in premarket trading on Monday after the company placed its CFO Vikram Luthar on administrative leave for an investigation and cut its full-year profit forecast.

18/01 Exclusive: Ukraine's maritime grain exports to fall 20% m/m in January - source

Ukrainian maritime grain exports are expected to fall by around 20% in January from the previous month due to the crisis in the Red Sea and the New Year holidays, a senior Ukrainian government official said on Thursday.

18/01 Ukraine starts to rebuild towns and cities even as the war rages on

An excavator belches out fumes as it clears earth and rubble from between the train and bus stations in the Ukrainian town of Trostianets to make way for a reimagined transport hub.

16/01 Crop-killing weeds advance across US farmland as chemicals lose effectiveness

Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the latest sign that weeds are developing resistance to chemicals faster than companies including Bayer and Corteva can develop new ones to fight them.

14/01 Romanian farmers, truck drivers protest about subsidies and taxes

Romanian farmers and truck drivers continued sporadic protests across the country on Sunday as negotiations with the coalition government over high insurance rates and slow subsidy payments resumed.

12/01 Container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation

Container shipping rates for key global trade routes have soared this week, with U.S. and UK air strikes on Yemen stirring fears of a prolonged disruption to global trade in Red Sea, one of the world's busiest routes, industry officials said on Friday.

03/01 Polish farmers to resume blockade of Ukraine border crossing

Polish farmers will resume their blockade at the Medyka border crossing with Ukraine from Thursday as they say they have not received a signed assurance from the prime minister that their demands will be met, state-run news agency PAP reported.

05/12 France puts country on 'high' alert for bird flu

France raised the risk level of bird flu to 'high' from 'moderate' on Tuesday after the detection of new cases of the disease, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus.

01/12 Slovak truckers to start Ukraine border crossing blockade, joining Polish protests

Slovak road hauliers were set to start blocking the country's border with Ukraine on Friday, pledging an almost total shutdown of the crossing for trucks until the European Union (EU) meets their demands for tougher rules for Ukrainian competitors.

30/11 Exclusive: Economic losses pile up in Ukraine as Polish truckers protest

Weeks of road blockades by Polish truckers protesting at the border will reduce Ukraine's overall imports by about a fifth in November, and could cost Kyiv one percentage point of GDP growth if they drag on, a senior Ukrainian official said.

30/11 Australia raises bushfire risks ahead of El Nino summer

Australia faces an increased risk of bushfires during the approaching summer, authorities warned on Thursday, with the El Nino weather pattern expected to generate hotter and drier conditions across large swathes of the country.

28/11 Two US projects highlight divide over carbon removal’s role in climate fight

The direct air capture projects are in neighboring states, but the companies leading them are worlds away when it comes to their views on how carbon removal should be deployed in a climate-friendly future.

25/11 Ukraine needs more air defences to protect grain exports, Zelenskiy says

Zelenskiy spoke after Russia attacked Ukraine with 75 drones overnight, the biggest such assault of the war. The joint press conference with Switzerland's president and Lithuania's prime minister was cut short by another air raid siren.

23/11 Ukraine's farmers pin hopes on export corridor as war cost mounts

Ukraine's efforts to revive sea exports in defiance of Russia's military blockade have given a glimmer of hope to a teetering farm sector in which loss-making producers are abandoning some land in one of the world's biggest grain belts.

22/11 Cuban ministers reveal details of food, fuel shortages amid economic crisis

Senior Cuban officials have provided an increasingly dire snapshot of a deepening economic crisis in a series of televised prime-time appearances, revealing the extent of the downturn in unprecedented detail.

20/11 Argentine farmers: Milei victory an opportunity for 'radical change' for grains sector

Javier Milei's election as Argentine president offers an opportunity for "radical change" in policy for the grains sector, the country's main rural associations said late on Sunday, offering to work "side by side" with the libertarian.

13/11 APEC's growth to slow as persistent inflation, US-China tensions weigh-report

Economic growth among Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation countries is expected to decline next year and remain below the global average as higher interest rates slow U.S. growth, as China continues to struggle with its recovery and tensions between the two hamper trade, the body said on Sunday.

09/11 Ukraine says Russian missile hits civilian vessel in Black Sea, kills one

A Russian missile damaged a Liberia-flagged civilian vessel entering a Black Sea port in Odesa region, killing one and injuring four people, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.

08/11 UN chief says it will be difficult to revive Black Sea grain deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters NEXT on Wednesday that it will be difficult to revive a landmark deal that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Russia quit in July over complaints about its own exports.

08/11 Reeling under toxic air, India's capital shuts schools

Reeling under hazardous air quality levels, India's capital New Delhi shut down all schools for an extended period on Wednesday, the latest in a series of measures to protect residents from growing air pollution.

08/11 Australia records driest October since 2002 due to El Nino

Australia recorded the driest October in more than 20 years due to an El Nino weather pattern which has seen hot, dry conditions hit crop yields in one of the world's largest wheat exporters, the national weather bureau said on Wednesday.

07/11 India's top court tells states to stop crop burning as New Delhi's air turns hazardous

India's Supreme Court ordered authorities in the states surrounding New Delhi on Tuesday to stop farmers burning crop residue, as the air quality from smog engulfing the world's most polluted capital during the past week reached hazardous levels.

06/11 Australia's Albanese retraces historic Beijing walk on visit to mend ties

Albanese's visit is the first by an Australian leader since 2016.

01/11 Brazil child cancer deaths linked to soy farming, study finds

Soy farming has been linked to a rise in child cancer deaths in Brazil, the world's biggest producer and exporter of the oilseed and one of the top users of pesticides for protecting crops from disease and pests, according to a study in the South American country.

31/10 Exclusive: China snaps up Australian, French wheat as crop damage spurs buying spree

China is set to import record volumes of wheat this year, trading sources say, with rain damage to its crop and worries over dry weather in exporting nations fuelling Beijing's appetite to buy while prices are low.

29/10 G7 calls for immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food, pressing China

The Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers called on Sunday for the "immediate repeal" of import curbs on Japanese food products, a reference to China's restrictions after Japan began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

27/10 UN overwhelmingly calls for aid truce between Israel and Hamas

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and demanded aid access to the besieged Gaza Strip and protection of civilians.

25/10 Sol Cement assures customers after tax challenges with GRA

The management of the Chinese company Wan Heng Ghana Limited producers of Sol Cement, has assured its cherished customers to speedily resolve the challenges with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on tax obligations.In a statement issued, the management of the company, stated that they are fully committed to resolving the situation in a responsible and timely manner.“We are in discussions with rele

24/10 Argentina farmers eye election showdown with doubt and mistrust

Argentina's farmers, some of the world's most important producers of soy, corn, wheat and beef, have some strong views on the country's polarized presidential election finalists: untrustworthy and unreliable.

23/10 Sergio Massa: Can Argentina presidential candidate win election with Peronism?

Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa is looking to defy political gravity, convincing voters to back a Peronist coalition that has held the reins as inflation has neared 140% and two-fifths of the population slid into poverty.

23/10 In northeast China, Russian and Chinese firms ink deals from manufacturing to agriculture

Chinese and Russian companies attending a regional conference in northeastern China signed a raft of cooperation deals on Monday in sectors ranging from manufacturing and logistics to e-commerce and agriculture, Chinese state media reported.

23/10 Farm groups call on Australia to not sign 'dud' trade deal with EU

Australian farm industry groups on Monday called on the government to not sign a trade deal with the European Union unless it offered much greater market access for Australian agricultural products.

22/10 Argentina heads to the polls in grip of fierce economic crisis

Argentines will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a general election under the shadow of the South American country's worst economic crisis in two decades, which has driven the rise of an outsider far-right libertarian who is in pole position to win.

21/10 In Argentina's icy south, a political dynasty fades and a new power rises

The Kirchner family, which includes two of the last four presidents in Argentina, has ruled for decades in the icy southern province of Santa Cruz. Their dynasty, the leftist core of the Peronist movement, is waning.

20/10 Argentine voters, fired up by anger, ready to leap into the political void

Argentina may be about to leap into the political unknown.

20/10 Canada cuts some consular services in India amid murder row

Canada on Friday said it was temporarily suspending in-person operations at consulates in several Indian cities and warned of visa processing delays amid a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia.

20/10 Simmering tensions between India and Canada not to imperil trade, investments - sources

While officials from both India and Canada will try to resolve the diplomatic dispute, India's government has no plans to impose curbs on imports or investments from Ottawa, according to government sources.

19/10 Crunch time for Brazil ports as coffee flow hit, sugar faces delays

Brazil's commodities export hubs are strained with record volumes of soy, corn and sugar to be moved at a time of the year when rains start to increase in southern ports, according to traders, analysts and shipping data.

19/10 Analysis: Bumper US corn harvest sinks prices, pushes global supply to surplus

After a dry spring threatened to wither the U.S. corn crop in the fields, farmers are harvesting what will likely be the country's third-largest crop ever.

18/10 Brazil court overturns suspension of Canadian potash mine in Amazon

A federal appeals court has overturned an injunction suspending the license for Canadian firm Brazil Potash Corp to build Latin America's largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest.

18/10 Sergio Massa: can Argentine political wheeler-dealer save Peronism?

Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa has a titanic task ahead of him: convincing voters to back a Peronist coalition that has overseen inflation top 138% and a painful cost-of-living crisis push two-fifths of the population into poverty.

16/10 Brazil drought reduces Amazon river port water levels to 121-yr record low

The water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.

14/10 Russia destroyed 300,000 tons of grain since July in port, ship attacks, Kyiv says

Russia has destroyed almost 300,000 metric tons of grain since July in attacks on Ukraine's port facilities and on ships, the Ukrainian government said on Friday, underscoring the war's threat to global food security.

13/10 Fierce fighting rages around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine

Russian and Ukrainian forces fought fierce battles around the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Thursday after Moscow launched one of its biggest military offensives in months.

11/10 Russia, Saudi Arabia to discuss oil market, prices amid Israel-Hamas war

Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's top two oil exporters, will discuss the situation on the oil market and oil prices on Wednesday amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, President Vladimir Putin's top oil official said.

10/10 Ukraine's Zelenskiy hails 'good news' on air defence after talks in Romania

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had "good news" on artillery and air defence supplies after talks with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest, but gave no details.

10/10 Zelenskiy hails Ukraine-Romania ties on first visit since Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed ties with Romania as a "factor of stability for Europe and beyond" on Tuesday as he visited the NATO member state for the first time since Russia's invasion last year.

10/10 U.N. held talks in Russia on Monday on grain, fertilizer exports

Top United Nations trade official Rebeca Grynspan met with Russian officials in Moscow on Monday for talks aimed at enabling the "unimpeded access" to global markets for grain and fertilizer from Russia and Ukraine, a U.N. spokesperson said.

06/10 Russian strikes on Ukraine kill boy in Kharkiv, damage port infrastructure

Russia launched new drone and missile strike on Ukraine early on Friday, killing a 10-year-old boy in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and damaging grain and port infrastructure in the Odesa region in the south, Ukrainian officials said.

05/10 Brazilian prosecutors seek to ban popular herbicide atrazine

Brazilian labor prosecutors have requested a court order to ban the use of atrazine, which is present in 5% of pesticides sold in the country, the prosecutors said on Thursday.

05/10 Analysis: Record chicken prices squeeze US shoppers, benefit Tyson Foods

Chicken prices at U.S. grocery stores have hit record highs and should stay elevated as Tyson Foods and other companies dial back poultry production to boost margins while inflation-weary shoppers buy chicken instead of beef and pork.

05/10 Russia launches drone attacks in Ukraine, shelling kills two, Kyiv says

Russia carried out new drone attacks on Ukraine overnight and killed two people in shelling of the southern city of Kherson on Thursday morning, Ukrainian officials said.

05/10 Low water hampers Rhine river shipping in Germany

Low water levels after recent dry weather are preventing cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in Germany with surcharges added to the usual freight rates, commodity traders said on Thursday.

03/10 India-Canada ties fray in row over Sikh separatist killing

India has asked Canada to reduce its diplomatic staff in the country by more than half, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, with ties fraying after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly levelled suspicions that Indian agents were involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada.

02/10 France kicks off bird flu vaccination despite trade backlash risk

France started vaccinating ducks against bird flu on Monday to try and stem the virus that killed millions of birds around the world, a move that prompted the United States to impose trade restrictions on French poultry imports.