Japan continues its struggle with food self-sufficiency…
Japan is the world’s second-largest importer of agricultural produce, with food self-sufficiency on a value basis continuing a decade-long downward…
China’s incessant wheat appetite appears insatiable…
Chinese wheat buyers have been scouring the globe for wheat supplies in recent months, scooping up cheap wheat to replace…
Russia’s wheat market dominance set to continue…
With a second consecutive bumper wheat harvest almost complete, a seemingly endless supply of cheap Russian wheat continues to hit…
Agriculture challenges continue for Ukraine…
Ukraine’s second wartime harvest is progressing well despite the constant threat of ground attacks from Russian forces in the country’s…
Drought and now torrential rain torments Kazakhstan harvest…
Generally favourable weather conditions and relatively good soil moisture reserves across most of Kazakhstan’s major cropping regions early in the…
Panama drought threatening global trade flows…
Panama is one of the wettest countries in the world, but a lack of rainfall is leading to abnormally low…
Canadian drought bites crop output hard…
The production outlook for Canada’s wheat, barley, oats and canola crops are stumbling amid persistent hot and dry weather conditions…
Ongoing drought decimating Argentine economy…
While the building global El Nino weather pattern should bring vital rains to Argentina, it will need to happen very…
Ukraine’s Danube River export pathway receives boost…
A landmark accord was signed late last week between Ukraine and its southern neighbour Romania aimed at increasing the export…