The International Grains Council (IGC) has cut its 2019/20 forecast for total grain production, which comprises wheat and coarse grains, to 2148 million tonnes, down 8 million tonnes from the June estimate. The inter-governmental body lowered its 2019/20 global wheat crop forecast by 6 million tonnes to 763 million tonnes, reflecting diminished crop outlooks in […]
Global food prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in May, pushed up by rising prices of cheese and maize due to adverse weather conditions. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities, averaged 172.4 points in May, up 1.2 percent from the previous month while […]
Climate change is adversely affecting the production of key crops such as wheat and rice, with some countries faring far worse than others, according to researchers. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that climate change has already affected production of these key energy sources. The world’s top 10 crops-barley, cassava, maize, oil […]
Early prospects point to a likely rebound of 2.7 percent in global cereal production in 2019, following a decline registered in 2018, the U.N. food agency said in its latest report. “Based on the conditions of crops already in the ground and on planting intentions for those still to be sown, and assuming normal weather […]
Inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 2.93% in February over the previous month due to hardening of prices of primary articles, fuel and power, according to latest government data. According to India’s commerce ministry’s latest release, the price of betel leaves, maize, arhar, bajra, barley, jowar, poultry chicken, moong, masur, wheat, paddy, urad, pork, […]
Eggs and chicken are set to become more expensive as the prices of poultry feed ingredients soyabean and maize are firming up due to a shortfall in supplies, companies and traders said. Traders expect maize production in the rabi season to drop further because of drought conditions in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana. However, the situation […]
With small adjustments for wheat, maize and sorghum, the International Grains Council (IGC) has lowered its forecast for world total grains production in 2018/19 to 2,079 million tonnes, declined by 2 million tonnes from its earlier forecast and down 1 per cent year-on-year. In its latest monthly report, the inter-governmental body trimmed its forecast for […]
Did you know that not all bananas are yellow or curved like a half moon? Some are straight, some are stumpy, some are even red! There are actually 1,000 different varieties of bananas, but many of us wouldn’t know that from our markets or stores where Cavendish bananas are the ones primarily featured. Because they […]
World total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production is expected to decline by 1% in 2018/19, to a three-year low of 2,081m t, the International Grains Council (IGC) said in its latest monthly report, adding that a better maize harvest (+26m t y/y) is seen being outweighed by falls for other crops, especially wheat (-38m) […]
The UN food agency FAO has raised its forecast for this year’s global cereal production to 2 591 million tonnes, still 2.4 percent below the record high of 2017. Reduced rainfall in Australia and Canada are expected to lower wheat yields, which, however, should be offset by higher outputs in Algeria and the Russian Federation. […]
