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Soft Commodities Forum members commit to common framework supporting transparent and traceable soy supply chains in Brazil
- 17 Feb, 2019
- Switzerland
The Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) members, a global platform for leading soft commodities companies convened by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), have committed to a common framework for reporting and monitoring progress on transparent and traceable supply chains for soy in Brazil’s Cerrado region. The Cerrado region of Brazil plays a significant role globally for both people and nature, including climate change mitigation, biodiversity, fresh water sy
Read moreWTO Will Rule On India Revised Restrictions On US Poultry
- 15 Feb, 2019
- India
A World Trade Organization panel will decide by the end of June whether India has successfully changed its import rules for U.S. poultry to line up with an earlier decision faulting the rules as discriminatory, according to a WTO document published Tuesday. India was faulted by both a WTO dispute panel and the Appellate Body for its effective ban on U.S. chicken following scattered outbreaks of avian influenza. The adjudicators said New Delhi had been too blunt in shutting out all U
Read moreIndia 2018-19 mustard output seen at 7.3 mln tn
- 15 Feb, 2019
- India
India's mustard output is seen at 7.33 mln tn in 2018-19 (Jul-Jun), according to the average of the estimates of 12 market participants. The projection is 6.2% higher than last year's estimate of 6.90 mln tn, primarily due to higher acreage and largely favourable weather conditions. The view of the market participants is less optimistic than the government's target of 8.50 mln tn for 2018-19. The government's fourth advanced estimate for the must
Read moreChina January soybean imports slip 13 percent on year, tariffs on U.S. cargoes weigh
- 15 Feb, 2019
- China
China’s soybean imports fell 13 percent in January from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Thursday, as a hefty duty imposed on shipments from the United States, its second-largest supplier, curbed purchases. China brought in 7.38 million tonnes of soybeans in January, down from 8.48 million tonnes a year earlier, preliminary data from the General Administration of Customs showed. January’s imports were up 29 percent from 5.72 million tonnes in December.
Read moreIndia Grain: Maize up on lean supply, wheat rises on firm demand
- 14 Feb, 2019
- India
NEW DELHI – Prices of maize across key spot markets rose today, as arrivals fell due to a sharp decline in prices over the last few days, traders said. Prices had been on a decline for the last few days after the Telangana government decided to sell 400,000 tn of maize at 1,850 rupees per 100 kg to poultry units in the state. "Arrivals fell as traders are holding back stocks on hopes of prices rising in coming days due to extreme tight supply," Nizamabad-base
Read moreChina soybean orders shoot up in back-to-back purchases
- 13 Feb, 2019
- China
China’s state-owned procurer Cofco Corp. bought another 1 million metric tons of the grain last week, just days after placing its previous orders, Bloomberg reports. Last Saturday it announced that it had bought 2 million tons from US suppliers following the last set of trade talks in Washington. Since the two countries agreed to a 90-day truce period ending March 1, China has pledged to increase its purchases of US agricultural products, on which it had previously placed 25%
Read moreJK to extend insurance cover to poultry farms
- 13 Feb, 2019
- India
Jammu and Kashmir administration is all set to extend insurance cover to the poultry farms to encourage investment in the sector, an official spokesman said Monday. The decision to this effect was taken here at a high-level meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep and Fisheries department Asghar Hassan Samoon, the spokesman said. The initiative to provide insurance cover to the poultry sector was the long pending deman
Read moreAs more farmers opt for Soybean, SOPA pegs output at 114.83 lakh tonne
- 13 Feb, 2019
- India
The Soyabean Processors Association of India ( SOPA) has pegged the country’s soyabean crop output for the kharif 2018-19 at 114.83 lakh tonne. Last year, soyabean output was at 83.60 lakh tonne. SOPA executive director DN Pathak attributed the rise in output to both an increase in acreage and yield of the crop. Both have gone up this time and we have noticed a trend of several farmers switching tosoyabean from cotton on favorable climatic conditions and firm prices, he said. Patha
Read moreMislabeling prompts recall of 100,000 pounds of frozen chicken
- 13 Feb, 2019
- United States
Nearly 100,000 pounds of chicken was recalled because of mislabeling and the undeclared presence of eggs, an allergen, the USDA announced. VICS Acquisition, a Harlingen, Texas, food processor, is recalling 99,975 pounds of frozen chicken sold under the happi foodi and Southeast Grocers brands. The products contain eggs, an allergen known to cause immune problems in some consumers. The presence of eggs is not mentioned on the label. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foo
Read moreHDK puts smiles on faces of fishermen, poultry farmers
- 10 Feb, 2019
- India
MANGALURU: The hike in milk subsidy from Rs 5 to Rs 6 per litre and a grant of Rs 5 crore to encourage country chicken poultry farming is expected to provide some relief to the rural population of the state which is reeling under severe crisis. It is after a gap of three years that the government has raised milk subsidy. The move will help more than 10 lakh families with Rs 1,459 crore being set aside for it in the Budget. Suresh, a dairy farmer from Hunsur, Mysuru district, who produc
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