Smithfield Foods announced yesterday that it will terminate contracts with 26 hog farms in Utah in an effort to streamline its supply chain for more efficient operations in the face of an industry oversupply of pork, weaker consumer demand and high feed...
Spain will need to import some 20 million tons of cereals to satisfy demand from consumers and for the manufacture of animal feed, requiring a "major logistical” effort, according to Reuters, citing data from Spain’s environment ministry.
The world is not a stable place. Conflicts, both civil and international, as well as deglobalisation and the looming threat of climate change, are just some of the things that have the potential to radically disrupt the food system. At the City Food and...
Global wheat markets have become marginally better supplied, mainly from a large Australian wheat harvest, a development that is pressuring not only domestic Australian markets, but also global ones, finds CRM Agri in its latest grain market analysis.
Grōv Technologies announced that they have signed a definitive agreement with a dairy operation in drought stricken, West Texas, to build what will be the largest controlled environment feed center in the US.
Just as rapeseed markets were coming under pressure as confidence in supply was increasing, heatwaves and drought like conditions have re-emerged in Canada, says CRM Agri.
Favorable conditions around the time of winter grain planting across most production regions of Australia bodes well for the forecast year of wheat and barley production in MY 2021/22.
Australia’s beef production and exports are forecast to drop sharply in 2020 as the industry enters a period of herd rebuilding, according to a USDA GAINS report.
Swine inventories in Poland decreased by 4% in 2019 due to the spread of African swine fever (ASF) and growing feed costs stemming from the 2019 drought, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Global feed prices are expected to stay relatively neutral in 2020; there are ample supplies that should keep feed prices at reasonable levels, says Rabobank. It released its annual global animal protein outlook today.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecast Australian wheat production for 2018/19 will decline to 17 million metric tons (MMT), the lowest since 2007/08, as dry and hot conditions prevail across major wheat growing areas. It expects wheat exports...
