Supply Chain

Planters Say Anti-Palm Oil Campaigns Hinder Sustainability Shift

Top palm oil producers said that the industry is making strides towards transparency and sustainability across its supply chain despite campaigns...

Food And Drink Exports In 2020 Demonstrate Resilience Of The Sector, Says FDI

Food Drink Ireland (FDI), said the recent publication of Bord Bia’s Export Performance and Prospects report, shows the resilience of Ireland’s...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Get Boost From Rainy Weather

Unseasonably heavy rains mixed with sun last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions, improving prospects for the April-to-September mid-crop harvest,...

France To Cull More Ducks In 'Race Against Time' To Halt Bird Flu

France is to extend mass culling of poultry as it faces a "race against time" to contain a bird flu virus sweeping through a duck-breeding area i...

World Food Price Index Rises For Seventh Month Running In December: FAO

World food prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in December, with all the major categories, barring sugar, posting gains last month, the United Nati...

Maersk Says European Lockdowns Have Not Dented Demand For Shipping

High shipping rates are set to continue for at least several weeks, despite new coronavirus lockdowns in Europe, boosted by demand for furniture, exercise...

China 2020 Meat Imports Close To 10 Million Tonnes, Up 60% Year On Year

China imported 9.91 million tonnes of meat in 2020, customs data showed, as the world's biggest consumer of meat stocked up on proteins after a further plu...

Corn Extends Rally To Highest Since 2013; Soy Falls On Profit Taking

U.S. corn futures jumped 2.3% to a 7-1/2-year high on Wednesday, with the market focused on prospects for tight global supplies after the U.S. Department o...