Supply Chain

China's March Pork Imports Almost Triple After Pig Disease

China's pork imports almost tripled in March from last year, customs data showed on Tuesday, soaring to a record monthly volume as buyers sought to plug a...

Pulp Friction: Border Jams Delay Supply Of Toilet Paper's Only Ingredient

As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID-19, two of the world's biggest pulp makers say transportation logjams are delaying shi...

Shell Brings Dutch Oil Refinery Maintenance Forward

Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it would start large-scale maintenance of its Pernis refinery in the Netherlands in mid-April, more than two...

Wheat Steadies After Four-Day Slide, Corn Falls More

U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, bouncing after a four-day slide, as traders weighed the threat of a deep economic downturn due to the coronavirus epidem...

Coronavirus Upends Global Food Supply Chains In Latest Economic Shock

In the fertile Satara district in western India, farmers are putting their cattle on an unorthodox diet: Some feed iceberg lettuce to buffalo. Others feed...

World Food Prices Fall Sharply In March Due To Coronavirus, Cooking Oil Slump: U.N.

World food prices fell sharply in March, hit by a drop in demand tied to the coronavirus pandemic and a plunge in global oil prices, the United Nations foo...

Bord Bia Announces €1m Marketing Grant For Irish Producers

Bord Bia has announced a €1 million ‘Navigating Change’ COVID-19 marketing supports response strategy to help Irish producers. The mark...

Food Drink Ireland Welcomes Additional €1bn Liquidity Support For Sector

Food Drink Ireland (FDI) has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys of additional liquidity suppor...