Brazil to export record coffee volume, El Nino in focus, trading firm saysBrazil anticipates a record coffee export volume in the upcoming crop year, driven by exceptionally high production. However, farmers and t...
21 May, 2026, 10.53 AM IST
What do China's new US farm purchases mean for global trade? | An explainerChina will purchase over $17 billion in US farm goods yearly for three years. This deal boosts agricultural trade significantly. Purchases ...
18 May, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
Sugar week optimism hinges on El Niño impacts, petrobras policyThe sugar industry is seeking price drivers amidst a weak market, with focus on Brazilian gasoline prices and El Niño's impact on productio...
16 May, 2026, 10.37 AM IST
Brazilian researchers remix coffee varieties to confront climate challengeThis crucial research aims to combat climate change's threat to global coffee supplies, as arabica faces declining yields. The goal is to c...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.37 AM IST
World's top sugar trader is having deja vu of an epic shortage thanks to non-contributory IndiaIndia isn’t expected to ship any sugar for the season that just started, a shift from two seasons ago when exports were as much as 11 milli...
03 Nov, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
Brazil is pushing the US out of world’s biggest soybean marketChina is ordering Brazilian soybeans in order to fulfil delivery in October, a peak exports time for the US.
25 Jul, 2023, 09.32 AM IST
India should try lentil cropsAustralian and Brazilian farmers are experimenting with crops such as arhar, urad and tur daal as they look to target the staple Indian die...
17 Jul, 2023, 12.18 PM IST
China to cut US soy imports after shipping delays clip export windowUS soybean shipments to China in 2020-21 were the strongest since the 2016-17 season, thanks in part to a delayed start to the 2021 Brazil ...
03 Dec, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
Expect global sugar prices to remain stable till January 2022: Abinash Verma, ISMA"I believe the global sugar prices should remain at these levels because the Brazilian crop and the Thailand crop is not doing well, and th...
02 Jun, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Corn hits 8-year high as dry weather in Brazil raises supply concernSoybeans are being supported by firm prices of soyoil and other vegetable oils.
03 May, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Low global prices likely to lift coffee exporters’ hopes of reviving exportAccording to September report of International Coffee Organisation, the previous revision by Brazilian crop agency Conab put the production...
31 Oct, 2014, 06.21 AM IST
Weak rains may cut coffee output: ReportA below-normal monsoon is likely to pull down further the country’s coffee output, which has been ravaged by the white stemborer pest attac...
17 Jun, 2014, 12.36 PM IST
- Allow sugar exporters to surrender permits without fine: ISMA
ISMA has sought exemption from penalty for sugar exporters failing to meet obligations, saying their outbound shipments are becoming unviab...
26 Aug, 2012, 10.53 AM IST
- UPL acquires 51 pc stake in DVA Agro Brazil for $ 150 mn
United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) has acquired 51 per cent stake in Brazilian firm DVA Agro Do Brasil (DVA Agro Brazil) for $ 150 million.
26 Jul, 2011, 04.37 PM IST
- Global coffee output set to rise this year
World coffee production is expected to rise to around 127 million 60-kg bags in 2008-09, up from 116.9 million in the prior year, Internati...
15 May, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Brazil's Lula urges rich nations to end farm subsidies
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday renewed his appeal to rich nations to end farm subsidies and open their markets to ...
20 Apr, 2008, 11.40 PM IST
- Brazil gears up to be new biofuel Mecca
Brazil may well become the Saudi Arabia of biofuels. Try as they may, the US and EU can never hope to beat Brazil either in quantity or aff...
17 Jun, 2006, 12.44 AM IST