Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu writes to Centre over shrimp feed price hike, seeks relief for aquaculture farmersAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has urged the Union Agriculture Minister to address rising shrimp feed prices. The state ...
Wingreens World goes for Safe Harvest via share-swap routeWingreens World has acquired Safe Harvest in a share swap deal, marking Wingreens' fifth acquisition. The company also secured over ₹120 cr...
China’s soybean feud with Trump leaves US farmers with huge crops and few buyersThis trade war tactic by Beijing squeezes American agriculture, a key Trump constituency. Farmers, feeling like collateral damage, worry ab...
Trump's tariff fight with China means trouble for a vast wilderness in BrazilAs the trade rift between China and the United States deepens, Brazilian soybeans are gaining unprecedented traction in global markets. Thi...
Import duty cut on US farm goods under trade pact could undermine India's food security: GTRIGTRI cautions India against lowering import duties on US farm goods in the proposed trade agreement, emphasizing potential threats to food ...
A corporate deal that protected the Amazon from soy farming starts to show cracksBrazilian soy farmers are expanding into the Amazon, exploiting a loophole in the Amazon Soy Moratorium that excludes secondary forests. Th...
Farmers bets more heavily on cotton in Brazil's newest farming regionCotton growing continues to make inroads in the sprawling farms around Luis Eduardo Magalhaes in the western part of Bahia state, where the...
Biofuel boom to push US soy meal exports to record highHigher global demand for US meal comes as drought in Argentina, typically the world’s biggest soy meal exporter.
Third straight drought is upending key Argentine planting seasonArgentina is the No. 1 supplier of soy meal for livestock feed and soy oil for cooking and biofuels, so traders from Chicago to Kuala Lumpu...
Why is soy emerging as a protein product differentiator for retailers?In a discussion with Economic Times, industry experts share how soy, a high-quality protein ingredient, can be a key product differentiator...
How India, overcoming its prejudice for soy, now offers the world a model for sustainable use of the beanIndia is now the world’s fifth largest producer of soy, with production centred in regions like Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh where planting ...
Bengaluru gets health-conscious, switches to organic milk to stay fitGrowing interest in healthy living has resulted in the mushrooming of alternative milk startups in the past year.
Madhya Pradesh offers VAT exemption on soy meal, soy milkJain said his association has also sought exemption of 1% entry tax on soy bean and reduction of ‘mandi’ tax to 1%.
Non-GM soybean in interest of farmers, environment: ExpertsIndia should continue with non-GMO (genetically modified) soybean in the larger interest of farmers and environment, experts said.
- Add soybean to commodity portfolio, prices may remain bullish in medium term
In this new series on commodities, we consider soybean, whose prices are likely to remain bullish in the medium to long term.
- US, Brazil blame soaring food prices on trade restrictions
Trade restrictions are to be blamed for soaring world food prices. It is not biofuels. Top US and Brazilian agricultural officials said.
- No link between futures trading & inflation: FMC
Commodity market regulator FMC doubts that the ban on futures trading in four farm items would help curb inflation, but would surely eat in...