U.S. ag commodities trader Bunge Ltd adjusted income rose more than three-fold in the first quarter from a year earlier as strong crop export demand and stout oilseed crushing margins bolstered its core segment.
A Mexican judge has sided with Bayer in a legal challenge over a government policy that seeks to ban glyphosate, in a temporary reprieve from a looming ban on the widely-used herbicide.
Global commodity prices are expected to stay firm around current levels in 2021 after recovering in the first quarter buoyed by strong economic growth, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s statistics division is conducting a “deep dive” review of how it conducts its quarterly U.S. grain stocks reports, an official said during an online conference on Wednesday.
Brazilian production of ethanol from corn rose 58% in the newly passed year as dozens of recently built plants in the country’s grain heartland ramped up production.
China’s soybean imports almost doubled in March from levels in the same month a year earlier, data from customs showed on Tuesday, as cargoes of beans from top exporter Brazil cleared customs after delays.
Successive cold snaps in the past week have destroyed between 30,000 and 50,000 hectares of French sugar beet, growers group CGB said on Monday, calling it the worst frost-related losses for the sector ever recorded.
The dollar slipped on Monday towards a three-week low as Treasury yields traded near recent lows and traders awaited crucial U.S. inflation and retail sales data in coming days.
Canada’s Nutrien Ltd, the world’s largest fertilizer producer by capacity, said on Thursday it aimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030, in a plan costing the company up to $700 million.
