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Thai rice exporters to sell 150,000 tons of rice to Hong Kong

April 11, 2016 Thai exporters entered a memorandum of understanding agreement with Hong Kong rice importers to sell 150,000 tons of quality rice.

World dairy prices to remain under pressure until 2017

April 11, 2016 Rabobank says that global dairy commodity U.S. dollar prices have continued to stumble along a market floor largely determined by the level of EU intervention support.

Tunisia's cereal production increases 15 percent

April 11, 2016 Tunisia’s total cereal production for market year 2016-2017 is estimated around 1.5 million tonnes with wheat at 1.1 million tonnes and barley at 400,000 tonnes.

Double digit growth for GMO-free food in Italy

April 9, 2016 Sales of GMO-free products in Italy have seen double digit growth in 2015, making it the most dynamic segment of the otherwise stagnant food retail sector.

Irish beef farmers strongly reject accord with Mercosur

April 9, 2016 The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has described an European Union offer to allow limited access to the EU market for Mercosur beef producers as unfair.

South Africa unlocks over $1 billion in oceans development

April 9, 2016 The South African government has unlocked investments amounting to about 17 billion rand ($1.1 billion) in developing the oceans economy, President Jacob Zuma said.

Record grain crop in Brazil expected

April 9, 2016 The 2015/2016 grain crop should reach 209 million tons, a 0.6% increase (1.3 million tons) over the 2014/2015 crop, which produced 207.7 million tons.

New Zealand wines to gain duty-free access to major markets under TPP

April 9, 2016 New Zealand wines, the country's sixth biggest export product, will gain duty-free access to seven new countries under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, Trade Minister Todd McClay said.

Banned EU pesticide affects learning of honeybees but not bumblebees

April 8, 2016 Exposure to a pesticide banned by the European Union significantly affects the learning of honeybees but has no effect on bumblebees - scientists from the University of Sussex have discovered.

Mexico should increase its presence in the European food market

April 8, 2016 Senator Manuel Cota Jimenez, president of the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, received a delegation of German members of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, which was headed by Deputy Alois Gerig.

Robust outlook for global cereal supplies in 2016

April 8, 2016 World cereal production in 2016 is set to amount to 2 521 million tonnes, just 0.2 percent off last year's large output and the third-highest global performance on record.

Honduras to plant 13.2 million trees to fight beetle infestation

April 8, 2016 The government plans to plant 13.2 million trees in Honduran forests affected by an infestation of southern pine beetles "gorgojos".