The United States will next month reopen its doors to exports of Paraguayan beef after a quarter of a century, the U.S. embassy in Paraguay said on Thursday, as regulators concluded an extensive review.
Former U.S. astronaut Frank Borman, who made history by commanding the first manned flight to circle the moon and later piloted Eastern Airlines as chairman in severe economic turbulence, has died at the age of 95, NASA said on Thursday.
A U.S. bankruptcy court ruled on Thursday that Scandinavian airline SAS can receive a loan next week of $450 million from investment firm Castlelake, boosting the carrier's effort to complete its restructuring.
London cocoa futures on ICE settled at a record high on Thursday, extending the market's prolonged uptrend that is fuelled by tightening supplies, while coffee prices were also higher.
The Chicago Board of Trade's most-active corn futures plunged sharply on Thursday after the government reported that U.S. farmers will produce the biggest-ever corn crop this year.
Argentine farmers could plant more fields with soybeans than initially estimated, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange said on Thursday, as rains put an end to a drought that affected large parts of the agricultural heartlands.
The Chicago Board of Trade's most-active corn futures plunged sharply on Thursday after the government reported that U.S. farmers will produce the biggest-ever corn crop this year.
Belgium's Bpost posted EBIT above consensus and reinstated its previously-withdrawn 2023 core profit forecast on Thursday, taking into account recent updates on compliance reviews for its services to the Belgian state.
Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in their fight to eradicate hunger, though the region still has the highest rate of food insecurity worldwide and has yet to recover from setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by five United Nations agencies published on Thursday.
If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil in greenhouses on the moon and expect a bumper crop - or any crop at all.
London cocoa futures on ICE rose to a record on Thursday, extending the market's prolonged uptrend that is fuelled by tightening supplies, while coffee prices were also higher.
Hong Kong authorities on Thursday ordered the culling of around 5,600 pigs in a herd after the African swine fever (ASF) virus was discovered at a local pig farm.
El Nino weather conditions will
continue through the Northern Hemisphere during April-June 2024
with a 62% chance, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on
Thursday.