Mexico reported its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm this season, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said in a report on Thursday, just a month after Mexico declared its country free of the disease.
Nutrien, the world's biggest fertilizer producer, on Thursday said it expects a Canpotex facility in Portland, Oregon, to be back online by the end of the year after suffering an outage.
The Egyptian cabinet will raise the local wheat procurement price for the 2024 season to 1,600 pounds ($51.86) per ardeb (150 kilograms) for the 2024 procurement season, it said in a statement on Thursday.
A Dutch company with a product aimed at ending the practice of culling unwanted baby male chickens has received a 40 million euro ($42.6 million) loan to scale up its operations, the European Investment Bank said on Thursday.
Bunge CEO Greg Heckman said on Thursday renewable diesel is the gateway to getting sustainable aviation fuel and partnerships are key to scaling up production of both.
Fertilizer company Nutrien said on Thursday it expects a Canpotex facility in Portland will be back online by the end of the year after suffering an outage.
Ivory Coast and Ghana's joint cocoa civil society platform on Thursday demanded multinational companies stop pushing for lower-priced futures contracts, after Ivory Coast said it was struggling to sell contracts for the 2024/25 season.
Ukrainian grain agricultural export rose by 15% to 4.8 million metric tons in October versus September thanks to a new Black Sea export corridor, the UCAB agricultural business association said on Thursday.
Greece's bank bailout fund plans to start the process for selling a 20% stake in National Bank (NBG), the country's second largest lender, in the coming weeks, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Malaysian palm oil futures recorded their best day in three weeks on Thursday after top-producer Indonesia confirmed the extension of export controls, though a plunge in India's edible oil imports capped gains.
India's edible oil imports in October plunged to their lowest level in 16 months as higher stocks prompted refiners to curtail purchases of palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil, six dealers told Reuters.
Dozens of U.S. agriculture industry representatives gathered in Beijing on Thursday to meet Chinese counterparts amid growing U.S. efforts to bolster farm trade even as political ties between their two countries remain strained.
Turkey said on Thursday it had captured Hakan Ayik, a top fugitive wanted in Australia for drug smuggling, and 36 others involved in an international organised crime ring that has also been pursued by U.S. and New Zealand authorities.
Indonesia President Joko Widodo on Thursday said the government will push for the development of a domestic seaweed processing industry, including for the production of fuel.