Argentina's farmers, some of the world's most important producers of soy, corn, wheat and beef, have some strong views on the country's polarized presidential election finalists: untrustworthy and unreliable.
IPO-bound Virgin Australia said on Tuesday that it is in talks with its ground staff for a new enterprise deal after the Transport Workers' Union alleged that the carrier was not honouring its payment commitments to ground and cabin crew.
Argentina announced on Monday it would expand and extend an export incentive program for a month starting on Tuesday, after Economy Minister Sergio Massa emerged as the surprise frontrunner in the presidential election.
India is expected to cut the floor price it has set for basmati rice exports, government and industry sources said on Tuesday, after farmers and exporters complained it was damaging trade.
London cocoa futures on ICE hit a third successive record
high on Monday, with speculators doubling down on bets for
rising prices as they expect shrinking demand will not be enough
to offset a severe downturn in supply.
Shares of FMC Corp fell by more than 25% to more than a six-year low on Monday after weak demand in key markets forced the agricultural chemicals supplier to slash its third quarter revenue and profit forecasts.
U.S. Crop Watch producers reported fast harvest paces across the board last week, and that will continue until mid-week when the next round of heavier rains is expected to move across the Corn Belt.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Monday as advancing U.S. harvests uncovered strong yields and farmers increased sales of their crops, analysts said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) weekly crop progress report should show the U.S. soybean harvest as 77% complete and the corn harvest as 59% complete, according to the average of estimates from 12 analysts polled by Reuters on Monday.
An Alaska Airlines flight bound for San Francisco was diverted to Portland, Oregon, after a jump seat passenger inside the cockpit attempted to disable the aircraft engines.
French luxury group Kering's sales are likely to have slowed again in the third quarter as it seeks to reignite its star label Gucci under a new creative direction and the sector shows signs of easing demand for high-end fashion.
Above average rains in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions last week helped strengthen the development of small and average pods of the October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday, although in some regions heavy rainfall was preventing beans from drying properly.
Lockheed Martin Corp has withdrawn from the U.S. Air Force's competition to build at least 75 refueling tankers, the company said, giving Boeing's N KC-46 Pegasus a boost in the closely-watched multi-billion dollar Air Force contract.
The European Union's crop monitoring service on Monday further reduced its yield forecast for the EU's grain maize harvest after a warm, dry start to autumn worsened drought in the southeast of the bloc.
London cocoa futures on ICE hit a third successive record high on Monday, with speculators doubling down on bets for rising prices as they expect shrinking demand will not be enough to offset a severe downturn in supply.