Brazil's 2023 coffee crop is expected to reach 54.36 million 60-kg bags, government food and statistics agency Conab said on Wednesday, down from the figure forecast in May hit by lower production for the robusta variety.
London cocoa futures on ICE fell on Wednesday, extending the market's retreat from a recent 46-year peak, although prices remained underpinned by supply woes in West Africa.
APK-Inform agriculture consultancy on Wednesday increased its forecast for Ukraine's 2023 grain harvest to 54.2 million metric tons from the previous outlook of 53.1 million thanks to favourable weather.
Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday to their lowest closing in one week, weighed by weaker rival edible oils, although losses were capped by better exports.
The lowest free-on-board offer presented at an Egyptian state purchasing tender for wheat on Wednesday was $258.77 per metric ton for 50,000 tons of Bulgarian wheat , traders said.
Copper prices rose in London on Wednesday with more upbeat demand prospects from top metals consumer China, ignoring pressure from rising inventories and caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision later in the day.
Square, a unit of fintech company Block Inc, said on Wednesday it would enter the Canadian cannabis market through a partnership with e-commerce platform Jane Technologies.
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday extending EU approval for use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG's Roundup weed killer, by 10 years.
China's soybean imports from Brazil rose 45% in August from a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday, as a huge crop produced by the South American nation this year continued to flow to the world's top buyer.
Global primary aluminium output in August rose 2.4% year on year to 6.044 million tonnes, data from the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed on Wednesday.
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Russia will be able to export 60 million metric tonnes of grain in the 2023/2024 season, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture.
Thailand's legislators will renew a push for an overarching law on use of cannabis for medical and research purposes, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday, more than a year after the narcotic was legalised without proper regulations.
The Australian government said it will stop trying to eradicate the Varroa mite, a parasite that kills honey bees, and will instead try to manage its spread, which is likely to make pollination of crops such as almonds more costly.
Indian budget carrier Akasa Air is flying less and will give up market share in the short term to ensure it runs a reliable operation after some pilots quit the airline, CEO Vinay Dube told employees in an email late on Tuesday.
Australia's Qantas Airways said its former CEO took a pay increase of 872% as he collected years' worth of long-term incentives on the way out, but added it was cutting and withholding hefty bonuses amid damaging lawsuits.
Algeria’s state grains agency OAIC is believed to be continuing negotiations on Wednesday about buying milling wheat in an international tender which closed on Tuesday, European traders said.
Italy's antitrust agency said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into low-cost carrier Ryanair "for possible abuse of a dominant (market) position".
Prices of copper moved in small ranges on Wednesday amid caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision expected later in the day, while rising inventories capped any strong gains.