A newly built Archer-Daniels-Midland soybean processing plant in Spiritwood, North Dakota, began receiving soybeans for the first time on Monday and is aiming to start crushing them in first week of October, CEO Juan Luciano said.
The European Union's crop monitoring service on Monday reduced its forecast of this year's EU grain maize yield to 7.26 tonnes per hectare (t/ha) from 7.45 t/ha projected last month.
A dispute over agricultural trade created a rift on Monday between Ukraine and some its strongest allies in the European Union after three member states imposed unilateral measures to restrict imports from the war-torn country.
Rio Tinto has been solely funding preparatory work at the blocks it holds at Simandou, one of the world's largest untapped iron ore deposits, as its Chinese partners are yet to make their funds available, two sources close to the matter said.
London cocoa futures on ICE fell on Monday, slipping back after the market's recent strong advance, while raw sugar prices were hovering just below the prior session's 12-year peak.
Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast since the start of the season on Oct. 1 had reached 2.327 million metric tons by Sept. 17, down 4.8% from the same period last season, exporters estimated on Monday.
Chicago corn futures held near their lowest since late 2020 on Monday as an upgrade to European production forecasts and supplies from the U.S. harvest capped prices.
A clutch of European and U.S. delivery company startups is racing to serve the growing market for offering zero-emission, electric last-mile deliveries in cities to retailers and consumers before giant shippers do the same.
Uganda exported its largest monthly volume of coffee on record in August, the state regulator said on Monday, following an abundant harvest in the country's southwest and high prices that motivated growers to release bean stocks.
Copper was supported on Monday by expectations that the global interest rate tightening cycle is close to ending, but worries about demand in top consumer China and rising inventories in exchange warehouses weighed on sentiment.
Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Monday after three consecutive sessions of gains, weighed down by weakness in Dalian Palm Olein and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean oil.
After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai Kaeo-eam hurriedly cleared her fields and planted a new crop in late August — ignoring a Thai government advisory to restrict further sowing of the grain this year to conserve water.
Ukraine plans to sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, Politico quoted Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka as saying in an interview published on Monday.
Ukraine plans to sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, Politico quoted Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka as saying in an interview published on Monday.
Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Monday, tracking gains in oil prices and buoyed by optimism that the Chinese economy is finally turning a corner.
Analyst APK-Inform has increased the export forecast for Ukraine for the new 2023/24 season to 19 million metric tons from the previous outlook of 18 million.
London copper edged higher in Asian trading on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision this week, with traders awaiting the U.S. central bank's policy guidance and economic outlook.
Spanish airline Volotea has hired investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to ready a possible listing of its shares on the Madrid stock market, Expansion newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified market sources.