The Chinese spot lithium carbonate market is a small and volatile component of the global lithium pricing structure, and price signals can be extreme relative to what is happening elsewhere in the supply chain.
Top U.S. winter wheat grower Kansas is having a nightmare season amid exceptional drought, and the annual Wheat Quality Council tour confirmed that Thursday, issuing its lowest winter wheat yield estimate since at least 2000.
Chicago corn and soybeans rose on Friday in a technical rebound from multi-month lows a day earlier when tepid U.S. exports and expectations of large global supplies dampened prices, traders said.
Copper prices rebounded on Friday on hopes that U.S. politicians will seal a deal to avert a debt default and as investors adjusted positions ahead of the weekend.
Three employees of the largest agricultural research facility in the U.S. have filed federal whistleblower complaints alleging that the facility’s conditions are hazardous to workers and undermine their research, even as farmers are facing pressing issues like climate change, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with staff.
The Amazon, one of the most bat-diverse regions in the world, is under constant assault from deforestation yet no widespread viral outbreak has been documented there. Reuters examines this paradox.
Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Friday, lifted by renewed buying by key importer China, even as prices clocked their first weekly drop in three.
The Shanghai stock exchange has accepted Swiss agrichemicals and seeds group Syngenta's application for listing on its main board, a filing posted on the exchange showed on Friday.
The base price for calculating Russia's wheat export duty will rise to 17,000 roubles ($218.73) from 15,000 roubles per tonne, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev as saying on Friday.
Half of Hungary's grain storage capacity is available ahead of the harvest, sufficient to store this summer's domestic production, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Thailand's progressive Move Forward party on Friday said potential coalition partners need not support its controversial stance on amending the royal insult law, as it seeks to win the backing of other parties to form a government.
The condition of French soft wheat fell slightly in the week to May 15 but remained at its highest level in at least a decade, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday.
The condition of French soft wheat fell slightly in the week to May 15, with 93% of crops rated in good or excellent condition compared with 94% the previous week, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
Banking and technology sectors tracked overnight gains on Wall Street to drive Australian shares higher on Friday, backed by mounting optimism that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling could be reached within days.
Germany's winter wheat sown area for the 2023 harvest has been reduced by 1.4% to about 2.85 million hectares, Germany’s national statistics agency estimated on Friday.
Turkey's central bank reversed a decision to require banks to hold securities against cash withdrawals on credit cards and jewellery expenses, according to a central bank document seen by Reuters on Friday.
The Korea Feed Association (KFA) in South Korea purchased about 65,000 tonnes of animal feed corn expected to be sourced from either South America or South Africa on Thursday, European traders said on Friday.
India plans to mandate the use of 1% of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for domestic airlines by 2025, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday, in a bid to cut emissions from the sector.
Germany's winter wheat sown area for the 2023 harvest has been reduced by 1.4% on the year to about 2.85 million hectares, Germany’s national statistics agency estimated on Friday.