Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 66,377 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States and Australia in a regular tender that will close on Thursday.
British airline easyJet expects full-year profit to beat market forecasts, it said on Tuesday, encouraged by summer bookings and strong demand over Easter despite French strikes.
Air France KLM has agreed revolving credit facilities (RCF) worth 2.2 billion euros ($2.41 billion), it said on Tuesday, adding that these are linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets.
Poland and Ukraine will resume negotiations early on Tuesday to try to reopen the transit of food and grains, the Polish agriculture minister told public radio station PR1.
Tin prices in China leapt over 10% on Tuesday to their highest in more than two months, supported by supply fears after a major ore producing region in Myanmar issued a ban on mining activities.
Malaysian palm oil futures rose more than 3% on Tuesday, tracking strength in related edible oils amid threats to the Black Sea grain corridor deal, while a weaker Malaysian ringgit lent some support.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited security forces in parts of Ukraine that Russia says it annexed last year, as Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting in Japan condemned a Russian plan to station nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Inspections of ships moving grains from Ukraine have restarted after a pause which threatened to shut down the Black Sea shipping corridor, the RIA news agency cited the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Tuesday.
The Philippines, the world's second-biggest rice buyer behind China, aims to be fully self-sufficient in production of the staple crop by 2027, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
Chicago wheat rose above $7 a bushel for the first time in nearly three weeks on Tuesday after a U.S. government report showed the condition of winter crop at an all-time low, and several Eastern European countries banned grain imports from Ukraine, raising global supply concerns.
Malaysian palm oil futures rose more than 2% on Tuesday after a four-day slide, as concerns about supply from top producer Indonesia grew after a sharp drop in February stockpiles, while a weaker Malaysian ringgit also lent some support.
China's first-quarter pork output rose 1.9% from a year earlier to 15.9 million tonnes, data showed on Tuesday, hitting the highest for a quarter since the fourth quarter of 2017.
Shanghai tin prices climbed over 10% on Tuesday to their highest in more than two months, as supply fears grew after a major ore producing region in Myanmar banned mining activities.
Chicago wheat climbed to a two-week high on Tuesday after a U.S. government report showed the condition of winter crop at an all-time low, and several Eastern European countries banned grain imports from Ukraine, raising concerns about global supplies.
Australia on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to improving agriculture ties with China after a ministerial meeting, as Canberra cheered progress made toward restoring trade in barley amid a thawing in diplomatic relations.
A major U.S. trade preference program for Sub-Saharan Africa has been successful for developing the region's apparel sector in selected countries, but its benefits are not widespread throughout all countries and sectors, a new report to the U.S. Congress showed on Monday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday rated 27% of U.S. winter wheat in good to excellent condition, unchanged from a week ago and the lowest for this time of year in records dating to the late 1980s, while corn planting moved ahead of the average pace during an unusually warm week.
Soybean futures gained following strong U.S. crushing data on Monday, while wheat and corn also closed higher after several Eastern European countries banned grain and other food imports from Ukraine, casting further doubt on Ukrainian exports.
Cocoa futures on ICE hit a 6-1/2 year peak on Monday as tight supplies drove prices and investors were firmly in the buy camp, arabica coffee rose to a 6-month top.