The U.S. government is testing several potential bird flu vaccines for poultry, officials said on Friday, after more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have died in the nation's worst outbreak ever.
Cocoa futures on ICE rose to 6-1/2 year highs on Friday boosted by tight supplies, while raw sugar prices were consolidating just below an 11-year peak set earlier this week.
Canada's Olymel, one of the country's biggest pork processors, said on Friday that it would close a hog plant in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec by late this year, laying off 994 people.
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Quebec's provincial ban on cannabis grown in private homes is constitutional, in a blow to cannabis advocates who said it was at odds with a federal law allowing a small number of plants to be grown for personal use.
A lawsuit bought by Elliott Associates and Jane Street Global Trading against the London Metal Exchange (LME) for cancelling nickel trades will to be heard in a London court on June 20-22, the LME said on its website.
Chicago wheat eased on Friday to a new three-week low as the market remained unperturbed by Russia's warnings it could pull out of a Black Sea grain deal, focusing on sluggish export demand and improving U.S. spring weather.
U.S. forecasters have significantly increased confidence over the last few weeks that an El Nino event will unfold in the next couple of months as opposed to later in the year, potentially influencing the weather outlook for many global crops this year.
Copper prices touched a seven-week high on Friday on support from tightening inventories and a weaker dollar, before easing back as investors took the opportunity to lock in profits after the metal's 3.3% weekly gain.
Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Friday and posted their first weekly loss in three weeks, as weaker rival oils and expectation of sluggish exports weighed on prices.
The West still has time to remove "obstacles" hindering the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal before a deadline on May 18, senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov said on Friday.
Cocoa futures on ICE rose to 6-1/2 year highs on Friday boosted by tight supplies, while robusta coffee and raw sugar prices fell back slightly after recent strong gains.
The West still has time to remove "obstacles" hindering the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal before a deadline on May 18, senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov said on Friday on the Telegram messaging app.
LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods group, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Platinum Invest Group, the owner of French jewellery producers Orest and Abysse, with an eye to bulking up production for its U.S. jeweller Tiffany.
Bayer Chairman Norbert Winkeljohann has won backing for his re-election from a pair of major shareholder advisory firms despite criticism from two German investment groups for his numerous board commitments.
Spanish oil company Cepsa teamed up with vegetable oil processor Apical Group's Bio-Oils unit to build a second-generation biofuels plant in southern Spain, a 1 billion euro ($1.11 billion) project.
The condition of French soft wheat improved slightly in the week to April 10, with 94% of crops rated to be in good or excellent condition compared with 93% the previous week, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
China's commerce ministry said on Friday it will review the necessity of continuing to impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on imported Australia barley from April 15, with the survey to be completed within a year.
British bootmaker Dr Martens Plc lowered its annual profit forecast on Friday, citing higher-than-expected costs at its Los Angeles (LA) operations and softer wholesale revenue in the final quarter.
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