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Ukrainian farms have sown 620,500 hectares of spring grains as of April 7, but rainy weather has delayed field work, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday.

The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan's hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed to attract tourism on hold for lack of funding.

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in March for a 12th consecutive month, and is now down 20.5% from a record high hit one year ago following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Friday for a second session tracking weakness in Dalian rival oils, although the contract is set for a weekly rise on expectations of tightening supply.

Copper prices in Shanghai nudged up on Friday, amid quiet trading ahead of the U.S. non-farm payrolls report, but the metal was headed for a slight weekly loss under macro economic pressure.

Icelandair Group HF said on Friday it secured a deal to purchase about 25 of European planemaker Airbus SE's latest A321XLR single-aisle jet, with deliveries slated to begin in 2029.

Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Friday, extending a two-day decline ahead of key data, although the contract is set for a weekly rise buoyed by expectations of tightening supply.

Copper prices rose on Friday, helped by a weaker dollar ahead of the U.S. non-farm payrolls report, but the metal was headed for a weekly drop as a raft of weak economic data this week stoked concerns about demand.

Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut fuel imports and carbon emissions, but it will first have to secure more bio feedstock and solve thorny technical problems.

Colombia's government is trying to speed up the evacuation of some 2,500 families living closest to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which is being monitored for a possible eruption, but some residents are refusing to leave.

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures crumbled on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales and an improved weather outlook for U.S. spring plantings, analysts said.

Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class action lawsuit seeking billions in damages over a price-fixing scheme running between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters.

Raw sugar futures on ICE rose to the highest level in 6-1/2 years on Thursday, as low production in India helped to tighten supplies, while cocoa prices also climbed.

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Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures crumbled on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales and an improved weather outlook for U.S. spring plantings, analysts said.

Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Thursday it bought 600,000 tonnes of Russian wheat in an international tender.

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Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Thursday it bought 600,000 tonnes of Russian wheat in an international tender.

The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry has banned the storage, sale and use of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease in seven states, according to a statement on Thursday, as it seeks to boost Brazil's export prospects even more.

Agribusiness consultancy Safras & Mercado on Thursday raised its estimate for Brazil's 2022/2023 soybean crop to 155.08 million tonnes from 152.43 million tonnes in a previous forecast.