Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in their fight to eradicate hunger, though the region still has the highest rate of food insecurity worldwide and has yet to recover from setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by five United Nations agencies published on Thursday.
If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil in greenhouses on the moon and expect a bumper crop - or any crop at all.
London cocoa futures on ICE rose to a record on Thursday, extending the market's prolonged uptrend that is fuelled by tightening supplies, while coffee prices were also higher.
Hong Kong authorities on Thursday ordered the culling of around 5,600 pigs in a herd after the African swine fever (ASF) virus was discovered at a local pig farm.
El Nino weather conditions will
continue through the Northern Hemisphere during April-June 2024
with a 62% chance, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on
Thursday.
InterGlobe Enterprises, which backs India's top airline IndiGo, and U.S.-based Archer Aviation will launch an all-electric air taxi service in India in 2026 that will be "cost-competitive" with on-road services, the companies said Thursday.
London cocoa futures on ICE rose to a record on Thursday, extending the market's prolonged uptrend that is fuelled by tightening supplies, while coffee prices were also higher.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday is expected to confirm disappointing yields for the 2023 U.S. corn and soybean harvests, but that may be OK if the freshly printed 2024 outlooks are any indication.
Chicago soybeans were almost unchanged on Thursday, trading close to last session's two-month high with traders awaiting the release of a U.S. government report later in the day.
Brazil's crop agency (Conab) on Thursday raised the forecast for the country's soybean production by around 400,000 metric tons to 162.420 million tons even as hot and dry weather disrupted planting in key areas.
Coach parent Tapestry, which agreed to buy rival Capri in August, cut its annual sales forecast on Thursday and missed first-quarter estimates, taking a hit from weak demand for its luxury handbags and shoes in North America.
The European Commission is aiming to reach an agreement on steel and aluminium with the United States by the end of the year to bring a definitive end to U.S. import tariffs on the metals, Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said on Thursday.
Brazil's crop agency (Conab) on Thursday raised the forecast for the country's soybean production by around 400,000 metric tons to 162.420 million tons even as farmers in center west areas faced irregular rains as they began to sow their new crop in September.
Hungary reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a fattening duck farm in the northeastern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said in a report on Thursday.
Ukraine's alternative Black Sea export corridor is working despite a recent Russian attack on a civilian vessel, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Thursday.
Reuters
Checked
20 minutes 15 seconds ago
This feed is responsible for generating the rss feed related to the topic Commodities