Market News

Brazil's market share of China soybean exports soars to 75%

U.S. soybean exports to China have been unusually strong over the past several months, but they're still nowhere near the pace they were before the trade war and Brazil appears to be cementing its dominance. Prior to the trade war, Brazil…

Canadian farmers expect to plant more barley, corn

According to the June Field Crop Survey conducted by Statistics Canada, Canadian farmers expect to plant more barley, corn for grain, dry peas, lentils and oats in 2019, but fewer acres of wheat, canola and soybeans. At the time of the survey,…

Vietnam aims to raise the proportion of organic fertilisers to 15% by 2020

Identifying organic fertilisers as the key to organic agriculture, Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has set a target to raise the proportion of organic fertilisers to 15% and the consumption of organic fertilisers industrially produced at home…

India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops

India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops or summer crops, a new labour code, which will allow minimum wages to be paid by cheque / bank transfers to workers of organised as well as unorganised sectors & leasing…

Japan: Labeling discussion continues for genome-edited foods

On May 23, 2019, per the request of the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA), the Consumer Committee in the Cabinet Office of Japan held the 54th Food Labeling Committee to start the public discussion of labeling for foods from genome editing technology.…

FAO seeks to raise awareness on pesticide management

The Food and Agriculture Organization has empowered community broadcasters to raise more awareness to farmers on pesticide management. This was done through a three day workshop organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water…

Austrian parliament approves total glyphosate ban

Austrian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a total ban on glyphosate , putting the country on track to becoming the first EU member to forbid all use of the controversial herbicide. Deputies voted in favour of a bill brought by the Social Democratic…

Non-renewal of approval of the active substance dimethoate

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1090 of 26 June 2019 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance dimethoate, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning…

Government rejects vote to ban synthetic pesticides in Switzerland

In February 2019, an initiative to ban the use of synthetic pesticides in Switzerland collected enough signatures to run a referendum entitled: For a Switzerland free of synthetic pesticides. The initiative would ban the use of all synthetic…