The 2023 China Seed Conference and Nanfan Silicon Valley Forum were held in Sanya, Hainan from April 1 to 4. At the Rice Industry Chain Development Forum on the 2nd, the National Rice Industry Chain Big Data Platform, the first rice industry chain big data application service platform in China, was officially launched. The national rice industry chain big data...
Recent trends in the prices of Ukraine vegetables
Will farmers increase the area of onions and carrots? Will the vegetable market collapse in the summer? The onion is still going strong. Its price went up recently. It is followed by carrots. Cabbage also decided to get into the top three. Two ingredients of borscht: potatoes and beets are lagging behind. Meanwhile, in the south, fields are being actively...
Italy’s Durum wheat, prices in dive (-30 euros / t.) in Foggia, Italy at End March: from the end of June lost a third of the value
FOGGIA – Two weeks after the last quotations on March 15, the price of Italian durum wheat plummets at the Foggia Commodity Exchange, in the session of Wednesday, March 29, 2023. The drop was as much as 30 euros per ton. Compared to the end of June 2022, the price of durum wheat lost a third of its value, going from...
Germany Winter cereals: What does it look like in our fields?
It doesn’t really feel like spring yet. But a look at the agricultural land in the country shows that it is in the starting blocks. Agriculture doctor, Dr. Till Backhaus explains: In autumn 2022, the farms in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern sowed winter rapeseed on 197,800 hectares of arable land for the upcoming 2023 harvest season. According to the Statistical Office, the sowing...
Italy’s Olive Oil and the new Automatic traceability in the olive-oil supply chain
An example of technology to improve the sustainability and competitiveness of Italy’s olive oil sector developed in a recent research project. Currently, Italy is the third country in the world, after Spain and Tunisia, for olive-growing area of 955,000 ha, but remains the second largest producer in the world with 4,250,192 q of oil (ISTAT, 2022). Our country holds the richest...
Russian Wheat: The top three lines of Bashkir agricultural exports have been occupied by wheat, flax and barley since the beginning of 2023
Exports of grain and processed products from the Russian Bashkir Republic doubled in 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 Since the beginning of 2023, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Republic of Bashkortostan has controlled 1,681 batches of grain and products of its processing exported by the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan to the countries...
Netherlands live pigs: Piglet price rises dramatically in the Netherlands
In the first quarter of this year, yields for piglets from the Netherlands rose at an arrow-like pace. The Best Piglet Price (BPP) quote increased by 19 euros to 77 euros excluding VAT per piglet. That is well above the cost price per piglet of 70 euros calculated by Wageningen Economic Research. Sow farmers can again eliminate the financial hole that...
Vietnam’s Domestic Sugar Under Pressure on Home Turf
Domestic Vietnamese sugar producers have been facing mounting pressure in competition with imported sugar in recent years. According to the Vietnam Sugar and Sugarcane Association (VSSA), there has been a surge in supply since the beginning of 2023 while retailers were sitting on a large stockpile left over from the previous year. It has resulted in an excess in supply...
Indonesia Palm Oil: Palm Oil Farmers Hold Concern Action on EUDR at EU Embassy
Responding to the European Union’s Anti-Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), Indonesian palm oil farmers are holding a ‘Concern Action’ in front of the European Union Embassy in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Representatives of palm oil farmers who will carry out the Concern Action are APKASIND0 (Indonesian Palm Oil Farmers Association), ASPEK-PIR (Association of Palm Oil Farmers of People’s Nucleus Companies), SAMADE...
Malaysia produce: Less than one percent of organic farming practised in Malaysia, Minister says
KUALA LUMPUR: Less than one percent of the country’s large-scale planters or farmers practice organic farming of Malaysia produce, the Dewan Negara was told today. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said on that basis his ministry together with the private sector and non-government bodies are now taking an aggressive approach in promoting organic farming practices to...