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EU Heading For Lower Sugar Output As Pest Attacks Bite

The European Union is heading for a significant drop in sugar output this year after fields were devastated by pests and dry weather, making the...

Ivory Coast To Hike Farmgate Cocoa Prices 21% This Season, Sources Say

Ivory Coast plans to increase the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by more than 21% to 1,000 CFA Francs ($1.84) per kilogram in the 2020/2021 sea...

EU Tells UK To Scrap Plan For Brexit Treaty Breach But UK Refuses

The European Union told Britain on Thursday it should urgently scrap a plan to break their divorce treaty but Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government ref...

CMA CGM Sees Strong Shipping Rebound After Coronavirus Storm

Container shipping group CMA CGM has reported higher second-quarter profits and said it expects results to improve again in the current quarter as the ship...

Soybeans Ease From Two-Year Top, Chinese Buying Limits Losses

Chicago soybean futures slid for the first time in 12 sessions on Wednesday, although losses were curbed by strong Chinese demand and dryness hitting the U...

Brexit Poker Begins: UK Ramps Up No-Deal Preparations

Britain went into Tuesday's fresh round of Brexit trade talks with a warning to the European Union that it was ramping up preparations to leave without an...

German Farmers Urge China To Impose Limited Import Curbs After Swine Fever Find

The head of Germany’s farming association DBV on Friday called on China to impose only limited import restrictions and not a national import ban on G...

EU Ramps Up No-Deal Preparations As It Weighs UK's Brexit Ultimatum

The European Union was on Friday ramping up preparations for a tumultuous end to the four-year Brexit saga as top officials prepared to brief its 27 member...