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Slideshow: Country Focus 2024 | World Grain
Dec 26, 2024 · Agriculture overall is an important sector in Thailand, employing about 30% of the labor force, according to the United Nations. Although rice production is holding steady, weather-related challenges are a constant worry for Thailand, which relies heavily on the crop as a food staple and export commodity.
Spring wheat futures competition brewing | World Grain
Jan 9, 2025 · CME’s expansion plan comes on the heels of record volume traded through the exchange in 2024. Wheat futures and options trading volumes increased 10% last year to an average daily volume of 229,000 contracts, the company said, with average daily volume across all CME Group agricultural products at a record high 1.7 million last year.
FAO’s Food Price Index drops in December | World Grain
Jan 3, 2025 · Wheat export prices remained stable in December, as downward pressure from subdued international demand and higher seasonal availability from harvests in Argentina and Australia was balanced by upward pressure from poor winter crop conditions in Russia.
Ukraine grain exports on upswing | World Grain
Oct 16, 2024 · KYIV, UKRAINE — Grain exports for Ukraine for the 2024-25 season (July-June) were 12.5 million tonnes as of Oct. 16, up from 7.7 million tonnes during the same period a year ago, Reuters reported, citing data from the country’s agriculture ministry. Export volume included 7.1 million tonnes of wheat, 3.5 million tonnes of corn and 1.6 million tonnes of barley.
Grain industry faces shifting politics, weather and prices
Dec 16, 2024 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The US grain and feed industry will have several issues to navigate in 2025, including a difficult rural economy, shifting political realities, and possible extreme weather on the horizon, according to speakers at the 53rd Country Elevator Conference hosted by the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA).
Brazil to produce record soybean crop | World Grain
Oct 28, 2024 · BRASILIA, BRAZIL — Brazil is expected to produce a record soybean crop in 2024-25 of 161 million tonnes, a 6% increase from last season, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
GrainCorp receives SAF study funding | World Grain
Dec 17, 2024 · GrainCorp’s A$19.8 million SAF Oilseed Crushing Facility Pre-Deployment Study will investigate the establishment of an oilseed crushing facility that, in alignment with GrainCorp’s feasibility assessment, may produce a minimum of 330,000 tonnes per year of canola oil as a feedstock input for SAF production.
Country Focus: Kazakhstan - World Grain
Jun 17, 2024 · Wheat is the nation’s largest crop by acreage, accounting for 80% of grain production. Production in 2024-25 is estimated at 15.8 million tonnes, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
United Soybean Board elects leadership | World Grain
Dec 20, 2024 · ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, US — The United Soybean Board (USB) elected Philip Good, who has served on the board the past seven years, as 2025 chair during its December meeting in St. Charles, Missouri, US, when it …