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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Argentina on alert for locust swarm, crops may be affected
Argentina's Senasa agricultural health inspection agency said a second swarm of locusts are arriving from Paraguay, with farmers on alert for likely crop damage, Reuters reported.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
German 2020 wheat crop to fall 2.6% on-year
Germany's 2020 wheat crop will slide 2.6% on-year to 22.46 million tonnes, the country's farm cooperatives association said in its latest harvest forecast on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Mild La Niña seen to affect Argentine wheat crop
According to meteorologists, a mild La Niña weather event is expected to hit Argentina in the last stretch of its wheat growing season, extending a dry spell that has affected sowing, Reuters reported.
Monday, July 13, 2020
US drops wheat, corn crop forecasts as farmers cut acreage
The US dropped its domestic corn and wheat harvest estimates on Thursday due to a cut in landforecasts, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Czech Republic's 2020 grain crop forecast drops 3.3% on-year
The grain harvest of Czech Republic will lower by 3.3% this year to 6.78 million tonnes, according to the Czech Statistics Bureau (CSU) on Friday in its first crop estimate this season, Successful Farming reported.
Friday, July 3, 2020
US farmers cut one billion bushels from 2020 corn crop estimate
US farmers effectively slashed the 2020 corn crop forecast and planted less than one billion bushels from what they had planned in early spring, USDA data showed on Tuesday, Successful Farming reported.
Friday, June 26, 2020
South Africa's maize crop to increase 38% in 2019 / 2020 season
According to a Reuters survey, maize farmers in South Africa are expected to harvest 38% more maize in the current 2019 / 2020 season compared to the season prior thanks to favourable weather conditions, Nasdaq reported.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Bayer Crop Science targets 100,000 farmers in the Philippines' by 2021 with high yield hybrid seeds
Rice and corn seed producer Bayer Crop Science (BCS), under German-based Bayer AG aims to convince more Filipino farmers to switch to its profitable hybrid seeds, the Manila Bulletin reported.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
China issues GM safety certificates for new crop imports
The agriculture ministry of China issued on Tuesday genetically modified (GM) safety certificates for two new varieties of soybean imports, as restrictions on GM crops in the world's biggest grains market further loosen, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Bayer cancels US plans to produce crop chemical dicamba
Bayer AG will cancel an almost US$1-billion project to make the crop chemical dicamba in the US, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
South Africa, Zambia await second-largest corn crop
South Africa and Zambia are both expecting their second-largest corn harvests on record, Business Live reported.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
China's strip intercropping technology can boost Pakistan's crop
China's corn-soybean strip intercropping technology is suitable for Pakistan to help its corn and soybean yield to lessen the country's soybean imports and improve the nation's food security, Prof Yang Wenyu said, Technology Times reported.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
New wave of locusts threatens India's summer crops
According to government officials and farm experts, a new wave of locust attacks has alarmed India's farmers threatening some vegetable and pulse crops including soybean and corn, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
South Africa eyes higher 2020 corn crop
Corn farmers of South Africa are anticipated to reap more corn this year compared with the previous season because of favourable weather conditions, according to a Reuters survey on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Romania's 2020 wheat crop seen to plummet
Due to a prolonged drought, Romania's wheat output is seen to plummet this year, but should still gather enough surplus to offer in Egypt's international grain tenders, said farmers and experts, Reuters reported.

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