Agriculture

Drought-affected harvests of cereals and other crops resulted in a reduction in the agriculture sector’s turnover in 2018. Scarce rainfall, combined with successive seasons of above-average temperatures, reduced harvests. In 2018, total precipitation...

Mexico cereal crop production volumes experienced a setback in 2018, subdued by lower-than-expected harvested area and some harvest limitations caused by weather conditions. According FAO, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, total ...

Indonesia’s agriculture industry saw steady revenue growth in 2018, on the back of increased rice and corn crop output. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, annual unhusked rice production was estimated at around 83 million...

The Brazilian agriculture industry saw improved turnover growth in 2018, however production volume output recorded mixed results. According to IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the country’s crop and cereal harvest amounted ...

Revenue of Indian crop and cereal farmers registered strong growth in 2017, on the back of record harvests. According to the Agriculture Ministry’s preliminary data, food grains and horticulture output increased by 3.5% to 284.8 million tonnes, and ...

Spain’s swine livestock sector faced another period of above-trend growth in 2017. Spain housed more than 30 million pigs in 2017, which represented a 3.1% year-on-year increase. This resulted in a production volume of 4.1 million tonnes of pig meat ...

The agricultural sector’s production value sustained the upward trend in Russia in 2017, fuelled by a record grain harvest as well as cereal production price growth. During 2017 the total cereal harvest reached 119.2 million tonnes, up by 1.2% ...

Canada’s livestock sector continued on a healthy growth path thanks to growing demand for meat and meat products. According to national statistics, the cattle herd in 2017 amounted to 11.5 million heads, similar to the level a year before, however ...

Italy’s agriculture industry faced a challenging 2017, as adverse weather conditions hindered production volume output growth. The high temperatures and catastrophic drought (with rainfall 80% below average in the first half of 2017, the driest year ...

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Although the growth of B2B e-commerce is expected to accelerate over the coming years, not all industries are equally suitable and prepared for embracing digital selling. The manufacturers most ready to launch their digital selling activities include...

China remained the world’s top vegetable grower in 2017. Rising disposable incomes resulting in demand lift, along with diversified trade routes, underpinned the steady growth of vegetable production volumes. Moreover, the updated Chinese Dietary ...

Livestock farming in the UK reported significant value gains over the course of 2017. Nevertheless, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) estimated that beef and veal production volume declined by 1% compared to the previous year....

The cattle livestock sector continued to post turnover gains in 2017, partly supported by increasing consumption of beef domestically. Even though it was estimated that Japanese cattle slaughter contracted slightly, by 0.6% to approximately 1.1 ...

Following the inauguration of President Trump in January 2017, the US Government began to embrace a far different posture on international trade than previous administrations had. Firstly, the US formally withdrew from the TPP, and initiated a ...

2017 was a strong year for the Turkish fruit and vegetables sector, due to increased production and record-high exports. Thanks to favourable weather conditions and continuous greenhouse expansion, fruit production volumes in Turkey rose by 9.7% to ...

Faced with persistent oversupply of the dominant grain culture caused by falling internal consumption, the Korean Government has taken actions to reduce annual rice overstocks. In 2017, rice production in South Korea hit the lowest in 37 years, as ...

Under the Saudi Vision 2030 programme and the National Transformation Programme (NTP), the government aims to boost broiler production self-sufficiency from 42% in 2016 to 60% by 2020. As of 2017, agricultural holdings in the Kingdom were breeding ...

The trade tariff wars between the US and China have reached new highs, as more product groups and industries are being affected on both sides. The recent introduction of increased tariffs on agricultural commodities has left US farmers questioning ...