Reading Time: 3 minutes Unapproved genetically modified (GM) wheat found growing in the United States is threatening U.S. exports of the world’s biggest traded food commodity, with Japan stopping a purchase against a backdrop of high consumer sensitivity to gene-altered food. Japan cancelled a tender offer to buy U.S. western white wheat, while other top Asian wheat importers South […] Read more
U.S. GM wheat find threatens exports, stokes consumer fear
El Nino emerges, raising fears over food prices
Reading Time: 4 minutes An El Nino weather pattern is underway and will last until winter, Japan said on Friday, foreshadowing disruptive conditions that could harm crops from Australia to India at a time of rising fears about global food supplies. Corn prices have surged more than 60 per cent in the past two months as the United States […] Read more
Japan’s corn use in feed drops to 20-year low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Japan’s usage of corn in animal feed reached a 20-year low in May, maintaining a downtrend that began in 2010 when high prices spurred the world’s biggest corn importer to use more wheat instead. Preliminary government data released Friday showed the ratio of corn in animal feed fell to 43.7 per cent in May compared […] Read more
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