Jordan's government is likely to issue a tender to purchase about 130,000 tonnes of US-origin hard wheat in August, European traders said on Monday. "They say they have now settled an inter-government loan of $20

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Spot basis bids for soyabean were mostly weaker early Monday across the US Midwest, while corn basis bids were steady to mixed, dealers said. Farmer sales of both crops were extremely light, they added. Soybean

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South Korea will double the average size of full-time rice farms to raise competitiveness of domestic farmers who may face imports of cheaper rice if world trade talks succeed, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.

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Cuba is urging sugar workers to take advantage of recent rainfall and ease damage caused by drought, local media said on Monday, though reports left no doubt that the coming harvest was in trouble and

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Gold shipments to the western Indian state of Gujarat, which used to be a major hub for imports of the metal, are likely to rise sharply after the state's sales tax on gold was cut

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South Korean feed makers has bought a total of 70,000 tonnes of feed wheat since mid July, traders said on Monday. The Major Feedmills Group (MFG) bought 50,000 tonnes of optional-origin feed wheat from Bungle

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A weak cold front passed through the south-eastern coffee belt over the weekend without changing the outlook for favourable dry harvesting weather this week, private forecaster Somar said Monday. "Dry conditions will persist throughout the

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Huludao Non-ferrous Metals Group, which has the largest zinc capacity in China, has restarted part of a smelter that has been closed for more than three years, a company official said on Monday. He said

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Malaysia's export of oil palm products for July stood at 1,114,671 tonnes, up 16.6 percent from the 956,003 tonnes shipped in June, cargo surveyor Society Generale de Surveillance said on Monday. The figure was, however,

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Asia's shipping trade is expected to grow sharply led by China and India, but the region must enhance security and invest some 27 billion dollars to build over 430 new container berths by 2011 to

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