Archive for the August 25, 2019
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England captain Joe Root restored a measure of batting pride for his side with an unbeaten 75 in the third Test at Headingley as Australia were denied an Ashes-clinching win inside three days on Saturday.
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An app that sends money in the form of tips from appreciative caffeine devotees around the world to coffee growers in Colombia could help farmers battered by dismal prices earn more income, the initiative's founder
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Russian state-controlled bank VTB has asked President Vladimir Putin to help it create a Russian grain champion to curb the role of foreign traders and give the state greater control over exports, a letter seen
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Indian farmers have planted summer-sown crops on 97.5 million hectares, down 2.3 percent year-on-year, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday, substantially narrowing the sowing gap compared with last year from previous weeks. The planting of
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Farmers in France, the European Union's largest grain producer, will harvest their second largest soft wheat crop in history this year at 39.17 million tonnes, as a record-breaking heatwave failed to hurt yields, consultancy Agritel
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Forecast of more rains in both Sindh and Punjab pushed the rates further higher on the cotton market on Saturday in the process of trading activity, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at
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Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures settled higher on Thursday on technical buying and better-than-expected weekly US export data, traders said. The US Department of Agriculture said export sales in the week to August 15
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Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures closed lower on Thursday, retreating from early advances on technical selling and reports of improving crop prospects on the final day of an annual US crop tour, traders said.
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ICE Canadian canola futures ended unchanged in the nearby contract and slightly higher for the deferred contracts on Thursday, underpinned by modest technical and crusher buying. Strong margins prompted crushers to buy canola for delivery
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Eurozone bond yields dipped on Friday after China introduced retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of US goods, while Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell gave few clues about whether the central bank will cut interest rates
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