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08 Nov 2024
In October 2024, wheat prices reached multi-month highs due to weather-related planting delays in parts of the northern hemisphere, although they later eased as field conditions improved. Maize prices also strengthened slightly despite swift harvest progress in the [...]
19 Apr 2016
El Niño continues to decline from its peak strength in late 2015, with neutral conditions expected by June. However, it has already affected 60 million people through droughts, floods and extreme weather, according to several UN sources. Aftermath [...]
15 Apr 2016
In a statement during the OECD Meeting of Agriculture Ministers last week, the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, highlighted the importance of improved market transparency to strengthen global food security.
Against this background, he encouraged countries to [...]
11 Apr 2016
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada signed a grant agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support ongoing work on developing an index of market sentiment for AMIS. The index will filter information from [...]
16 Mar 2016
Friedrich Wacker of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture will be the next Chair of AMIS, taking over from Mr. Robert Johansson of the United States Department of Agriculture in June. The election took place at last [...]
08 Mar 2016
A new study reviews good practices in producing crop forecasts, based on country case studies conducted in Belgium, China, Morocco, South Africa and the United States. The publication, which has been produced in collaboration with the Global Strategy [...]