The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
At the beginning of the week, a vigorous cold front was exiting California to the east. Residual showers lingered over the Sierra Nevada range and along the northwest coastal region. By Tuesday, high pressure aloft brought clearing skies while a surface…
Oil, copper, coffee and corn fell on Wednesday as caution returned to commodities markets at the start of the second quarter after a strong showing in the first three months of 2009. Crude oil fell almost 5 percent in New York, plumbing further below the $50 a barrel…
Brazil’s real rose for a third day, erasing an earlier loss, after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would buy $300 billion in Treasury securities as it steps up efforts to lift the world’s largest economy from a recession. The real strengthened 1 percent to 2.2604 per U.S. dollar at 4:05…
Brazil’s real rose as a gain in commodity prices and increases in global stocks overshadowed the biggest economic contraction in Latin America’s biggest economy in more than a decade. The real strengthened 1.1 percent to 2.3591 per U.S. dollar…
Haifa, Israel, March 4, 2009 – Frutarom Industries Ltd. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets and business of the American Company Flavors Specialties Inc. which has activities also in Central and South America,…..
Brazil’s real rose the most in more than two weeks against the dollar as a rebound in commodity markets and U.S. stock futures renewed investor interest in emerging-market assets.“There is a natural recovery today after yesterday’s steep losses,”
We herewith present the 2008 edition of the study ‘The World of Organic Agriculture’ documenting current statistics, recent developments and trends in global organic farming. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)