Non-commercial market participants increased their net short position in Euronext's milling wheat futures and options in the week to Jan. 19, data published by Euronext on Wednesday showed.
Groundwater levels across the world have shown widespread and "accelerated" decline over the past 40 years, driven by unsustainable irrigation practices as well as climate change, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Robusta coffee futures on the ICE exchange again topped their highest price in at least 16 years on Wednesday as traders in top producer Vietnam scramble for supplies amid an escalating crisis in the Red Sea.
Ukraine has managed to boost its Black Sea grain exports to a level not seen since before Russia's invasion, although the Red Sea shipping crisis poses a new challenge to its crucial agricultural trade.
The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 jet earlier this month was removed for repair and re-installed improperly by Boeing's mechanics at its Renton final assembly line, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday, citing one person familiar with the matter.
A planned two-day strike action by Finnish industrial workers early next month will hit output and supply from Neste's oil refinery in Finland, labour union and company officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
Chicago soybean futures fell for the first time in three sessions on Wednesday, pressured by expectations of record South American supplies, while wheat and corn rose.
India is planning an increase of 8% for the floor price that mills must pay for sugar cane in the 2024/25 season from Oct. 1, a government source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the world's second-largest sugar producer tries to boost output.
The aviation industry will press regulators this week for urgent action to help tackle GPS "spoofing" amid a surge in such activity, which can send commercial airliners off-course, due to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
India is planning an increase of 8% for the floor price that mills must pay for sugar cane in the 2024/25 season starting from Oct. 1, a government source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the world's second largest sugar producer tries to boost production after drought curtailed output.
Malaysia's palm oil sector could generate additional output and revenue of up to 4 billion ringgit ($845.84 million) this year, following a government move that would allow plantations to hire foreign workers, an industry group said on Wednesday.
London copper prices rose to a three-week high on Wednesday on reinforced hopes of more stimulus measures from top metals consumer China, after it cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves.
Malaysian palm oil futures extended early gains on Wednesday to its highest in over two months, underpinned by expectations of a decline in output at the world's second-largest producer.
A planned two-day strike action by Finnish industrial workers will hit output from Neste's oil refinery in Finland early next month, a labour union official told Reuters.
Protesting farmers blocked roads across France on Wednesday to press the government to ease its drive for lower consumer prices and reduce environmental regulations.
Indian shares settled higher in a volatile session on Wednesday, as metal stocks gained on supply concerns from Russia and on hopes of stimulus from Chinese government.
Leading South Korean animal feed maker Nonghyup Feed Inc. (NOFI) bought an estimated 136,000 metric tons of animal feed corn in an international tender on Wednesday, European traders said.