wheat

Plastic bag shortages, WFH, pricier wine: The Iran conflict is rippling through the economy

Chinese buyers have booked two cargoes of US wheat, the first such purchases since October last year.

China begins limited purchases of US farm goods after Trump-Xi meet

Australia sent just 546,000 metric tons of wheat to China during the October to March period, the first six months of its marketing season, down from 2.9 million tons in the first six months of the 2023/24 season, Australian customs data show.

Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

China’s grains imports, including wheat, plunged last year after Beijing asked traders to limit purchases from overseas to support local prices and farmers.

Hot, dry weather threatens output in China’s wheat-growing belt

China has been the biggest buyer of Australian wheat over the past couple of years.

China’s fading hunger for grain spells trouble for world farmers

Wheat buyers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, which account for two-thirds of global imports of the staple, have been caught out with relatively little supply after the weather disruptions that unexpectedly sent prices surging from April.

China’s Sinograin to expand wheat stockpiles as global supplies fall

The US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service predicts India wheat imports at 2 million tonnes in the season that began on Apr 1 on steady local demand.

World crop trade eyes India as new government may relax curbs

Many Chinese consumers remain concerned about the safety of GM food crops.

China's approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops

The US government has reported the cancellation of more than 500,000 tonnes of US wheat exports to China since last week.

Chinese buyers cancel or postpone one million tonnes of Australian wheat: sources

It was the third straight session with such an announcement, the most in USDA data going back to 1999.

China has never cancelled this many shipments of US wheat