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Peak Trading Research Jan 1, 2025

What a year! 🎉 #Cocoa 🍫 and #Coffee ☕ prices rocketed higher due to weather and production concerns ... while the larger #Grain 🌾 and #Oilseed 🌱 markets contended with great weather and the strong dollar. 💵

Michael Dmitriev Nov 18, 2024

Import of edible oils during Oil Year 2023-24, as predicted earlier, reduced to 159.6 lakh tons from 164.7 lakh tons compared to previous year, thanks to larger domestic oilseed crops and higher price squeezed the demand to some extent. India needs annually about an additional 1.0 mln tons (10.0 lakh tons) of edible oils to meet the growing population and increase in per capita consumption.

https://globaltribune.net/import-of-edible-oil-in-india-likely-to-be-lower-by-a-million-tons-in-2024-25

#asia #india #oil #vegetableoil #food #foodingredients #oilseed #edibleoil

Import of edible oil in India likely to be lower by a Million Tons in 2024-25

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Alexander J. Stein Oct 21, 2024

(7/x) Fact III.4 & I.2, II.2: Of the #protein used as #feed in the EU #livestock sector, 27% is from #oilseed meals, 23% from #grass (also grown on land suitable for crops), 21% from #cereals, 10% from silage #maize, 16% from other plant sources, and... https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/farming/crop-productions-and-plant-based-products/cereals/reducing-plan-protein-deficit-eu_en

Reducing the plan protein deficit of the EU

The EU's activities in the field of supply and demand of protein and initiatives EU countries are taking as regards their protein policies.

Agriculture and rural development

Michael Dmitriev Sep 29, 2024

Agriculture plays a significant role in the Tunisian economy, forming 9.8% of GDP and providing 14.0% of total employment. Agricultural production is mainly concentrated in the northern coastal regions, while the southern part of the country, covered by the Sahara Desert, is poorly suited for agriculture.

https://globaltribune.net/tunisian-agriculture-production-imports-exports

#africa #tunisia #agriculture #food #crops #livestock #grain #oilseed #fish #milk

Tunisian agriculture: production, imports, exports

Agriculture plays a significant role in the Tunisian economy, forming 9.8% of GDP and providing 14.0% of total employment.

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CelloMom On Cars Oct 9, 2023

"In temperate zones lie most of the world’s richest countries, which have also been up till now the world’s major #breadbaskets, in meeting international #grain, #oilseed and #livestock product needs.

As the #climate warms up, agricultural pests and diseases are advancing northwards and becoming more widespread."

https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/10/climate-change-brings-new-pest-disease-pressures-previously-unimaginable/

Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable

In temperate zones lie most of the world’s richest countries, which have also been up till now the world’s major breadbaskets, in meeting international grain, oilseed and livestock product needs. However, climate change is threatening to change the course of history, allowing some native pests to breed more frequently and longer, while invasive insects and …

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Alexander J. Stein Aug 12, 2023

Increasing the oil content & modifying the fatty acids profile of #oilseed crops is an important #plantbreeding objective. Benefits of #CRISPR are obvious and #geneediting may be further utilized to enhance seed oil content: https://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2023.2243041

Dr. Traci Birge Aug 8, 2023

#OpenAccess #NewArticle

#Oilseed rape (#OSR, Canola oil) is an important oil crop, but cultivation is #pesticide
intensive.

We inoculated plants with beneficial fungus Beauveria bassiana to see if it can protect them from pests.

Short answer: We had c. 30% success with endophytic colonisation and the colonised plants showed interesting metabolite developments but they still got eaten by the pests.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ps.7672

#SustainableAgriculture #BiologicalPestControl #Entomopathogens