French farmers have almost finished harvesting this year's drought-affected maize crop and are making swift progress in sowing winter wheat and barley, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on ...

French farmers had gathered 51% of this year's grain maize crop by Sept. 26, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday, as growers pursued an earlier than usual harvest expected to yield the smallest ...

PARIS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Consultancy Strategie Grains further cut its monthly forecast for the European Union's drought-affected maize harvest, but said a wave of imports from Ukraine was helping ...

Challenging wet weather, waterlogged soils and flooded sites mean growers must be flexible and develop a farm-specific ...

The South African farmers are projected to see a 3% decrease in maize harvest for the 2025/2026 season, with an expected yield of 16.13 million metric tons, according to the government's Crop ...

Lawmakers have raised concerns about inadequate drying and storage facilities for rice and maize that are undermining efforts to cut post-harvest losses.They also demanded that the Ministry of ...

Sammy Chemweno and Timothy Kibiwott prepare their maize farm in Uasin Gishu County on October 13, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Maize prices have dropped drastically below Sh5,000 for a 90Kg ...

"If the current weather pattern continues maize production may drop by 30 percent. The high production areas have not had enough rain," Zambia National Farmers' Union spokesman Kingsley Kaswende said.

With yields approaching 10t/ha and gross margins currently exceeding those of wheat, grain maize can be a profitable break ...