New Zealand-based kiwifruit grower Seeka has warned that it may have found the vine disease in an orchard it is developing in the Australian territory of Victoria.
Fighting fall armyworm requires global efforts as the pest could spread to more countries, warn scientists.
Within the past two years, fall armyworm has spread to 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, threatening the food security of about 200 million people who depend on maize as a staple food crop, experts say.
As of September 28, Ukrainian agrarians already harvested 40.1 mln tonnes of grains throughout the areas of 11 mln ha (74% of the plan). The average yield totaled 3.64 t/ha, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
A trade spat between China and the US that thrust the trade of soybeans into the political limelight may yet have an impact on the global corn market, as exporters struggling for storage space sell more corn into an oversupplied arena.
Zimbabwe’s new agriculture minister says the authorities want to address “injustices” committed during land reforms – and the main white farmers’ union says it wants to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released reports on quarterly stock levels for major grains as well as wheat production from the 2018 crop. As always, the commodity market was watching closely and generally found the report to be bearish.
