After a December 20th meeting of the U.S-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, China may open its market to U.S. beef.

Russia may create a tax relief zone in its Far East regions to attract investment from Asian farmers.

A combination of excess rain in Spain, drought in California, and growing demand in China are pushing up global almond prices.

Australia has shipped record amounts of red meat to China in 2013, but retaining market share may be a challenge.

The growth rate of precision agriculture in developing countries is expected to be 25% per year over the next five years.

Joint venture Perfect Wines of South Africa now delivers more than 3 million bottles of wine to China per year.

The agribusiness unit of CO2 Group Ltd. is seeking $400 million by June 2014 to develop a 2,000 hectare prawn farm in Australia.

Driven by significantly lower feed costs and tight global supplies, the outlook for the global poultry sector is generally bullish.

In the first ten months of 2013 Ukraine has reduced meat imports by 24% and has increased exports by nearly 60%.

The Ayala Group has expressed an interest in investing in ag and requested feasibility studies from the Philippine government.

Dairy prices will remain high at least through the first half of 2014 supported by high demand from China.

ADM plans to double the size of its South American barge fleet to increase shipping volume from its new port at Belem.