PARIS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A sharp fall in the quality of France's wheat crop due to excess rain will lead to additional costs for starch makers just as the industry is still suffering from low ...

India's foodgrain production hit a record 332.22 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year, driven by bumper wheat and rice output. Wheat production reached 113.29 million tonnes, while rice production ...

About a billion liters of fungicide. That’s how much farmers have saved this century, through use of disease-resistant wheat varieties. Modern wheat can thank its “wild relatives” — grassy cousins ...

Six countries, including the US, UK, and Japan, have asked India about its plans to lift or ease the ban on non-basmati white rice exports. At the WTO, Japan also inquired about India's electricity ...

More rye one year, less wheat another. The French even had names for such flours with shifting ratios of grains, from “grande meteil” to “ble ramé,” each one rising into a delicious bread ...