Farm private investment seen doubling in two years

Inflows of private capital in agriculture worldwide are expected to more than double to around $5 billion to $7 billion in two years as rising food prices spur investments in farm land and production facilities. Investors from the United States and Europe are looking at South America for growing more feed grains, corn and soybeans, […] Read more

Russia Set To Challenge In Asia

Reading Time: 2 minutes Russian wheat exports to Asia are likely to jump sixfold, to around three million tonnes by 2011, as the country mounts its first aggressive marketing campaign to sell grain in the region, an exporter said. Russian wheat exporters are targeting top Asian buyers such as Japan, South Korea and Indonesia to propel wheat sales which […] Read more