The Philippines asks suppliers the availability and costs to supply the country with 80,000 metric tons of yellow corn for livestock and poultry feed. The corn will have to be shipped into the country by July to meet the supply shortfall, National Food Authority Administrator Jessup Navarro said.

The Australian pork industry wishes to develop a closer relationship with farmers willing to specialise in growing field peas and non-traditional lupin varieties for use in pig diets.

China has turned away 30 tonnes of frozen seafood from Australia that was tainted with heavy metals.

A poor harvest is being blamed for a big slump in first half profit for Australian grain handler Graincorp.

Australian is to carry out its first field trial of wheat that has been genetically modified (GM) for drought tolerance at two drought-prone sites in the state of Victoria.

Nineteen of ABB Grain's 111 receival sites will not open this harvest because of predictions of a well below average harvest in South Australia.