While in previous years there have sometimes been reports of price pressure on the market, this year's situation is very different.

International Cotton consumption and trade have decreased in the wake of the containment measures to control the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reports have come from far and wide about the current state of the market for raspberries, blackberries and redcurrant.

The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has sickened millions and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, has had a wide-ranging impact on the grain and grain processing industries.

 The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has brought uncertainty in global trade because of disruptions in supply chains and weakening demand.

As farm sizes grow and to-do lists get longer for each farmer, it can be a battle to beat Mother Nature’s wrath. Whether it’s replant from frost, delayed planting from rainfall or other conditions that make fields less than fit to plant, farmers have to fight to get the season started right.