Agriculture

World output runs near 800 million tonnes, with China the top grower consuming at home while exports flow from the EU, Russia, Aus...

World production runs near 1.2 billion tonnes, the US the top grower and exporter at some 350 million tonnes, Brazil second on its...

Over 500 million tonnes milled yearly are produced, China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand growing and mostly ...

Output runs around 25 million tonnes, Russia and Canada leading, with the US importing from Canada. Demand splits feed for horses ...

Some 160 million tonnes yearly come from the EU, Russia, Australia, and Canada. Malting barley for beer pays feed premiums set by ...

Around 60 million tonnes yearly come from the US, Nigeria, Sudan, and India, and US sorghum, mostly Kansas and Texas dryland, ship...

Crushing a bean splits it into meal, the majority of value feeding pigs and poultry, and oil for food, fuel, and chemicals. Brazil...

Output runs near 60 million tonnes with China crushing the most. Oil is the minority share of the bean by value, which makes oil l...

Canada grows over 20 million tonnes, the EU grows its rapeseed cousin at similar scale, and China is the top buyer of Canadian see...

Ukraine and Russia grow over half of world sunflower seed, roughly 50 million tonnes, and Ukraine had been the top oil exporter. T...

Muriate of potash, the standard 60 percent K2O product, ships in tonnes from Saskatchewan, which holds giant evaporite deposits an...

Morocco holds the majority of world reserves and exports rock and processed fertilizer, China is the top producer, and the US, fro...

Chemical pulping dissolves lignin, and bleached kraft pulp in hardwood and softwood grades makes printing paper, packaging, and ti...

Types split black, green, oolong, and white from one plant, with grades and leaf styles running from whole leaf to the fannings an...

China grows the most, Brazil, India, and Zimbabwe follow, with Zimbabwe tobacco a top foreign exchange earner and Brazil the top e...

Crushing soybeans yields roughly three quarters meal and about a fifth oil by weight, and meal is the main protein source for poul...

Vanilla comes from the cured pods of an orchid that must be hand pollinated flower by flower outside its native Mexico, and Madaga...

Black pepper is the dried unripe fruit of a tropical vine, and white pepper is the same fruit with its outer skin removed. Vietnam...

Jute is a long, soft bast fiber grown mainly in the Ganges delta, with India and Bangladesh producing nearly all of the world crop...