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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Food Prices
      Global food price inflation set to fall in 2024, says Rabobank

      Lender predicts prices of sugar, coffee, corn and soyabeans will weaken as production increases

      Workers carry harvested wheat on a farm in Pakistan
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Ukraine reaches deal with insurers for grain shipments

      Arrangement created with broking giant Marsh McLennan will provide affordable cover for Black Sea vessels

      Odesa port
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      LexTyson Foods Inc
      US meat producers: record beef prices stick a fork in profits Premium content

      With real meat facing real problems, investors should cut back their exposure

      Employees cut fresh beef meat into small pieces at the First Capitol Meat Processing plant in Corydon, Indiana
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      Investors miss out on sugar rush as they flee commodities ETFs

      Few have taken advantage of price rally as those of other crops has fallen

      A farmer carries sugarcane in India
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Deforestation
      Food industry calls for more time to implement EU deforestation rules

      Producers and traders call for more details and say rules will fail to deliver environmental benefits

      This aerial view shows people walking on a deforested and burning area of the Amazon rainforest in Autazes, Brazil
    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      UK agriculture
      UK farmers’ union accuses sugar producer of short-changing growers

      Criticism from National Farmers’ Union follows surge in price of commodity to 12-year high

      Sugar beet being harvested in Norfolk
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Lex
      Sugar: rain pain ensures price will cane it for a while Premium content

      Consumers worldwide will be paying steep prices for the next year at least

      A farmer harvests sugarcane at a field in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      US beef prices hit record high as drought threatens cattle herds

      Lowest rainfall in 1,200 years and rising hay costs prompt many ranchers to cut herd sizes

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Chinese economy
      Falling pork prices threaten to push China back into deflation

      Pig farmers have kept up production despite weak demand ahead of October consumer price data

      Piglets at a farm in Langfang, China
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU seeks Ukrainian grain for Egypt as part of Cairo support deal Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the EU’s dirty ‘carbon bombs’ hiding under its green facade

      People sit on a public beach and swim in the Danube as boats pass by on the water on August 20 2023 in Izmail, Ukraine
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Exchange Traded Funds
      How ETFs are bracing for the turbulence of El Niño

      Funds focused on food and commodities are hedging against expected price shocks from the weather event

      Aerial view of single-storey house at dusk surrounded by flooded fields
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Brazil looks for more sustainable ways to grow soya

      The crop carries a huge environmental cost. Can the world’s biggest producer clean up its act?

      Soya pours into a trailer on a Brazilian farm
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Appetite for soya hinders China’s self-sufficiency drive

      Political will confronts geographical reality as Beijing tries to rely less on foreign farmers

      Aerial view of workers gathering fresh green soyabeans in Zhejiang province
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      ‘Precision fermentation’ start-ups pursue palm oil alternatives

      Lab-based producers think they can make $70bn industry more sustainable — if regulators will let them

      Man and woman in white coats and masks in laboratory. Woman is squeezing liquid into a vial or test tube
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Lex
      GMO seeds: Beijing’s approval sprouts new chapter for suppliers Premium content

      China’s food consumption has already outpaced domestic supply due to factors including increased urbanisation

      A ChemChina lapel badge on a jacket
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      Philippines
      Philippine price ceiling adds to rice farmers’ insecurity

      Industry fears official cap will create distortions and worsen food crisis

      A Filipino farmer in a rice field in Lupao, Philippines
    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      UN calls for more scrutiny of food traders

      Report blames biggest companies for profiteering while consumers suffer worst bout of inflation for a generation

      A load of corn is poured into a truck, at a grain storage facility in Ukraine
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV
      Louis Dreyfus profits slide as boost from Ukraine war fades

      Agricultural trading groups slip from record highs

      Soyabeans pour out of four separate chutes while the LDC worker watches from behind
    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      News in-depthFood Prices
      Extreme weather hits lovers of sweet treats in the pocket

      Prices of sugar and chocolate are rising steeply as heat and reduced rainfall disrupt supply

    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Palm oil
      Malaysia to double palm oil exports to China in effort to dodge EU restrictions

      Asian nations sign infrastructure investment deals worth $4.2bn

      Workers load palm oil fruit bunches at a plantation in Kapar, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Wheat prices fall as bumper Russian crop replaces Ukrainian supplies

      Futures are close to a three-year low, but analysts warn renewed Black Sea escalation could spark a rebound

      A worker collects a sample of wheat grain for testing during the summer wheat harvest on a farm in Russia
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian grain ship leaves Odesa despite Russian blockade

      The vessel is the first to dock in and set sail from Ukraine since Moscow reneged on international deal

      alau-flagged general cargo vessel Resilient Africa loaded with grain, leaves the sea port of Chornomorsk
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Deforestation
      EU deforestation rules risk ‘catastrophic’ impact on global trade, says ITC chief

      Head of International Trade Centre warns move favours big companies that can trace where their produce was grown

      Land cleared for palm oil production in Indonesia
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine defies Russian threat as container ship leaves Odesa

      Vessel safely clears Ukrainian waters despite Moscow’s warnings

      Container ship Joseph Schulte leaves the port of Odesa bound for Istanbul
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Visual story
      Have we reached peak coffee?

      Whether the world can produce enough beans to fulfil growing demand is in doubt

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