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The risk of double-digit inflation is real, as soaring commodity and agricultural input prices could have lagging and lasting effects on food prices. Cash is a traditional alternative to U.S. Treasuries from a diversification standpoint, but soaring inflation limits its typical store ...
La Niña is showing her brutality as places that need to plant soon are snowed in and the places that have planted are dry, dry, dry, with the exception of the Mississippi floodplain. With temperature swings hitting new record highs of 92F in April! And it’s not a good indi...
Corn futures (C_1:COM) in Chicago rose as much as 0.8% to $7.90 per bushel, the highest since September 2012 for a most-active contract, while wheat (W_1:COM) jumped as much as 2.2% to $11.28 1/2 a bushel and soybeans (S_1:COM) added 0.5% to $16.90 1/2, after the market was closed Friday for ...
Syngenta expects agricultural output in Ukraine to fall by a third this year as a result of the ongoing invasion by Russia. Production estimates from S&P Global's Food and Agri Commodity Economics show a sharp decline in the production of the major crops in the country this year, ...
From palladium to wheat, disruptions are already putting upward pressure on prices across a range of everyday products, heightening macroeconomic and market risks over the coming quarters. Ukraine and Russia are major exporters of palladium, nickel, grains, and other resources that ar...
U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures all gained on Tuesday, supported by ongoing concerns about disruptions caused by Russia's war on Ukraine, with an extra sprinkling of optimism over increased demand for biofuels. President Biden's plan to waive the 10% ethanol blending cap, which would per...
All key commodities required by the modern economy are finite in supply, and the cheapest and best have gone first. Many vital resources are fully recycled by nature. Decarbonizing the global economy at the same time as we have to become rapidly more protective of our limited reso...
Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...
Wheat futures in Chicago rebounded Tuesday from the lowest close in a month on Friday, as accusations of war crimes perpetrated by Russia in Ukraine are leading to fresh sanction proposals which helped lift U.S. grains and other commodities. Continued stress on exports coming out of the Black...
Global BCA market is estimated to be worth around $3bn and growing at a rate of 7% p.a., significantly above the rate of conventional crop protection products. Europe and North America each account for around 30% of the BCA market, with BCAs accounting for around 8-9% of those regiona...