Some farmers like Dan Hansen in Avoca, Iowa, are exploring so-called clean alternatives to nitrogen-based fertilizers. Startups marketing alternative crop fertilizers said they are gaining traction among U.S. farmers and Continue Reading
Several British supermarkets have joined other chains around the world in asking shoppers to limit their cooking oil purchases, as supplies dwindle and prices rise. Global cooking oil shortages, exacerbated Continue Reading
Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But Continue Reading
Corn and soybeans prices have risen nearly to records, signaling higher food inflation to come. Global food prices had already reached records when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February and Continue Reading
Oil Palm Nigeria was once the world’s largest palm oil producer but today, it produces too little it imports. Indonesia’s surprise ban on palm oil exports offers Nigeria a lucrative Continue Reading
For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels. But in early April, with Continue Reading
In China, the fertile soil is a product of the region’s geography and its special history. A Mao-era campaign to end famine tapped the country’s most fertile land. Now President Continue Reading
Supermarkets across the UK have placed limits on how much cooking oil customers can buy due to supply-chain problems caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tesco is allowed three items Continue Reading
Global food prices have just hit their highest recorded levels. Russia and Ukraine account for as much as 30% of global wheat exports, and 20% of maize exports. Analysts at Continue Reading
Demand for soybeans from China — the world’s biggest importer of soybeans — is forecast to fall 3.5%-6.1% year on year in 2022 due to lower demand from the downstream Continue Reading
