As if rising sea levels and fiercer cyclones weren’t enough to worry about, the climate crisis is already cutting crop yields and could lead to widespread food shortages. That’s the Continue Reading
World fertilizer prices continue to soar as tightening supplies send costs up for farmers and consumers across the globe. In India, contract pricing for the nutrient potash skyrocketed 59% to Continue Reading
A feed additive that cuts methane burped out by cows — a major contributor to agricultural emissions — moved a step closer to being sold in Europe. The European Union’s Continue Reading
Food prices will likely stay elevated in 2022 as disruptions to the global supply chain are set to persist, according to the head of Cargill Inc. , who highlighted labor Continue Reading
The world’s food-import bill is set to jump even more than expected to a record this year, increasing the threat of hunger, especially in the poorest nations. Higher shipping rates Continue Reading
Global food costs jumped last month, extending a march toward a record and piling more inflationary pressure on consumers and governments. A United Nations index tracking staples from wheat to Continue Reading
Seventeen climate summits ago, one of the world’s first sustainability efforts in global food production was set up to stop palm oil plantations from destroying the rainforest. Yet more than Continue Reading
Wheat surged to $8 a bushel in Chicago for the first time since December 2012 as strained global supplies collide with robust demand. The most-active futures contract for soft red Continue Reading
Oil and gas prices have risen dramatically this year as a result of underinvestment and recovering demand. Higher fuel prices are weighing on global food supply chains, with transportation and Continue Reading
A forecast for a developing drought in the U.S. southern Plains is the latest threat to dwindling world wheat supplies. Hard red winter wheat, a bright spot this year compared Continue Reading
