Latest commodities Insight & Analysis – Page 7
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Analysis and Features
Do Defra’s plans for 'fair dealing' with farmers add up?
New proposals could see the government intervene in pricing negotiations by giving farmers access to wholesale sales data from processors
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Potato shortage to blame as price of crisps and chips soar
The UK potato planted area fell by 4.4% year on year to just 117,300 hectares in 2018 – the third lowest on record
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Increase in demand drives up price of cocoa
Farmgate prices for cocoa from the Ivory Coast have also risen
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Trade war uncertainty hikes price of copper
Copper inventories in warehouses have fallen over 60% since the 2018 peak in June
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Can the food & drink supply chain cope with rising costs?
Currency swings, supply shortages, mergers and Brexit are escalating commodity volatility
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Strong Kenyan production to push down UK tea costs
Tea suppliers should face lower costs after production of Kenyan tea rose by 15%
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Europe faces tight wheat supply thanks to heatwave
Weetabix has confirmed it will be able to source all the wheat used in its products from local British farms…
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Analysis and Features
Butter and cream prices on the rise following heatwave
The weather has led to poor grass growth with forage already in short supply
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Coffee price fall risks instability in growing regions
The futures contract for arabica reached a 12-year low this week at 96.5 US cents/lb
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Wholesale prices for dairy, meat, fish & poultry, fruit & veg, ingredients and packaging
Wholesale pricing information from Mintec across dairy & eggs, meat & poultry, fish, packaging and dry ingredients. Includes fruit & veg, skimmed milk powder, PET, cod and haddock as well as lamb, beef, pork and chicken
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Analysis and Features
Sultana and raisin prices significantly up on last year
Sultanas and raisin prices remain significantly inflated in comparison with last year, driven by high prices for dried grapes in California
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Poor lambing conditions continuing to affect price
Lamb prices in the UK have begun their seasonal decrease but remain higher than the same period last year
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Global sugar production falls
Sugar prices are up month on month as new forecasts put overall global production down 2%
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Analysis and Features
Threat of trade war ups South American soyabean prices
The Chicago Board of Trade’s prices for soyabeans have dropped by 16%-17%
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Analysis and Features
Booming EU supply set to deflate the price of sugar
EU sugar output will reach 19.5 million tonnes in the 2017/18 season
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Cotton price hiked by slowing production
Prices of cotton have risen amid concerns over slowing production, driven by reports of unfavourable weather conditions
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Analysis and Features
Citrus greening disease sends prices up
The impact of citrus greening disease has reduced the sweetness of oranges in the US
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Comment and Opinion
Algo-trading is a threat grocery has to take seriously
Markets such as cocoa and coffee are being targeted by short-term investors using computer-driven algorithmic trading, warns Violeta Stevens of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
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Analysis and Features
Low coffee stocks see prices climb
Consecutive seasons of low production have left coffee stocks low over the past three years
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Madagascan vanilla prices past the peak
Panic over a vanilla shortage reached fever pitch this week