Latest commodities Insight & Analysis – Page 16
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Analysis and Features
Dairy faces price lull after winter surge says Rabobank
Dairy commodity prices could drop again soon despite having recovered in recent weeks, analysts have warned…
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El Niño uncertainty triggers food commodity supply fears
Scientists have confirmed the presence of El Niño, and that it is to be relatively weak, but cannot yet tell producers the duration
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Packaging prices plummet across the board
Falling polymer prices – a result of the drop in the cost of crude oil – are driving packing prices down across the board…
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Beef cheap in Europe, but Brazilian price on the up
The deadweight price of beef is still falling in France, with low milk prices leading to increased dairy cow culling…
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Crude oil price drops: agriculture and fish benefit most
Food production, distribution and packaging costs are set to fall in the wake of declining crude oil prices…
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Almond prices driven up by California drought
Producers of almond-based products are being warned they may need to shell out more for their key ingredient…
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Curry fans beware: Cumin price soars as Indian crop is delayed
Curry fans beware: cumin prices have soared to a two-year high as extreme weather compounds reduced sowing…
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Falling raisin prices mean cheaper Christmas puds
There’s been much talk recently about Christmas dinner becoming cheaper and the pud is no exception…
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Farmgate milk price collapse looks set to continue in 2015
Almost a quarter of the value of UK farmgate milk has been wiped out since April, according to data from DairyCo…
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UK apple production 'under threat' from neonics ban, says CPA
Apple production in the UK could become “unviable” within a decade…
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Unfavourable weather pushes up durum wheat prices
Global production of durum wheat has fallen 12% to 33.3 million tonnes: a 13-year low…
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Italian olive oil price up 30% in a month
A leading olive oil supplier has described 2014 as “the most difficult year I have ever seen”…
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Haricot acreage increase drops price by 40%
A sharp rise in plantings of haricot beans – the core ingredient in baked beans…
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Commodity prices: rain in Canada pushes up durum wheat prices
Durum wheat prices have continued to rise with heavy rain during the growing season…
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Feed cost fall set to ease meat suppliers' winter woes
With winter fast drawing in, an expected drop in animal feed costs is likely to bring some early festive cheer…
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Retail dairy prices defy slump in commodities and wholesale
Britain’s dairy industry has suffered a devastating crash in wholesale prices in recent months…
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Wholesale prices: quota reductions push up fish prices
Norway’s cod fishing quota was cut in 2014, lowering supply…
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Bananas prices are falling as mults slash cost of fruit
The drama surrounding the failed merger of Chiquita and Fyffes has meant there have been lots of headlines about bananas…
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Wine prices in flux thanks to years of droughts and floods
Alternating floods and droughts (of both water and wine) have, over the past few years, kept European wine producers on th…
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EU sugar prices set to fall in line with rest of the world
Sugar has fallen out of favour in some circles – even Sugar Puffs has dropped the word from its name…