All Commodities articles – Page 35
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Analysis and Features
Fuel hits its highest price for two years
Shoppers are paying more at the pumps as the cost of petrol hits a two-year high
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News
Salad shortages set to hit new year health kicks
Key growing region Murcia, which provides 80% of Europe’s produce in winter months, has been reduced to 30% capacity
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News
Unhelpful weather shrinks Christmas easy-peelers
The traditional clementine in our Christmas stocking is likely to be smaller than usual this year
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Analysis and Features
Christmas turkey to dodge Brexit price inflation
This year’s Christmas turkeys should avoid the brunt of post-referendum inflation
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Analysis and Features
Christmas salmon set to be pricier this year
Shoppers might have to dig deeper into their pockets to put salmon on the table this Christmas
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News
Major brands accused of using palm oil produced by child labour
Report by Amnesty International claims palm oil company Wilmar employed children as young as eight on plantations
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Analysis and Features
Healthy stocks set to keep global food prices low in 2017
Global food prices are set to remain relatively low in 2017 thanks to record stocks of major agricultural commodities
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Analysis and Features
Electricity prices up due to colder weather
UK electricity prices have continued to rise due to increased demand as a result of cooler weather and a dip in output
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News
Global food prices up 9.1% on last year
Global food prices rose again last month and are now almost 10% above last year’s levels, according to new UN figures
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News
Mondelez International updates its sustainable palm oil plan
The chocolate giant announced this week it was extending its Palm Oil Action Plan
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Analysis and Features
Lamb's festive spot at risk as prices soar
Lamb risks losing out this Christmas as farmgate prices run high in the wake of the Brexit vote
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Analysis and Features
Mackerel prices up 60% as global demand soars
A sharp increase in quayside prices is threatening to push up the cost of canned and smoked mackerel
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Analysis and Features
Commodity prices: EU diesel prices on the rise
The pound hit a 31-year low against the dollar after Theresa May confirmed the trigger of article 50 in March
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Analysis and Features
Big fish shortage pushes up salmon prices
Norwegian salmon prices have increased in October, driven by a fall in larger salmon supplies and high demand from Europe
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Analysis and Features
China's thirst for red wine grapes hikes Aussie varieties
Prices for Australian wine grapes are bouncing back due to a growing thirst for red in China
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Comment and Opinion
Nick Clegg is right to shine a light on food prices, but his Brexit analysis is flawed
Gerald Mason of Tate & Lyle Sugars argues Brexit doesn’t have to mean punishingly high tariffs
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Analysis and Features
Potatoes get pricier as EU supply shrinks
EU potato prices were up 13% year on year this month
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News
Soaring British wheat prices spark Brexit food inflation fears
Prices are up across all grades of British wheat, with UK feed wheat futures rising 14% to £131.50/tonne since the Brexit
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Analysis and Features
Peanut prices soar as Argentina adds to global supply issues
Tightening supply heaps pressure on a market already hit by global supply problems
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News
Sugar quota abolition could hit availability, suppliers told
Regime change will not necessarily mean lower prices on the Continent, says Rabobank