Supply Chain - Weather

Ivory Coast On Track For Record Cocoa Harvest In 2018/19

Ivory Coast is on track for a record cocoa harvest in the 2018/19 season of 2.2 million tonnes, up from about 2 million tonnes last season, due to favourab...

Dryness After Summer Heatwave Seen Cutting EU Rapeseed Sowings

Dry soil after record-breaking European summer heatwaves means farmers have been unable to plant all the rapeseed they wished, experts have said. The gr...

Hot, Dry Summer Could Curb EU Sugar Beet Harvest

Scorching weather that parched farmland across northern Europe has also stressed sugar beet plants and could push yields in the European Union's harvest we...

France's Latest Forecasts Show How Grain Crops Are Feeling The Heat

France's farm ministry on Tuesday cut sharply its estimate of this year's soft wheat harvest while forecasting a steep fall in maize production, underlinin...

Weather Woes Ravage Europe's Wheat Fields, Markets Race Higher

Scorching temperatures have devastated wheat fields across northern Europe while a combination of dry conditions and extreme rain in the Black Sea bread ba...

It's Not Just The Weather Freezing British Farms As Brexit Bites

Ben Drummond, a third-generation farmer in the west of England, says Brexit is throwing up unprecedented problems for his business. Plans to expand his...

Poor Weather Conditions Impacting Italian Agriculture

Heavy rain and hail storms this week have had a serious impact on Italian agriculture, according to reports by farmers' association Coldiretti. The most...

India's Monsoon Arrives Early To Give Boost To Thirsty Crops

The southwest monsoon that waters about half of India’s farmland arrived in the country slightly ahead of its normal schedule, giving a boost to farm...

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Food Commodities Trader Olam Sees Low Grain Prices Into 2017