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Brazil Coffee Farmers Renegotiate Sales Contracts As Deficit Looms

Coffee farmers in top producer Brazil are trying to renegotiate their sales contracts with exporters and traders at higher prices, sparking industry fear o...

Bunge Raises Outlook As Profit Jumps More Than Three-Fold

US agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd said its adjusted income rose more than three-fold in the first quarter from a year earlier as strong crop exp...

Cocoa Trader Olam Says New EU Law May Force It To Drop Some Suppliers

Commodity trader Olam has said that new European Union legislation aimed at preventing the import of commodities linked to deforestation and human rights a...

Soybean Futures Advance On US Supply Concerns

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped on Monday on concerns about strong export demand tightening US supplies and smaller-than-expected plantings....

Dreyfus Deal To Help UAE Achieve Food Security: Minister

The acquisition of a stake in commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) by Abu Dhabi's ADQ is an important part of the emirates' food securi...

Facing Public Pressure, Palm Oil Firms Are Going Green, Study Finds

Of the seven commodities sectors driving deforestation, palm oil companies are doing the most to alleviate their environmental impact following years of pu...

Corn Firms Driven Up By Strong Demand, Lingers Near 2013 High

U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday as strong demand for supplies pushed prices toward a more than seven-year high. The most active corn futures on the Ch...

EU, UK 2021 Rapeseed Crop 'May Recover' To 18.2m Tonnes

Rapeseed production in the European Union and Britain could reach 18.2 million tonnes in 2021/22 in a slight rebound from a very low 17.2 million this year...