Supply Chain

Frozen Fare Cold Comfort For Fishing Industry Battered By Coronavirus

Frozen fish sticks and canned salmon have made a comeback as the coronavirus crisis keeps people home, forcing a change of tack for the fishing industry th...

World Food Prices Fall Sharply In April Because Of Coronavirus: FAO

World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in April, hit by the economic and logistical impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations fo...

Soybeans Steady As Demand Weighed And Wheat Eases

U.S. soybean futures inched higher in hesitant trading on Wednesday as the oilseed market weighed up a run of purchases by top importer China against the t...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Fear Low Output After Below-Average Rainfall

Below-average rainfall in Ivory Coast last week has raised fears of a cocoa supply shortage in the coming months and a weak end to the April-to-September m...

Shell Cuts Dividend For First Time Since World War Two

Royal Dutch Shell cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two on Thursday as the energy company retrenched in the face of an unprecedented drop...

Coronavirus Brews Trouble For Tea, Disrupts Supply As Demand Spikes

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown d...

Arabica Coffee Growers See Harvest Delays, Possible Losses Due To Coronavirus

South American coffee growers may delay harvest this year and limit the number of workers they employ as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, thre...

No Sign Britain Wants EU Trade Talks To Succeed: EU Trade Chief

There is no real sign that Britain is approaching trade talks with the European Union with a plan to succeed and it appears set to blame any post-Brexit fa...