Supply Chain

World Food Prices Surge In November, Lifted By Meat, Vegetable Oils: FAO

World food prices rose strongly in November, lifted by big jumps in prices of meat and vegetable oils, despite slightly lower cereals prices, the United Na...

U.S. Vows 100% Tariffs On French Champagne And Cheese Over Digital Tax

U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100% on $2.4 billion in imports from France of Champagne, handbags, cheese and other pr...

Fuel Market Calm Ahead Of IMO Changeover: Kemp

Fears about a shortage of diesel and other middle distillates stemming from new marine pollution regulations have receded, with distillate premiums falling...

Brazil To Produce Record Coffee Crop Despite Weather: Rabobank

Brazilian farmers are expected to produce a record coffee crop in 2020, surpassing a previous all-time high reached in 2018, as output is seen reaching 66....

Frozen Harvest Leaves Bitter Taste For US Sugar Beet Farmers

Weather during harvest season in the US Red River Valley, a fertile sugar beet region in Minnesota and North Dakota, has to farmers felt lik...

Ivory Coast Farmers Say More Rain Needed To Maintain Cocoa Conditions

Below-average rainfall mixed with sunny spells in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions last week has helped growing conditions, farmers said...

Minister Creed And Bord Bia Embark On Trade Visit To Key EU Markets

The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine and Bord Bia are closing out 2019 with strategic Ministerial trade visits to three of Ireland&rsqu...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Hope For Rain, Brace For Winds

Farmers in Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions are hoping for rains as they brace for rising temperatures and dusty winds blowing in from the desert. Iv...