Tag: crops prices

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 18:33 UTC

  FAO's food prices index at its highest level since July 2014

  

  Global food prices rose in January for the eighth consecutive month, led by cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 22:42 UTC

  FAO food price index down for third month running: plenty of corn and wheat

  

  The FAO Food Price Index was down for a third consecutive month in June, a decline mostly influenced by lower wheat, maize and palm oil prices that reflected ample supplies and improved global production prospects for these commodities.

• Monday, July 9th 2012 - 18:54 UTC

  Bad weather threatening crops in farming giants but it’s not like 2008

  

  A second global food price shock is gathering steam as bad weather decimates crops in the farming giants US, Brazil, Argentina, India, Russia, the EU and Australia that feed the world, according to market analysts.