Food inflation eases, but uncertain crops slow wider relief
Crop futures have retreated to pre-war levels, and the UN’s monthly measure of food prices sank the most since 2008.
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Crop futures have retreated to pre-war levels, and the UN’s monthly measure of food prices sank the most since 2008.
Dairy Outlook: Analyst says milk production is faltering in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, resulting in record U.S. dairy exports.
Wheat extended gains after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Ukraine wasn’t “serious” about finding a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict. Futures in Chicago rose as much as 5.5 percent to $11.565 a bushel in New York after Putin criticized Kyiv to European Council President Charles Michel. The…
The war is exacerbating fears of supply shortfalls as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cuts off cargoes of the staple crop.