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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Australia
    Australia locks down honey bees to protect critical industry from parasite

    Apiaries subject to Covid-style restrictions to save pollinators crucial to agricultural sector

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    The high cost of producing cheap food

    Intensive farming in America’s midwest has consequences for our health and the planet with falling returns to farmers

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    LexChinese economy
    China food inflation: pork is the make or break factor in controlling prices Premium content

    It will not be easy for food companies to quickly pass on rising costs to consumers

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Food security
    Argentine farmers frustrated as chance to fill global food gap slips away

    Government steps up wheat export curbs even as Ukraine war sends demand and prices soaring

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    ExplainerFood security
    Food vs fuel: Ukraine war sharpens debate on use of crops for energy

    Campaigners want to divert commodities from biofuels but would doing so alleviate rising hunger levels?

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Climate change
    War and climate shocks put 49mn people at risk of famine this year

    Food insecurity to worsen in 46 countries as ‘hunger hotspots’ exacerbated by conflict and extreme weather

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    News in-depthEgypt
    Egypt looks to local farmers as grain market tightens

    Global turmoil pushes world’s largest wheat importer to boost domestic harvest

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    News in-depthAgricultural production
    Soaring costs squeeze farmers’ returns in North American grain belt

    Fertiliser, diesel, herbicides and other inputs offset revenue from higher food prices

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    European leaders urge Putin to unblock Ukraine’s grain supplies

    Russian president says Moscow could end blockade of Odesa if sanctions are lifted

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    The Commodities Note
    Links between energy and food must be weakened

    Biofuels and high fertiliser prices must not lead to a hunger catastrophe

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Technology drives change through Africa’s food chain

    Businesses are using digital tools and best practice to transform the agriculture sector

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    India
    India looks to limit global concerns over wheat exports ban

    The country had been filling supply gap in international markets left by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Food Prices
    ‘No longer cheap eats’: Ukraine war adds to pressure on UK fish and chip shops

    Supply shortages and price rises push family-run businesses to reduce portions in effort to stay open

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Global wheat crop likely to fall for first time in four years, US forecasts

    Futures contracts rise after Ukraine’s output is predicted to decline by more than a third

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Malaysia palm oil exports surge as Indonesia embraces protectionist policies

    World’s second-largest producer of commodity goes on offensive to boost exports

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Global trade
    Food protectionism fuels global inflation and hunger

    Traders grapple with Indonesian palm oil export ban while concerns mount over India’s heatwave and wheat crop

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Has US inflation finally started to slow?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Lex
    Coffee: frothy latte prices still add up to small beans for growers Premium content

    Measly share of the spoils given to small producers contrasts with the muscle accorded to big buyers

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    UK property
    UK farmers gamble on an uncertain harvest of returns

    High inflation, a new post-Brexit subsidy scheme and higher input costs add to pressures on those who work the land

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Food Prices
    Indonesia palm oil export ban fuels global food inflation threat

    Crop protectionism increases around the world as prices soar

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    News in-depthAgricultural production
    ‘Destructive hunger’: South America’s farmers seek to head off global food crisis

    Supply problems and rising costs make it difficult to replace lost agricultural output caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    LexFood Prices
    Cheese theft: wheels of fortune Premium content

    The commodity is now so precious it has become a tempting target for thieves

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Investors seeking inflation hedge snap up US farmland

    Prices for prime Midwest ground climbed by up to a third in past year as world food prices hit records

  • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
    EU agriculture
    Ukraine war piles pressure on Europe’s farmers

    Agriculture sector hit by soaring fertiliser, feed and fuel costs and problems accessing financing

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    Fertiliser inflation presages a global food supply crisis

    The effect of price rises could be exacerbated by excessive concentration in the sector

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