A multiyear structural deficit will push up costs to inflation-adjusted highs
Move by world’s largest agricultural commodities trader follows falling revenues and declining crop prices
Commercial buyers ‘go into panic mode’ to secure high-quality arabica beans
American imports of used Chinese cooking oil as a biofuel feedstock have surged since passage of Inflation Reduction Act
Buyer of 3 per cent of world’s coffee holds less than $200mn in fixed-price contracts, down from $1bn in 2019
Companies squeezed by falling prices as other countries compete to cultivate crop prized in Chinese kitchens
Mega farms are encroaching on a market long dominated by smallholders, as prices remain near record highs
Case pits the world’s largest burger chain against Cargill, JBS, National Beef and Tyson Foods
Green groups condemn proposed one-year postponement to give exporters more time to prepare
Average prices are 60 per cent higher than in 2019, Rabobank estimates
Drinks company JDE Peets pleads for year’s delay on ban on supplies from deforested areas over lack of guidelines
Poorer quality stock in UK warehouses has led to a rare divergence in prices with the New York market
Venture capital funding has dried up in China, prompting a sharp fall in start-up formation
Poor harvests are pushing up costs up for a nation that consumes 6bn shots a year in bars and cafés
Call from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala adds to pressure from exporters including Brazil to ‘reassess’ rules
Pressure builds on Brussels to delay implementation of new rules that industry says will impose administrative burden
Futures prices are almost three times above those of two years ago as crop disease hits yields
Farmers fear for livelihoods as government struggles to stem worst outbreak of virus in decades
Fears of an international hunger emergency after the Ukraine invasion proved unfounded
High-quality arabica and cheaper robusta beans have both surged in recent months
Behind the public image of farming lies a vast industry adept at securing subsidies and exemptions from environmental measures
An intensification of the trade war with China would come on top of price pressures and high interest rates
Pond prices move inversely to yields
Revenue decline comes as agricultural trader restructures organisation amid profit pressure
World’s big sweet and candy makers pass on soaring cost of cocoa to consumers
