Poorer quality comes as disease-ridden trees produce bitter-tasting fruit that cost more
Wheat and soyabean futures hit as China and Canada impose retaliatory tariffs on foodstuffs
Agriculture industry warns that customers are looking elsewhere for key commodities
Clampdown on exports of used cooking oil squeezes demand from European energy suppliers
Gulf state aims to secure critical food supply chains and reduce reliance on imports
Chocolate makers grab available reserves to counter acute global shortage
Wholesale prices have doubled over the past year as culls to stop spread of virus prompt shortages and rationing
Company wields axe in cost-cutting drive amid threat of worldwide trade war
Higher costs being passed on to customers either directly or through ‘shrinkflation’
Climate, disease and flawed regulation are squeezing coffee and chocolate lovers
While many traders have brushed off concerns, the potential impact is clear
High commodity prices and sustainability concerns prompting investment by likes of Mondelēz into lab-grown versions
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
