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  • 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 agrulture 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

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    Global trade
    Export controls risk exacerbating food crisis, WTO chief warns

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says countries with surplus stocks in products like grains should release them on world markets

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Serious MoneyStefan Wagstyl
    Farm commodities — gamble or hedge?

    Inflation and war have boosted prices, highlighting investment opportunities

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Ireland
    Ireland unveils €12mn crop-growing scheme as Ukraine war hits supply

    Government to pay €400 per hectare to encourage farmers to plant additional barley, wheat and oats

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Putin’s war threatens millions with hunger

    The poorest must be protected against the impact of rising food costs

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    LexUS & Canadian companies
    Agricultural stocks: higher food prices no guarantee of greener pastures

    Deere is worth a record $129bn, but the rally in farm machinery shares looks overdone

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Food security
    Ukraine war sparks food shortages in Arab nations as wheat prices soar

    Grains and vegetable oil from Ukraine and Russia are crucial to national diets across the region

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    EU agriculture
    EU reviews sustainable food plans as Ukraine war disrupts imports

    Grain and fertiliser imports decline after Russia’s invasion, raising concerns in Brussels over food security

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    Milk prices rise as Ukraine war threatens cow feed and fertiliser supplies

    Top exporters say conflict will add to energy cost pressures and pandemic-related disruptions

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    News in-depthFood security
    US farmers’ hands are tied as world braced for wheat shortfall

    High fuel and fertiliser costs deter planting despite price soaring to record high

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Russia’s invasion to have ‘enormous impact’ on world food supplies

    Head of Ukraine’s leading food supplier fears disruption to vital spring planting season

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