Cereal Prices

FAO: Food price index falls but still 23% higher than last year

Rural Life

FAO: Food price index falls but still 23% higher than last year

The FAO’s overall food price index declined slightly in June this year for the third month in a row, the FAO has reported.

Drop in dairy product prices drives world food prices to new low

World News

Drop in dairy product prices drives world food prices to new low

A drop in dairy product prices and vegetable oils has driven world food commodity prices to their lowest July value in six years.

World food prices have hit a six-year low

World News

World food prices have hit a six-year low

Major food commodity prices hit a six-year low in May as cereal prices fell substantially even though this year's harvest looks favourable, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says.

'International cereal prices hinge on the smallest of margins'

Arable

'International cereal prices hinge on the smallest of margins'

One bad harvest, anywhere in the world, is all that it would take to send cereal prices rocketing

'Cheaper oil prices are here to stay, for the near future'

Agri-Business

'Cheaper oil prices are here to stay, for the near future'

International oil prices are unlikely to strengthen in the near future, according to the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA).