Ghana's economy has started to feel the pinch from its falling cocoa production, central bank data showed, with low exports reducing the trade surplus by more than half for the first two months of the year, threatening the cedi currency.
European Union authorities are reluctant to back a tie-up between airlines ITA Airways and Lufthansa and Italy has been "fighting" against this for 10 months, the country's Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Saturday.
To receive updates on ag commodities in your inbox, subscribe to the newsletter Agricultural Commodities Focus.Mexico is expected to significantly increase its corn imports during the upcoming 2024-2025 marketing year, according to a recent report by the Foreign Agricultural Serv
Brazil airline Gol on Friday reported a net loss of 135 million reais ($27 million) for the month of January, in the first financial results put out by the company after it filed for bankruptcy in the United States earlier this year.
Following are analysts' estimates for 2024 U.S. corn, soybean and wheat plantings ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's planting intentions report, which is scheduled to be released at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Thursday, March 28.
A federal appeals court has vacated two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency orders prohibiting a Texas plastics treatment company from manufacturing toxic “forever chemicals” while treating plastic containers used to hold things like pesticides and household cleaners.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell more than 1% on Friday to below $12 a bushel on profit taking a day after the benchmark contract neared a two-month high as farmer soy sales and the dollar's surge added to bearish sentiment, analysts said.
FXEmpire.com - Natural gas remains in a consolidation range that is starting to show further signs of weakness. Up until Wednesday natural gas was consistently running into resistance around the 20-Day MA. Then, on Thursday resistance was seen near the shorter 8-Day MA, which is
Cocoa futures on ICE gained more than 15% in the week to hit fresh historical peaks on Friday, continuing a blistering rally which has seen prices double this year.
Investors will be looking for reassurances from new H&M CEO Daniel Erver that he has the right plan to reboot revenue growth when the fast fashion retailer reports its first quarterly earnings under his leadership on Wednesday.
Large speculators trimmed their net short position in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures in the week to March 19, regulatory data released on Friday showed.
Heavy rainfall that battered Argentina at the start of this month should ease up in the coming weeks, the Rosario Stock Exchange said on Friday, which could help crops recover and farmers harvest their plants as soil begins to dry.
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Natural gas remains under pressure amid a lack of upside catalysts. However, natural gas did not manage to settle below the support at $1.60 – $1.65.
China's Tianqi Lithium Corp on Friday said a number of aspects of a deal being negotiated by Chile's SQM with state-run copper miner Codelco still are not clear.
The U.S. is projected to import in the current crop year (October-September) the largest amount of high-duty sugar in at least six years due mostly to falling supplies from trade partner Mexico, broker Czarnikow said in a report on Friday.
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Gold continues to move away from historic highs as U.S. dollar gains ground against a broad basket of currencies.
Despite economic concerns, Chinese agricultural demand is expected to remain strong this year, particularly when it comes to imports of bulk commodities like soybeans, corn and other grains.