Agriculture & Commodities
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How Nigeria’s Lithium Factories Could Reshape Africa’s EV Battery Costs and Energy Security
By processing raw lithium domestically, Nigeria aims to slash battery import costs and reduce reliance on foreign supply…
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Spain Withholds 12% of Olive Oil to Prop Up Prices
Spain orders farmers to hold back 188,000 tonnes of olive oil until 2027 amid a bumper harvest that…
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Kotak Neo’s Banerjee Ties Gold, Rupee and Copper to Crude Volatility and Fed Rate Hikes
Elevated energy costs act as a primary driver for central bank policy shifts, creating a ripple effect that…
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El Niño and Iran War Drive Agricultural Commodity Prices to New Highs
The intensifying El Niño and the escalating Iran war are disrupting global agricultural markets, threatening higher prices for…
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ICE Brent Hovers Near $110 as Middle East Tensions Keep Risk Premium High
Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to decouple from physical oil supply realities, leaving global prices…
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How Agricultural Policy Uses Uniform Formulas to Distribute $8B in Farm Relief
The Harvest Fuel Relief program applies a standardized formula to crop data, bypassing insurance requirements to address input…
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Donald Trump Announces $8 Billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program for U.S. Farmers
The USDA will distribute $8 billion in one-time payments to help farmers offset record-high diesel costs during the…
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Three Decades of Conversion: Ethiopia’s Wetlands Give Way to Farmland
ADDIS ABABA, July 2 — A new study documents the conversion of wetlands to farmland in the Bure…
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Dairy Dominates Tulare County’s $9.1B Agriculture Economy, Amid Climate and Trade Risks
Tulare County’s agriculture surged to $9.1B in 2025, led by dairy, cattle, and citrus, but faces climate and…
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US Farmers Face a Fourth Straight Year of Losses as Fuel, Fertilizer and Trade Costs Bite
Rick Telesz farms soybeans, corn and dairy cows on about 700 acres in western Pennsylvania. His soybean crop…
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Malaysia Palm Oil Stocks Seen Reaching 2 Million Tonnes by End-August
Global Palm Oil Markets Face Pressure From Surging Malaysian Inventories Malaysia’s palm oil sector recorded a significant shift…
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National MCOOL Coalition Petitions White House, Congress to Label Beef
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 — A broad coalition of farm, ranch, rural, consumer and allied organizations launched a petition…
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DOJ Expands Beef Price-Fixing Probe to Eight Major U.S. Grocery Retailers
WASHINGTON, September 3 — The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has widened its probe into beef affordability,…
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Sheep Under the Panels: New Zealand’s Biggest Solar Farm Answers a Land Debate
MUMBAI, June 27 — A debate unfolding in New Zealand over solar farms and housing on dairy land…
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From Beetle Salvage to Fire Loss: 100 Mile House Faces Its Timber Reckoning
KAMLOOPS, July 2 — The provincial government is asking residents of the 100 Mile House area and surrounding…
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Imperial College Team Grows Meat Protein Myoglobin in Lettuce and Tobacco Chloroplasts
DAVIS, California, Aug 6 — The shift is happening in a greenhouse, not a factory line. For the…
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Study: Heat and Humidity Cut Milk Output Across 1,148 Haryana Villages
India’s dairy policy apparatus was built for a stable climate. That assumption is now cracking under 38°C heat…
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Canada’s Supply Management System Controls Dairy, Poultry, Egg Production
OTTAWA, July 21 — By the numbers: 16,351 dairy, poultry and egg farms operated under Canada’s supply management…
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Grocery Prices Up 1.8% in a Year as Egg Prices Fall 20.6% in September
LONDON, July 17 — The Consumer Price Index remains one of the more quietly influential pieces of statistical…
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Fifteen Lofa Communities Sign Forest Conservation Agreements with Conservation International
MONROVIA, July 17 — President Joseph Boakai has signaled a significant policy shift for Liberia, telling the nation…
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Sumitomo’s AgriCool Shade Fabric Blocks Heat Rays While Letting Crops Keep Their Sunlight
TOKYO, July 16 — Farmers have long faced a frustrating trade-off when it comes to shade nets. Throw…
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Chipotle Raises Menu Prices 3% as Beef, Freight and Labor Costs Squeeze Margins
WASHINGTON, July 16 — A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows food input costs rose 8.5% in…
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Renewed Black Sea Attacks Push Wheat Futures to Two-Year High
KYIV, July 15 — The shift in global food security is no longer a distant alarm; it is…
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Russian Strikes Idle Ukraine’s Black Sea Grain Corridor at Peak Harvest
KYIV, July 15 — Against this backdrop of grinding war, the story of Ukraine’s Black Sea grain corridor…
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