Shipments of leaf vegetables, spinach and milk from the area around the stricken Fukushima plant have been halted. The government says the situation is not at a stage where people should be worried. But what effects will this have on the demand for Japanese food products, both within Japan and abroad? Japan is not a [...]
Global farm prices, including wheat, soybeans and sugar, may drop from next year as farmers boost production after prices soared, according to Australia’s government forecaster, potentially cutting record food costs. A global gauge of wheat prices may tumble 19 percent in the year from July as world harvests expand 4 percent to 675 million metric [...]
Prices for some global commodities have spiked as much as 20 percent in recent days, as flooding continues to ravage northern Australia. As waters recede in some areas, farmers are returning to their land to find entire crops wiped out. Melon growers in Australia are forced to let their crop rot after heavy rains have [...]
