Extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation at a time costs are already hovering near the highest in a decade and hunger is on the rise.

Is the US-China trade war dead? It certainly is for US agricultural exporters, although renewed demand is bringing with it the specter of soaring bulk shipping costs. Indeed, ship owners are enjoying something of a commodities supercycle that is driving up both the prices of raw materials and ship owner profits.

Serious drought was enhanced by blistering heat at times in June from the western United States into western Canada.

Since 2005 there has been a dramatic change in the ratio of alloy produced to ore produced in South Africa. The ratio has fallen from 0.32t alloy/t ore to 0.18t alloy/t ore in 2019. 

Arriving after dark at a camp in the heart of the Okavango Delta was a curious experience. Darkness shrouded the surroundings, and all that I had to gauge the scale of the camp was a long string of lanterns lining the walkways connecting the network of tents at the camp.

Apeel today shared U.S. sustainability impact numbers for its longer-lasting limes currently sold in more than 3,000 grocery stores coast-to- coast, including Kroger and CUB banner markets.