The European Union faced fresh calls on Monday to limit a flood of sugar imports from Ukraine, this time from sugar producers in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Rains were rare last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions but good soil moisture content helped to boost the development of many small pods for the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
Robusta coffee futures on ICE hit their highest in at least 16 years on Monday amid tight supplies in top producer Vietnam and export delays, while London cocoa steadied off recent record highs.
Speculators eased concerns over global grain and oilseed inventories late last year, but their selling enthusiasm, especially in Chicago-traded corn, soybeans and soybean meal, has accelerated this month as U.S. government outlooks corroborate the supply comfort.
Russian wheat export prices continued to decline last week following a drop in global markets, while shipments also fell amidst challenging weather conditions, analysts said.
Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland tumbled 12% in premarket trading on Monday after the company placed its CFO Vikram Luthar on administrative leave for an investigation and cut its full-year profit forecast.
Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland slid 15% in premarket trading on Monday after CFO Vikram Luthar was placed on administrative leave as the company investigates certain accounting practices at its Nutrition segment.
Brazil's 2023/24 soybean harvest had reached 6% of the planted area as of last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, up 3.7 percentage points from the previous week and above the 1.8% seen at the same time a year earlier.
Until zinc demand picks up significantly and the market stops focusing on projected surpluses of the metal used to galvanise steel, price rallies triggered by production cuts are unlikely to be sustained.
Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland tumbled 14% in premarket trading on Monday after the company placed its CFO Vikram Luthar on administrative leave and cut its full-year profit forecast.
French farmers' representatives threatened to expand protests on Monday before a meeting with government to address anger over price pressures, taxes and green regulation - grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe.
Copper prices slipped on Monday as the market focused on poor demand prospects, particularly in top consumer China, while outflows from London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses and a softer dollar provided support.
Britain's rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight.
Malaysian palm oil futures snapped two consecutive sessions of gains on Monday, weighed down by weakness in crude oil prices, although losses were limited by higher exports and production concerns.