Arabica coffee futures on the ICE exchange fell on Friday after rising nearly 7% in the prior session, as ICE-certified stocks fell to fresh 24-year lows, while raw sugar hit a two month trough.
Argentine farm exports brought in some $1 billion in November, a 41% fall from the same month last year, industry group CIARA-CEC said on Friday, as a severe drought takes its toll on shipments and farmers refrain from selling amid political uncertainties.
Copper prices rose to a three-month high on Friday, on track for the third week of consecutive growth, due to better-than-expected data from top consumer China, tighter supply, a decline of exchange inventories and a softer dollar.
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Ukraine, a major global grain producer, has harvested almost 77 million metric tons of grain and oilseeds from the new 2023 harvest so far, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
In the small village of Surd, which has supplied most of Hungary with Christmas trees for decades, villagers are worried their livelihood could be in danger as pine forests are shrinking due to climate change.
The Philippines' farm ministry said on Friday it will issue permits allowing the private sector to import as much as 21,000 tonnes of fresh onions to prevent prices from rising.
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) on Friday estimated a global cocoa deficit of 99,000 metric tons in the 2022/23 season, narrower than a previous forecast deficit of 116,000 tonnes.
About 11,500 Turkeys have been culled after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in east Germany, German authorities said on Friday.
Indian mills have produced 4.32 million metric tons of sugar since the current season began on Oct. 1, down 10.7% year on year, as mills in two key states started operations later than usual, a leading trade body said on Friday.
French cereal sowings had again made little progress last week while crop ratings extended their fall, farm office FranceAgriMer data showed on Friday, in a sign that heavy rainfall since last month has taken a toll on crops.
Nord Cereales, which runs the grain terminal at France's northern port of Dunkirk, will start loading wheat for China in December as planned, unaffected by reported postponements of cargoes by Chinese buyers, its chief executive said.
South African poultry producer Quantum Foods on Friday reported a 35 million rand ($1.86 million) loss in the year to end-September, after the country's worst bird flu outbreak decimated its chicken flock and power cuts intensified.
A global aluminium producer has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $95 per metric ton for January-March primary metal shipments, down 2% from the current quarter, three sources directly involved in quarterly pricing talks said.
Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Friday to their lowest since October, heading for a second week of losses as weak demand from biodiesel players weighed.
Chicago wheat futures dipped on Friday, but were still on track to end the week 3% higher after larger-than-expected U.S. export sales added impetus to a short-covering rally.
A global aluminium producer has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $95 per metric ton for January-March primary metal shipments, down 2% from the current quarter, three sources directly involved in quarterly pricing talks said.
Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Friday to their lowest since October, on course for a second week of losses as they tracked weaker rivals and faced a lack of fresh orders from importers.