Soft commodities

The salmon market is facing a global supply shock thanks to a toxic sea algae related to the unusually high water temperatures caused by the El Niño p…

Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? Here’s our monthly take on the maj…

Commodity prices have hit their lowest level since the late 1990s. And while there is scope for a rally in 2016, an upturn is unlikely to mark the sta…

The soaring dollar is causing a nasty decline in US wheat exports, set to fall to a 44-year low in the year to next June, helping to wipe 38% off Amer…

Precision agriculture – a mixture of big data and robotics – will squeeze ever-greater yields from every acre of crop, says Merryn Somerset Webb.

Many people predict a future where there is not enough food to go round, as populations grow. But it’s quite possible we will have too much food, says…

Dairy farmers are protesting against low milk prices and farmers unions want the government to intervene. Are supermarkets to blame, or is dairy produ…

Consumer prices for olive oil have climbed by an average of 10% worldwide this year due to drought and disease in southern Europe.

For a long time, agriculture in Latin America focused on a few key cash crops. Now, the industry is diversifying – and profiting. James McKeigue expla…

The fall in commodity prices has moved centre stage in investors' worries, with the pace quickening in the past few days.

The Bloomberg Commodity index, which tracks 22 hard and soft raw materials, has fallen to a 13-year low.

The global food and agricultural economy is undergoing real change. Professional stockpickers Henry Boucher and Edward Bailey tip three shares to prof…

Now is still a great time to plough your money into Latin American agriculture. James McKeigue explains why, and tips one stock set to profit.

The price of extra virgin olive oil has hit a seven-year-high following a bad harvest in southern Europe.

Fears over a shortfall of cocoa now look to have been overdone as the price plummets.

Palm oil recently hit a five-year low, but the Chinese demand could see prices pick up.

As a formidable bull market engulfs agricultural land, firms supplying farm equipment, seeds and sprays are set to soar. Jonathan Compton tips the bes…

Rain has returned to Brazil following an unseasonally dry start to the year. That can mean only one thing for the price of sugar.

Cocoa supplies have struggled to keep pace with the growing demand for high-quality chocolate in emerging markets.

Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? Here’s our monthly take on the maj…

A drought in Brazil has sent the price of high-quality coffee soaring so far this year.

Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? We give our monthly view on the ma…

There's very little worth buying at the moment that is genuinely cheap. But this timber fund might fit the bill, says Merryn Somerset Webb.

A squeeze on the supply of cocoa has sent prices soaring.