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Sugar
  • February 7, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 7th February 2025

March’25 saw prices chopping either side of unchanged through th...

Sugar
  • February 6, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 6th February 2025

Early trading was calm with prints a few points either side of overnig...

Grains
  • February 6, 2025

Production, Stocks and Trump Change the Wheat Market

Insight Focus The wheat market is facing concerns over 2025 harvests i...

Freight
  • February 6, 2025

US Department of Defense Adds COSCO to Blacklist

Insight Focus The US has blacklisted Chinese shipping giant COSCO over...

Sugar
  • February 5, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 5th February 2025

It was a positive start for the market as prices quickly pushed beyond...

Sugar
  • February 5, 2025

2025-26 Contracting Lags For US Sugar Market

This update is from Sosland Publishing’s Sweetener Report. For more ...

Ethanol
  • February 5, 2025

New Climate Smart Agriculture Rule Opens Door to US Corn for SAF

Insight Focus The USDA released interim rules for Climate-Smart Agricu...

Sugar
  • February 4, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 4th February 2025

There was another calm start to a session as March’25 ranged bet...

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Food Security
  • February 6, 2025

Production, Stocks and Trump Change the Wheat Market

Insight Focus The wheat market is facing concerns over 2025 harvests i...

Sustainability
  • February 4, 2025

What Does 2025 Hold for PET?

Insight Focus In 2025, new EU and US plastic waste laws are coming int...

Logistics Disruptions
  • January 8, 2025

5 Factors that Shaped Shipping in 2024… and Beyond

Insight Focus The container shipping industry experienced significant ...

Consumption
  • January 6, 2025

How the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement Will Impact Brazil

Insight Focus In early December, Mercosur and the EU signed an importa...

Inflation
  • December 19, 2024

Trump Proposes Tariffs on Mexican Sugar Imports

Insight Focus President-elect Trump has proposed tariffs on Mexican go...

Climate Control
  • November 12, 2024

UN Climate Summit Faces Trump Threat, Finance Questions

Insight Focus Nations are set to discuss raising “trillions” to fu...

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Sugar

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 7th February 2025

  • February 7, 2025

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Sugar

Sugar Futures and Market Data: 3rd February 2025

  • February 3, 2025

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Ethanol

CS Brazil: Sugar or Ethanol? 28th January 2025

  • January 29, 2025

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Sugar

India: Sugar vs Ethanol? 22nd January 2025

  • January 21, 2025

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Food and Ingredients
  • December 20, 2023

2024 Elections and their Impact on Food Supply Chains

Insight Focus An unusually high number of elections are set to take pl...

Sugar
  • December 19, 2023

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 19th December 2023

It was a very familiar pattern of trading that kicked things off today...

Grains
  • December 19, 2023

Argentina Devalues Peso; Increases Grains Export Taxes

Insight Focus Argentina’s new president has devalued the Peso by...

Sugar
  • December 19, 2023

November Rain Delays Cane Harvest in Guatemala

Insight Focus We project Guatemala will produce 2.76 million tonnes of...

Sugar
  • December 19, 2023

American Beet Processing Runs Strongly

This update is from Sosland Publishing Co.’s weekly Sweetener Re...

Sugar
  • December 18, 2023

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 18th December 2023

An unchanged opening quickly eroded away as the market took on a famil...

Sugar
  • December 18, 2023

Energy from Sugarcane: Brazilian Biogas Takes Off

Main points 111 new biogas plants were opened in Brazil in 2022. Furth...

Sugar
  • December 18, 2023

Sugar Futures and Market Data: 18th December 2023

Insight Focus Sugar futures prices have collapsed in the last week. Sp...

PET
  • December 18, 2023

PET Raw Material Futures Outlook: Next Wave of Chinese PET Resin Capacity Threatens New Year Recovery

Insight Focus PTA Futures flat declined as PX prices weakened, crude r...

Food and Ingredients
  • December 18, 2023

Santa Claus Is Dishing Out Ever Lower Urea Prices

Insight Focus Processed phosphate prices are expected to remain strong...

Sugar
  • December 15, 2023

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 15th December 2023

It was the quietest start to a session for a while as March’24 t...

Sugar
  • December 15, 2023

Ask The Analyst: What are the Leftover Products From Sugar Extraction?

Insight Focus Mills don’t just extract sugar from cane. Bagasse,...

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