The Latest Breaking News from El Nino

Sep arabica coffee (KCN23 ) on Thursday closed up +1.55 (+0.98%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMN23 ) closed down -2 (-0.08%). Coffee prices Thursday settled mixed. Weakness in the dollar (DXY00 ) Thursday sparked short covering in coffee futures after the dollar index retreated from a 3-week high and...

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Thursday closed -0.28 (-1.19%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ23 ) closed -1.50 (-0.23%). Sugar prices Thursday fell moderately as weakness in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) weighed on prices. The real Thursday fell to a 1-month low against the dollar,...

Sep arabica coffee (KCN23 ) on Wednesday closed down -1.60 (-1.00%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMN23 ) closed down -15 (-0.59%). Coffee prices Wednesday posted moderate losses. Ongoing dry weather in Brazil is accelerating the country's coffee harvest and is weighing on prices. Cooxupe, Brazil's coffee export cooperative, reported...

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Wednesday closed +0.21 (+0.90%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ23 ) closed up +7.70 (+1.18%). Sugar prices Wednesday climbed to a 1-week high and closed moderately higher. Excessive dryness in Thailand, the world's third-largest sugar producer, may curb sugar production and...

Sep ICE NY cocoa (CCU23 ) on Wednesday closed -30 (-0.59%), and Sep ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU23 ) closed -2 (-0.08%). Cocoa prices Wednesday closed moderately lower as a stronger dollar sparked profit-taking and long liquidation in cocoa futures. On Monday, Sep NY cocoa prices posted a new contract...

The UK is expected to see temperatures pushing 30C on Friday due to a frontal system bringing warm and humid air over a 24 hour period before thunderstorms are expected to hit

Sep arabica coffee (KCN23 ) this morning is down -1.45 (-0.90%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMN23 ) is down -8 (-0.32%). Coffee prices this morning are moderately lower. Ongoing dry weather in Brazil is accelerating the country's coffee harvest and is weighing on prices. Cooxupe, Brazil's coffee export cooperative,...

More extreme weather is forecast as Australians braces for warmer, drier conditions this summer after heavy rain and record floods.

Much of the country is experiencing below-average rainfall due to the El Niño phenomenon, and this is only likely to intensify in November and could even linger until early next year, according to the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD).