The Latest Breaking News from El Nino

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24 ) on Friday closed +0.33 (+1.43%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH24 ) closed +8.30 (+1.28%) Sugar prices Friday posted moderate gains after India's Food Secretary projected India's 2023/24 sugar cane output would fall -12 % y/y to 434.8 MMT. Sugar prices...

March arabica coffee (KCH24 ) this morning is down -0.20 (-0.11%), and Jan ICE robusta coffee (RMF24 ) is down -15 (-0.58%). Coffee prices this morning are posting modest losses. An increase in world coffee supplies is bearish for prices after the International Coffee Organization (ICO) reported today that global...

A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured 66 people and brought down buildings, prompting the country's "shocked" president to declare a state of emergency.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24 ) on Wednesday closed -1.96 (-7.85%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH24 ) closed -47.90 (-6.93%) Sugar prices Wednesday plummeted to a 5-month low as an easing of sugar supply concerns has fueled fund selling of sugar futures. Sugar prices have sold...

March arabica coffee (KCH24 ) on Wednesday closed down -8.50 (-4.63%), and Jan ICE robusta coffee (RMF24 ) closed down -21 (-0.81%). Coffee prices Wednesday retreated, with arabica coffee falling sharply as concerns about global coffee supplies recede. On Tuesday, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) projected 2023/24 global coffee production...

March arabica coffee (KCH24 ) this morning is down -7.90 (-4.30%), and Jan ICE robusta coffee (RMF24 ) is down -18 (-0.70%). Coffee prices this morning are under pressure, with arabica coffee sharply lower as concerns about global coffee supplies ease. On Tuesday, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) projected 2023/24...

Australia is braced for a hot, dry summer. El Nino is back, and this year it will occur alongside an Indian Ocean dipole, a climate pattern which will further amplify this hot and dry effect.

March arabica coffee (KCH24) on Tuesday closed up +4.35 (+2.42%), and Jan ICE robusta coffee (RMF24) closed up +39 (+1.53%). Coffee prices Tuesday finished moderately higher. Concern that dry conditions in Brazil will lead to smaller coffee yields is supporting prices. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's Minas Gerais region...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24 ) on Tuesday closed -0.85 (-3.29%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH24 ) closed -18.00 (-2.54%) Sugar prices Tuesday fell sharply but remained above Monday's significant lows. On Monday, NY sugar posted a 3-1/4 month low, and London sugar posted a 2-month...