A slide in all manner of raw-materials prices—corn, wheat, copper and more—is stirring hopes that a significant source of inflationary pressure might be starting to ease. Natural-gas prices shot up mo...
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U.S. corn and soybean stocks rise, but corn plantings forecast cut: USDA
Corn futures climbed Thursday after reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday revealed higher U.S. corn and soybean stocks, along with a lower forecast for this year’s planted corn a...
The Russia-Ukraine war is fueling the ‘biggest supply shock to global grain markets’ in living memory
Wheat futures have surged by more than 40% over the last five days, on track for the biggest weekly rise since at least 1959 as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine crimps exports of the crucial food grain an...
As food prices hit an all-time high, more Americans have abandoned online grocery shopping and returned to supermarket aisles
More Americans are browsing again — in grocery-store aisles rather than online. With U.S. states abandoning mask mandates in public places, and more retailers dropping requirements for masks — and the...