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March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is up +0.90 (+0.26%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) is up +34 (+0.62%). Coffee prices today extended this week's rally, with arabica posting a new record nearest-futures high and robusta posting a 6-week high. The outlook for a smaller coffee crop in...

Brooke Rollins, the nominee for Agriculture secretary, said she would listen to farmers in executing President Trump's deportation policy.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Wednesday closed up +0.37 (+2.08%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed up +11.20 (+2.40%). Sugar prices Wednesday settled sharply higher after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 6-week high prompted short-covering in sugar futures. The...

March arabica coffee (KCH25) Wednesday closed up +14.05 (+4.29%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) closed up +189 (+3.59%). Coffee prices Wednesday rallied sharply to 6-week highs after Brazilian research firm Cepea said that coffee farmers in Brazil are delaying coffee sales as they hold out for higher prices....

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.43 (+2.42%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) is up +11.90 (+2.55%). Sugar prices today are trading higher after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 6-week high prompted short-covering in sugar futures. The...

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is up +10.30 (+3.14%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) is up +157 (+2.98%). Coffee prices are sharply higher after Brazilian research firm Cepea said today that coffee farmers in Brazil are delaying coffee sales as they hold out for higher prices. Also,...

Get ready for a deep partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, which will occur at sunrise in North America and mid-morning across Europe.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Tuesday closed down -0.43 (-2.36%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed down -7.90 (-1.673%). On Tuesday, sugar prices extended their 3-1/2 month-long sell-off, with NY sugar posting a 5-month nearest-futures low and London sugar posting a 3-1/3 year low....

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.43 (-2.36%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) is down -4.90 (-1.03%). Sugar prices extended their 3-1/2 month-long sell-off today, with NY sugar posting a 5-month nearest-futures low, and London sugar posting a 3-1/3 year low. An...

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is up +4.55 (+1.39%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) is up +157 (+3.05%). Coffee prices today are moving higher, with arabica posting a 1-month high and robusta posting a 6-week high. Coffee prices garnered support today after Conab, Brazil's government crop forecasting...

Two years after President Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture in 1862, he nicknamed it “the people’s department” because half of all Americans lived on farms at that time. Today, fewer than 2% of Americans farm, but the Agriculture Department still touches people’s lives in many ways.