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Global prices for food commodities continue to rise

October 08, 2021 -

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 130.0 points last month, up 1.2 percent from August and 32.8 percent higher than in September 2020. The index tracks monthly changes in international prices for commonly traded food commodities, such as cereals, vegetable oils, dairy, meat and sugar.

The price of cereal in September is higher by 2 percent from the previous month. World wheat prices are up almost 4 percent – and as much as 41 percent higher than a year ...

Crisis Looms as Corporations Seize Control of Commodities

August 02, 2008 - Crisis Looms as Corporations Seize Control of Commodities

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Top commodities trader warns world is headed for food wars

June 28, 2024 - commodities, the demand and prices for these commodities are growing accordingly.

“India, China, everybody has got buffer stocks,” he noted. “That is only exacerbating the global problem.”Shortages, food inflation and hunger around the world

There are other signs that food and water shortages could be around the corner. For example, a recent report from Moody’s examining environmental risks to the economy of India found that rising water shortages could ...

Beleaguered Western commodities buyers rely on China’s refined lead, zinc

February 08, 2023 - commodities – also contributed to the rise.

Tin soared almost 80 percent to $32,262 per ton, while copper prices have rallied by a tenth this month to $9,329 per ton as China sees a brightening of its economy following the easing of its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) strict public health policies.

"At the beginning of the year, everyone came in very nuanced, saying we were going to have a [global] recession, that copper would dip in the first quarter and then ...

Commodities traders are helping to fund Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine: Here’s how

August 15, 2022 -

OilPrice.com reports that "despite a plethora of sanctions and boycotts, Russia has managed to export nearly a billion dollars worth of fossil fuels per day since its invasion of Ukraine," thanks to commodities traders in countries like Switzerland, Singapore and Dubai, where they serve as middlemen for countries that are snapping up heavily discounted Russian crude.

Even as Joe Biden and idiot Democrats reversed U.S. energy independence achieved by the real ...

Power shortages in China may cause world food and commodities prices to surge

October 01, 2021 -

The autumn harvest in China is underway, but with power shortages in industrial hubs, authorities see slow processing growth. This is especially true in the northeastern provinces of Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang, where half of the country's corn and soybeans are grown.

This crisis is pushing concerns that China will have a tough time handling crops this year, as some plants were asked to cut their output to conserve electricity. Over the past year, China already ...

BILLIONS being spent by government on “Climate-Smart Commodities” – does this mean more GMOs?

October 24, 2022 -

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), using American tax dollars, has introduced a new "Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities" bioengineering and biotechnology program that combines two of the globalists' top agendas: changing the "climate" of the planet with a new economic order, and recreating the entire food supply into the image of "science."

It is not enough, apparently, for Big Biotech to control most major crop commodities, ...

Federal government caught shipping hundreds of thousands of migrant kids around the U.S., like commodities

October 27, 2024 -

Whistleblower exposes $347 million federal contract to move children like commodities

In an undercover investigation, James O’Keefe spoke with a contract specialist and whistleblower from the General Services Administration (GSA). The federal agency has been issuing massive contracts to have unaccompanied migrant children shipped across the country like commodities. The children are being held as leverage in sanctuary cities across the country, ultimately to ...

Senate introduces bill to classify bitcoin, ether as commodities under the regulatory authority of CFTC

August 04, 2022 - commodities, as opposed to securities, which would place them under the control of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

As commodities, the CFTC would be given exclusive jurisdiction over regulating bitcoin and ether. The current bill does not mention any other cryptocurrency assets that will be classified as commodities. It also does not provide criteria for classification. (Related: Democratic Senate passes provision in infrastructure ...

JPMorgan estimating dramatic price increases for nearly all commodities as war, supply chain crisis continue

May 05, 2022 - commodities affected include oil, which is already up 33 percent from the same month the previous year, while natural gas has gone up by 65 percent since the invasion roiled the markets.

Metals excluding gold, such as copper, are up by 7 percent from 2021, while wheat has surged upward by 33 percent. 

The bank also announced it was continuing to review the long-term positions of commodities by global investors while comparing it to cash, stocks and bonds ...

Global food shortages about to become much worse as Ukraine halts all exports of commodities

March 11, 2022 - commodities as well as the raw materials from which they are produced but he was not specific about what product groups were selected.

According to ABC News, the zero export directive was implemented so that the government can ensure that its own citizens are fed first:

The export ban is needed to prevent a “humanitarian crisis in Ukraine,” stabilize the market and “meet the needs of the population in critical food products,” Roman Leshchenko, Ukraine's minister ...

DOLLAR DEMISE: China selling U.S. Treasury bonds in record numbers in favor of gold, other commodities

May 24, 2024 -

Beijing divested a total of $53.3 billion in Treasuries and agency bonds during the first three months of the year, while simultaneously increasing its purchases of gold and other commodities.

Analysts suggest this reduction in foreign exchange reserves is part of China's broader strategy to diversify its holdings from being dominated by U.S. dollar-denominated assets amid rising geopolitical tensions with the United States.

These analysts point to the economic ...

Russia could soon demand rubles for fertilizer, grains, minerals, timber and other commodities, not just energy

April 04, 2022 - commodities such as fertilizer and grain, which are now in short supply, as well as for metals and timber.

It sounds as though anything Russia exports will need to be paid for in rubles, which violates the sanctions imposed against the country in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.Will Europe survive Putin's ultimatums?

The following is a breakdown of various European countries and how they rely on Russia for its exports:

• France reportedly gets ...

The DOLLAR will DIE… and the Ruble will DOMINATE as “commodities-based” currencies make paper fiat obsolete

March 24, 2022 -

There is no other rational conclusion. Anyone who is honest and who understands finance would reach the same conclusion.

See, the US is now characterized by a decadent, collapsing culture, insane levels of money printing and shocking inflation rates that are going to lead to food riots before the end of 2022. We may also see fuel rationing, food price controls, food rationing and similar actions that smack of economic authoritarianism. (The US also now features extreme ...

SYSTEM FAILURE: Commodities markets, banks, currencies and contracts begin breaking down… and the consequences will be catastrophic

March 23, 2022 - commodities such as natural gas, will skyrocket to the point where it will compete with a world reserve currency status. (Instead of the "petrodollar," it's going to be the "hydrocarbonruble.")

Russia isn't at risk of collapsing. The USA is.

Starting this summer, America will be plunged into worsening food scarcity, food inflation, fuel inflation, power grid outages and rising social unrest. From 2022 - 2024, America will be plagued by violent riots in the ...

Food insecurity worsening already following Russian invasion of Ukraine, as countries begin withholding exports and hoarding commodities

March 14, 2022 -

Both countries are major producers of food -- wheat, grain, corn, meat and fertilizer, as well as other commodities -- and since the war began, it is putting even more inflationary pressure on the worst surge in food prices since the Great Depression. As reported by The Washington Post, since the invasion, several countries have moved to block exports of food including Hungary and Indonesia, among others -- as well as Ukraine, which is attempting to ensure that it has ...

Food shortages of meat, eggs, poultry, other commodities worsening in U.S. supermarkets amid new supply chain disruptions

January 11, 2022 -

Still, as workers get sick from the new strain, productivity has suffered and now, because Joe Biden's hapless regime has done little to nothing to get the supply chain back up and running, any little disruption becomes a big deal.

The Los Angeles Times reports:

The highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant is disrupting already stressed food supply chains, sickening so many workers that more shortages at grocery stores are all but certain.

Supermarkets ...

Force majeure becoming the norm in commodities and derivatives markets, which means higher prices and more social unrest

July 30, 2023 - commodities at the heart of these contracts. That is why I believe that Reuters did not mention that Newmont is a substantial producer of silver. A silver market that breaks hard to the upside will unhinge prices for the rest of the precious metals and urge them all substantially higher."

A major market correction is where all of this is headed, not to mention war. Otto Mallory famously stated that "when goods don't cross borders, armies will," and this is what we ...

Global food, commodities supply chain crisis set to explode as falling river levels crush barge traffic in US

October 18, 2022 - commodities thanks to the war in Ukraine; both Russia and Ukraine are major producers of both of those agricultural products, as well as fertilizer.

“We’re taking a huge capacity hit,” noted Sandor Toth, president of barge market intelligence firm Criton Corp.

Premack adds:

Low water levels and dredging shuttered barge traffic heading north and south on the Mississippi last week. At one point, more than 100 towboats and 2,000 barges were stuck waiting....

The world is headed for a rocky commodities and energy market in 2022: Here are 3 reasons why

March 11, 2022 - commodities since 2012.

The hope is that enough acreage can be added in 2022 to fill these voids, but that is a tall order. Both the United States and the European Union are said to already be at "peak farmland."

Canada and Australia could add about 10 percent each, some say, and Brazil is adding about 3-4 percent per year, but how long will that be sustainable?

"... in the next five years, we need another 25 million to 30 million acres in South America ...