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Wet Weather Delays Australia’s Cane Season; Input Costs Begin to Ease

Insight Focus Wet weather delays planting and harvesting in Australia. Early planted cane looks promising, though later plantings face uncertainty after monsoon conditions and progress depends on improved weather to…

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Corn Falls on Bearish WASDE and Weather; Wheat Finds Support

Insight Focus Corn fell last week on higher supply and favourable weather. ...

US Spot Sugar Firms on Crop Concerns as Contract Activity Slows

Insight Focus The US Cash sugar market remains steady as spot prices firm. ...

Futures and Market Data: 15th June 2026

Insight Focus The No.11 raw sugar futures market traded lower over the past...

Container Freight Diverges As Disruption Reshapes Global Flows

Insight Focus Container freight markets in May 2026 firmed unevenly. There ...

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Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 17th June 2026

ICE Futures U.S. Sugar No.11 Contract Settlement (cUS$/lb) Open...

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CS Brazil: Sugar or Ethanol? 17th May 2026

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Wet Weather Delays Australia’s Cane Season; Input Costs Begin to Ease

Insight Focus Wet weather delays planting and harvesting in Australia....

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Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 16th June 2026

ICE Futures U.S. Sugar No.11 Contract Settlement (cUS$/lb) Open...

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Corn Falls on Bearish WASDE and Weather; Wheat Finds Support

Insight Focus Corn fell last week on higher supply and favourable weat...

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US Spot Sugar Firms on Crop Concerns as Contract Activity Slows

Insight Focus The US Cash sugar market remains steady as spot prices f...

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Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 15th June 2026

ICE Futures U.S. Sugar No.11 Contract Settlement (cUS$/lb) Open...

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Futures and Market Data: 15th June 2026

Insight Focus The No.11 raw sugar futures market traded lower over the...

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How Far Is Chokepoint Disruption Spreading Beyond Hormuz?

Insight Focus Hormuz disruption exposes global trade vulnerability. Knock-on effects are reshaping flows across Suez, Bab el-Mandeb and the Panama Canal, driving congestion, higher costs and persistent risk. The crisis…

El Niño Risk Still Threatens 2026/27 Sugar Surplus

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Container Freight Diverges As Disruption Reshapes Global Flows

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Ethanol Sets Sail for the High Seas

Insight Focus Ethanol is gaining momentum in the maritime fuel transit...

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Momentum Slowly Returns to US Sugar Market

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GLP 1 Drugs Availability Booms

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Chances of Strong El Niño at 80%

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Higher Costs Squeeze Margins For Brazil’s Record Soybean Crop

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View from a green tractor driving along ploughed rows in a field, with trees and mountains in the background under a clear blue sky. Another vehicle is visible in the distance, raising dust.

Wet Weather Delays Australia’s Cane Season; Input Costs Begin to Ease

Insight Focus Wet weather delays planting and harvesting in Australia....

A close-up view of a large green combine harvester unloading a stream of harvested maize kernels into a trailer on a farm, with fields and sky in the background.

Corn Falls on Bearish WASDE and Weather; Wheat Finds Support

Insight Focus Corn fell last week on higher supply and favourable weat...

Tall green grass or sugarcane plants with sunlight filtering through the leaves against a clear blue sky and a small white cloud.

US Spot Sugar Firms on Crop Concerns as Contract Activity Slows

Insight Focus The US Cash sugar market remains steady as spot prices f...

A large cargo ship loaded with colourful shipping containers sails on calm water under a dramatic sky with clouds and sunlight on the horizon.

Container Freight Diverges As Disruption Reshapes Global Flows

Insight Focus Container freight markets in May 2026 firmed unevenly. T...

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More Volatility on the Horizon For Agricultural Commodities

Insight Focus Food commodity markets are experiencing complex impacts ...

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US Sugar Firms on Policy, Energy and Weather Shifts

Insight Focus US sugar forward sales increase despite soft demand. Buy...

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Sugar Moves Away from Overproduction

Insight Focus The 2026/27 world sugar balance has tightened sharply si...

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Aluminium Prices Tighten Ex-China, Softer China

Insight Focus Aluminium markets strengthened in May. LME prices reachi...

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Soybeans Bearish on Supply Strength, Demand Doubts

Insight Focus Soybean prices fall on supply strength and demand doubts...

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Iran War Lifts Brazil Food Inflation, Weighs on Consumption

Insight Focus Brazil faces rising food inflation from fertiliser costs...

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Grain Sell-off Deepens on Weather, China Demand Risks

Insight Focus Grains have sold off on weather and China concern...

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Sugar Cost of Production Across the World

Insight Focus Sugar prices are at the lowest of the past 5 years. How ...

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