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An agency focused on underage drinking steps into a debate over how alcohol use impacts health and some lawmakers are not happy.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Tuesday closed up +0.43 (+1.92%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed up +2.40 (+0.42%). Sugar prices posted moderate gains on Tuesday, with NY sugar climbing to a 1-week high. Sugar has carryover support from Monday when food processor Wilmar...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) today is down -4.40 (-1.68%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX24 ) is down -58 (-1.17%). Coffee prices today gave up early gains and are moderately lower on the outlook for rain in Brazil. Arabica coffee fell from a 1-1/2 week high today, and robusta...

U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems tied to a deadly listeria outbreak at a Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia

Conservative ‘wishlist’ of policies for a future Trump administration goes so far as transforming food and farming

Corn prices are correcting the uptrend from the $3.85 level after reaching $4.34 for the December futures contract. The recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop production and World Agricultural Supply Demand Estimate (WASDE) report weigh heavily on the market. Producers have been waiting for a price rally to…

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Monday closed up +0.15 (+0.67%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed up +5.60 (+0.98%). Sugar prices on Monday settled moderately higher. Sugar moved higher Monday after food processor Wilmar International cut its 2024/25 Brazil Center-South sugar production estimate to...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Monday closed up +10.00 (+3.97%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX24 ) closed up +141 (+2.92%). Coffee prices on Monday rallied sharply, with arabica coffee posting a 1-1/2 week high and robusta posting a 1-week high. Excessive dryness in Brazil may curb coffee yields, and...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.13 (+0.58%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is up +4.80 (+0.84%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher and found support after food processor Wilmar International cut its 2024/25 Brazil Center-South sugar production estimate to 38.2 MMT-39.5...