India, the world’s largest vegetable oil buyer, canceled more soybean oil shipments from South America as the rupee’s slump to a record low widened the price gap between local and imported oil.
India, the world’s largest vegetable oil buyer, canceled more soybean oil shipments from South America as the rupee’s slump to a record low widened the price gap between local and imported oil.
Arabica coffee futures extended gains in New York, buoyed by expectations that a stronger Brazilian real will continue to curb shipments from Brazil, the world’s largest producer.
Arabica coffee futures extended gains in New York, buoyed by expectations that a stronger Brazilian real will continue to curb shipments from Brazil, the world’s largest producer.
Cocoa futures fluctuated as traders watch for the impact of West Africa’s Harmattan season on output from top producers.
Cocoa pods grow on a farm ahead of the harvest in Kwabeng, Ghana, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Issues across the West African cocoa belt that propelled prices to record highs this year remain far from fixed, meaning the price of beans that make chocolate isn't likely to decline back to the much lower levels that had previously prevailed.
Los Angeles ordered some residents to evacuate starting Tuesday ahead of a strong storm expected to sweep through the region, with city crews preparing for three days of heavy rain.
Los Angeles ordered some residents to evacuate starting Tuesday ahead of a strong storm expected to sweep through the region, with city crews preparing for three days of heavy rain.
Los Angeles County Public Works employees distribute sandbags in Altadena, California, on Dec. 22.
India stepped up anti-pollution curbs in New Delhi and nearby areas after a sudden spike in airborne toxins.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 03: Commuters make their way along a road on a hazy morning caused by pollution on December 03, 2025 in New Delhi, India. The capital's Air Quality Index reached 376—classified as "very poor" to "severe"—with PM2.5 levels recorded at more than 20 times the World Health Organization's safe limits, prompting health experts to declare conditions "extreme and life-threatening" as 30 million residents contend with persistent headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory distress from a toxic cocktail of vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, and construction dust trapped under stagnant winter air. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)
India stepped up anti-pollution curbs in New Delhi and nearby areas after a sudden spike in airborne toxins.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 03: Commuters make their way along a road on a hazy morning caused by pollution on December 03, 2025 in New Delhi, India. The capital's Air Quality Index reached 376—classified as "very poor" to "severe"—with PM2.5 levels recorded at more than 20 times the World Health Organization's safe limits, prompting health experts to declare conditions "extreme and life-threatening" as 30 million residents contend with persistent headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory distress from a toxic cocktail of vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, and construction dust trapped under stagnant winter air. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)
India stepped up anti-pollution curbs in New Delhi and nearby areas after a sudden spike in airborne toxins.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 03: Commuters make their way along a road on a hazy morning caused by pollution on December 03, 2025 in New Delhi, India. The capital's Air Quality Index reached 376—classified as "very poor" to "severe"—with PM2.5 levels recorded at more than 20 times the World Health Organization's safe limits, prompting health experts to declare conditions "extreme and life-threatening" as 30 million residents contend with persistent headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory distress from a toxic cocktail of vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, and construction dust trapped under stagnant winter air. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)
Sugar mills in India, the second-largest producer, have been struggling to export big volumes in the new season, with traders and analysts saying that the pace will only pick up if global prices rise sharply.
Sugar mills in India, the second-largest producer, have been struggling to export big volumes in the new season, with traders and analysts saying that the pace will only pick up if global prices rise sharply.
Workers pack bags of candy sugar at the Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. manufacturing plant in Simbhaoli, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Sugar output in India, the world’s largest producer after Brazil, is set to climb for the first time in three years as a subsidy for raw exports and abundant dam water spur farmers to increase planting.
Raw sugar futures held steady in New York as traders mull rising output from India against estimates that mills in top grower Brazil may divert more cane to making ethanol rather than the sweetener.
Raw sugar futures held steady in New York as traders mull rising output from India against estimates that mills in top grower Brazil may divert more cane to making ethanol rather than the sweetener.
A sugar cane harvest in Brazil. Photographer: Paulo Fridman
China’s exports of soybean oil to India are surging as weak domestic demand for the cooking ingredient coincides with robust imports of soybeans from South America and, more recently, the US.
China’s exports of soybean oil to India are surging as weak domestic demand for the cooking ingredient coincides with robust imports of soybeans from South America and, more recently, the US.