India, the world’s top importer of urea, has agreed to buy the nitrogen-based fertilizer at sharply higher prices than in a previous tender as the Middle East conflict disrupts supplies and pushes global benchmarks higher.
Labourers load sacks of fertiliser onto a truck at a railway station in Amritsar, India.
Arabica coffee climbed the most in two weeks in New York, amid concerns that the Middle East conflict will keep logistics costs elevated and as weather threatens Brazilian crops.
A worker packs coffee cherries during a harvest in Jacutinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
Robusta coffee climbed to the highest in almost two weeks in London, on concern that parts of top grower Vietnam are too dry and as exchange stockpiles continued to shrink.
An employee checks robusta coffee beans during the cooling down process at the Tran-Q Co. coffee factory in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, on Tuesday, May. 28, 2024. Prices of robusta coffee beans, the variety most often used in instant beverages, have been on a tear. Futures surged about 50% over the past year and at one point this week jumped as much as 7%, the most since 2010.
India is set to witness a below-normal monsoon this year as a likely El Niño weather pattern could reduce rainfall, adding pressure on farmers who are already facing higher input costs following the Middle East conflict.
Farmers plant rice saplings during monsoon season, near Varanasi, India, in 2025. Photographer: Niharika Kulkarni/Getty Images
India is set to witness a below-normal monsoon this year as a likely El Niño weather pattern could reduce rainfall, adding pressure on farmers who are already facing higher input costs following the Middle East conflict.
Farmers plant rice saplings during monsoon season, near Varanasi, India, in 2025. Photographer: Niharika Kulkarni/Getty Images
Monsoon rains in India are likely to be below the long-term average this year, as an expected El Niño weather pattern during the four-month season could reduce precipitation, according to a private forecaster.
A person walks down the street with a large umbrella during heavy rain in Kolkata, India, on April 5, 2026. (Photo by Sudipta Das/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Indian Oil Corp. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. have delayed routine maintenance at some of their units to ensure adequate supplies in the world’s third-largest oil consumer, according to a senior government official.
Trucks loaded with gas cylinders at the Bharat Petroleum Corp. oil refinery in Mumbai. Photographer: Abeer Khan/Bloomberg
India, the world’s largest urea importer, is aiming to buy about 2.5 million tons of the key crop nutrient ahead of the monsoon sowing season as the Middle East conflict disrupts domestic production, tightening availability.
A mixture of urea and potash fertilizer. Photographer: Rory Doyle/Bloomberg
India is in talks with major producers and exporters of nitrogen-based and phosphatic fertilizers to secure direct procurement, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Middle East conflict disrupts trade and constrains output.
A farmer sprinkles fertiliser in a paddy field on the outskirts of Amritsar, India.
Global sugar prices are rebounding after a prolonged slump, as the war in Iran squeezes supplies from a major refining hub, boosting sales from producers outside the Middle East.
Bags of sugar in a processing facility in Malaysia. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
Most of India is forecast to experience higher than normal heat wave days through June, raising the risk of power shortages as the South Asian nation grapples with energy strains worsened by the Middle East conflict.
Most of India is forecast to experience higher than normal heat wave days through June, raising the risk of power shortages as the South Asian nation grapples with energy strains worsened by the Middle East conflict.
Outside New Delhi’s main bus terminus, a cluster of food stalls set up under makeshift canopies has been selling pan-fried flatbreads, comforting stews and hot tea to weary travelers for decades.
A food stall outside the main bus terminus in New Delhi.
Outside New Delhi’s main bus terminus, a cluster of food stalls set up under makeshift canopies has been selling pan-fried flatbreads, comforting stews and hot tea to weary travelers for decades.
A food stall outside the main bus terminus in New Delhi.
Governments are rushing to secure supplies of critical crop nutrients ahead of spring planting, as the Middle East war chokes off the flow of commodities and amplifies fears of a global food crisis.
Fertilizers waiting to be loaded onto ships this week in China’s Shandong Province.
JSW Steel Ltd., India’s biggest steelmaker by capacity, won rights to develop a coal mine in Mozambique’s Tete province, securing access to a key raw material used in steel manufacturing.
The JSW Steel Ltd. logo. Photographer: Adeel Halim
India has asked China to allow the sale of some urea cargoes as the war in the Middle East curtails the nation’s gas supplies, threatening fertilizer production in the agricultural powerhouse.
Some urea producers in India and Bangladesh have shut down plants or moved up annual maintenance after Qatari supplies of liquefied natural gas, a key feedstock, were suspended due to the Iran war.
Crop prices pared earlier losses as the US unleashed its most intense day of attacks on Iran, even after President Donald Trump suggested the war in the Middle East will end soon.
Hundreds of farmers and industrial workers gathered in India’s capital on Monday, asking the government to stop what they called concessions to the US in trade talks and to pass a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices.
Farmers at a protest in New Delhi on March 9. Photographer: Pratik Parija/Bloomberg
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