Cotton futures in New York surged to the highest in eight weeks as traders weigh an outlook for tighter supplies this year and volatility in oil markets.
A cotton stripper during a harvest on a farm near Corn, Oklahoma. Photographer: Nick Oxford/Bloomberg
A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the Amazon against deforestation.
Fog covering the fields in Sao Felix do Xingu, Para state, Brazil.