Maximo Torero, chief economist of the the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organization, or FAO, discusses the factors behind the rise in food prices across the globe, and how countries should deal with it. Food protectionism is on the...

May.06 -- Roland Fumasi, regional head of food and agriculture research at Rabobank, discusses the outlook for agricultural commodities. Skyrocketing crop prices are fueling fears about soaring food costs and hunger around the globe....

Kernel CEO Ievgan Osypov discusses how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is impacting sunflower oil production and distribution. He says "the moratorium of the ports facilities is a big, huge impact on the future of sun oil production in...

LEAD-IN:Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and Twitter, they were companions to people in the ancient world.Now a DNA study is reaching back thousands of years to track the spread of cats across ancient human civilisations....

Oct. 30 -- Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley discusses the craft distilling business on Market Makers. (Source: Bloomberg)

Jun.24 -- On this edition of "Charting Futures," Quad Group Chief Strategist Peter Borish examines the U.S. dollar and copper prices and with Bloomberg's Abigail Doolittle on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."

Loi Tuan Ee, group managing director and chief executive officer of Farm Fresh Bhd., discusses the Malaysian diary producer's strategy and outlook. The company and its shareholders are seeking 1 billion ringgit ($238 million) in what...

FROM FERAL CATS, TO A FRIENDLY FELINE TO A 'GRUMPY' INTERNET SENSATION, HUMANS HAVE LONG HAD A COMPLEX, OFTEN MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CATS. NOW IN A DNA STUDY RELEASED BY THE JOURNAL, NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is among the African countries that rely on Russian and Ukrainian wheat to meet their consumption needs.

Aug.02 -- Scorching hot, dry weather is overtaking the U.S.-China trade war as the biggest driver in grain markets right now. A Bloomberg gauge of wheat, corn and soybean prices has bounced back from a record low as drought sweeps...

Feb.27 -- Noble Group Ltd., the commodity trader said to be in talks with China’s Sinochem Group on a strategic stake, narrowly escaped posting back-to-back annual losses as revenue fell and it reduced debt. Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin...

Laborers dig for the shiny black diamonds / A worker drives the product to the factory where another worker unloads it into a grinder / The black diamonds then get washed and sifted by machinery / They showcase different grits of the...

Aug.20 -- Khalid Hashim, managing director of Precious Shipping Pcl, Thailand’s biggest operator of dry bulk shipping services, discusses the outlook for the industry and the company's strategy. The Baltic Dry Index, a benchmark rate for...

From the moment Russia invaded Ukraine, the West has sought to hit Moscow's lucrative energy sector to cut off funding for its war.

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LEAD-IN:Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and Twitter, they were companions to people in the ancient world.Now a DNA study is reaching back thousands of years to track the spread of cats across ancient human civilisations....

Aug.10 -- U.S. corn and soybean crops will be bigger than analysts expected as yield declines in major growing regions were partially offset by gains elsewhere, the government said. Bloomberg's Alan Bjerga reports on "Bloomberg Markets."

Aug.09 -- Bloomberg Intelligence's Mike McGlone "gets into the ring" with Bloomberg's Alix Steel and discusses the three charts and trades of the week: copper, wheat and gold.

Oct.24 -- In this week’s “Commodity-In-Chief” on “Bloomberg Commodities Edge”, Alix Steel talks with Dwight Anderson, founder of hedge fund Ospraie Management. Anderson says that prices for 2021 natural gas may be supported by delays to...

Jun.14 -- Corn dropped near the lowest since mid-April while soybeans and wheat also slipped on prospects of beneficial U.S. rains after a hot, dry start to June. Scott Irwin, Laurence J. Norton chair of agricultural marketing at the...

Feb.28 -- Bloomberg's Mike McGlone discusses the recovery grain prices in 2018. He speaks with Julia Chatterley and Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets."

Alan Smith, CEO of Agthia Group discusses the company's earnings results and rising grain prices as world food costs reach record levels. He speaks with Yousef Gamal El-Din and Manus Cranny on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East."

US aid chief Samantha Power calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin to free Ukraine grain exports to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa and other parts of the world (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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