Food Prices from Northern America

November 06, 2011

FAO Food Price Index eases in October

FAO Food Price Index October 2011 The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 216 points in October 2011, down 4 percent, or as much as 9 points, from September and 22 points, or 9 percent, below its peak of 238 points reached in February 2011. The ...

October 07, 2011

FAO Food Price index inches down in September 2011

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 225 points in September 2011, down 2 percent, or 4.5 points, from August. The FAO Food Price Index is only 13 points below the peak of 238 reached in February 2011, though still higher than its September 2010 ...

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

April 07, 2011

FAO Food Price Index for March 2011 eases slightly

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 230 points in March 2011, down 2.9 percent from its peak in February, but still 37 percent above March last year. International prices of oils and sugar contracted the most, followed by cereals. By contrast, da...

March 07, 2011

World Food Prices reach a new high in February

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) rose for the eighth consecutive month, averaging 236 points in February 2011, up 2.2 percent from January

March 02, 2011

Rising freight rates add to agflation worries

Spiraling shipping costs for commodities threaten to drive food inflation even higher as nations from Asia to the Middle East and Africa scramble for supplies

January 22, 2011

What high food prices mean for business

High food prices are good for farmers. Low food prices are good for consumers. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), food prices last month surpassed their previous high in 2008.

September 24, 2010

FAO: Food price volatility a major threat to food security but no indication of a global food crisis

Experts from more than 75 FAO Member States agreed today that while there were no grounds for complacency, there was no indication of an impending world food crisis.

February 20, 2008

How to deal with rising Food and Ingredient Prices

A few days ago we decided that we would dedicate this PotatoPro Newsletter to the rising ingredient prices. With a publication today by Pepsico on the impact of rising ingredient costs and today's closing price in New York for crude oil for the first time over $100 a barrel ($100.74), the topic could hardly be more current.

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