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Soft Futures - February 2011
- Oil, food and metal - all getting more expensive: [2011 Feb 24 02:13 PM] The prices of a tank of gasoline, a loaf of bread and a gold coin are likely to rise in the coming weeks. Read more
- Cocoa futures increase as leaders work on solving presidential impasse: [2011 Feb 21 01:35 PM] African presidents descended on Ivory Coast on Monday to work on solving the presidential dispute that has persisted since late November 2010 in the world's top cocoa producer. Read more
- Cotton futures soar past $2 per pound: [2011 Feb 17 02:33 PM] Cotton futures exceeded $2 per pound amidst shrinking global supplies and demand for Chinese garments. Read more
- Japan to widen scope of coffee purchases: [2011 Feb 17 12:08 PM] Japan, the globe's third-largest economy, is devoting efforts to widening cooperation with alternate coffee purveyors in Africa as part of an effort to encourage cooperation, according to the nation's trade organization. Read more
- West Africa's political crises: [2011 Feb 16 12:03 PM] West Africa isn't known for its political stability - but events in this critical region threaten to throw the whole area into chaos, with profound political and economic repercussions. Read more
- Sugar futures slip amidst increased production in Brazil: [2011 Feb 15 01:01 PM] Increased production of sugar in Brazil sent the soft commodity's futures down on Tuesday while coffee futures and cocoa futures slipped. Read more
- Commodity price inflation comes to your local clothing store: [2011 Feb 15 12:00 AM] Commodity prices have been on a steady surge for the past year - indeed, commodity futures investors did better than those in most other sectors across the span of 2010. Read more
- Cocoa futures navigate political tumult: [2011 Feb 13 03:44 PM] The disputed presidential election in the Ivory Coast, the world’s top exporter of cocoa, has spawned a black market for the soft commodity that has endangered the lives of law enforcement officials. Read more
- Cotton futures continue uptick: [2011 Feb 11 01:41 PM] The world's insatiable appetite for cotton helped push up the soft fiber's futures to record highs for a third straight day. Read more
- Cotton scales to record highs: [2011 Feb 10 07:56 AM] The third-largest shipper of cotton will generate a smaller amount of the soft fiber, which helped push cotton futures to record prices. Read more
- Political dispute pushes up cocoa futures: [2011 Feb 08 04:39 PM] Buyers of cocoa are in short supply as a result of a disputed election in Ivory Coast, the globe's top producer of the commodity. Read more
- Wet weather harms Uganda coffee crops: [2011 Feb 08 11:14 AM] Exports of coffee from Uganda might be slashed by 30 percent because of inclement weather prompted poor yields from the harvest. Read more
- Sugar futures bounce back: [2011 Feb 04 04:06 PM] Sugar slightly rebounded from its biggest drop in 30 days on Thursday amidst fervent demand and constricted supplies as the third-biggest producer of the commodity emerged from a severe weather system. Read more
- Africa's best coffee beans, other ag industries suffer from drought: [2011 Feb 03 10:36 AM] January production of the African country's best coffee beans was slashed by 27 percent last month as a result of a drought that has the nation's economy suffering the most since 2008. Read more
- Tight supplies push up cotton futures: [2011 Feb 02 09:53 AM] An anticipated shortfall of supplies meeting rising Chinese demand pushed up prices for cotton futures. Read more
- Cocoa industry continues churning despite disputed presidential election: [2011 Feb 01 12:11 PM] The globe's largest producer of bulk chocolate announced it will continue conducting business with cocoa exporters in Ivory Coast, which is still navigating through a disputed presidential election. Read more
- Australian sugarcane fields in path of 'exceptionally large' cyclone: [2011 Feb 01 11:13 AM] A Northeast Australia city is bearing up for a cyclone that might be stronger than one nearly five years ago that destroyed the majority of the nation's banana crop and severely damaged fields of sugar cane. Read more
