Food Price Index

The January Food Price Index averaged 113.3 points, or 4.3% higher than in December 2020. That marks eight straight months of increases for the index and the highest monthly average since July 2014. The latest increase reflected strong gains in the sugar, cereals and vegetable oils sub-indices, while meat and dairy values were also up but to a lesser extent ...

When 2020 started, USDA economists were forecasting food prices for that year would rise only about half a percent, maybe one and a half; but then came COVID-19. So, as we look back on 2020, we see prices that ended up rising 3.5%; the biggest rise in almost a decade ...

The monthly World Food Price Index increased in December for the seventh consecutive month. Recorded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the index averaged 107.5 points in December 2020, up 2.3 points from November ...

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Global food prices reached a three-year high in July.  The FAO Food Price Index in July increased 2.3% from June, averaged 179.1 points in July 2017, up 2.3% from June and the third successive month of increases.The ...

The latest measure of global food prices indicates another month of decline.   he Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation's monthly report released this week showed a 1.8% decline in April, compared to food prices in March.  The FAO...

The latest Food Price Index shows global food prices moved 4.2% higher compared to May of this year.  The monthly report released Thursday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations shows June food prices represented the largest monthly increase witnessed over the past four years.  Th...