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S&P Global warns Hormuz energy shocks risk food crisis

Analysts and officials expect global food inflation to speed up in the coming months and last well into 2027. War-related shipping disruptions, higher fuel and fertiliser costs, and El Niño-driven drought are all cutting into cereal supplies. According to a…

Food inflation to intensify into 2027, FAO’s Torero warns

A historically strong El Niño and the war on Iran are pushing up global food prices, and analysts expect the pressure to last well into 2027. A Reuters analysis published on October 19 found that the effects are already showing…

ICC warns Hormuz disruption threatens global food crisis

World food prices rose in September to their highest level in almost four years. At the same time, the head of the International Chamber of Commerce is warning that continued shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are turning an…

Sulfur shortage idles plants as Hormuz closure chokes fertilizer supply

More than six months after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, fertilizer shipments from the Persian Gulf remain largely halted, and a cascading series of supply disruptions is now threatening agricultural production worldwide. A new analysis from the International…

Hormuz disruption drives global sulphur, fertilizer prices to crisis levels

The ongoing disruption at the Strait of Hormuz is sending shockwaves through global agricultural supply chains, with sulphur prices surging above $1,000 per tonne and fertilizer costs climbing across Asia, compounding food security concerns from Tokyo to New Delhi to…

Grain prices surge as Hormuz disruption, El Niño squeeze global food supply

International grain prices are climbing sharply as the convergence of the US-Iran war's disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, soaring oil prices, and a strengthening El Niño threatens global food supply chains heading into the final months of 2026.

JPMorgan warns fertilizer shortages, El Nino could push food inflation to 5% by 2027

JPMorgan Chase has warned that global food inflation could climb to around 5% in the first half of 2027, nearly double the 2.8% rate recorded in the first half of 2026, as fertilizer supply disruptions from the Strait of Hormuz,…

Fertiglobe doubles revenue as it trucks fertilizer past Hormuz blockade

Fertiglobe, one of the world's largest nitrogen fertilizer exporters, is expanding its use of overland truck and rail routes to ship products out of the UAE, as the company seeks to reduce its dependence on the Strait of Hormuz amid…

WTO warns Iran war has severely disrupted fertilizer trade

The World Trade Organization warned on Thursday that trade in urea and phosphate fertilizers has been "severely disrupted" by the conflict in the Persian Gulf, publishing new data showing the extent to which the Iran war has constrained global agricultural…

Super El Nino and fertilizer crisis fuel global food inflation fears

A convergence of extreme weather and war-driven supply disruptions is raising alarms among economists and strategists who warn that global food prices could spike sharply through 2027. The Japan Meteorological Agency formally declared the onset of El Niño in early…