The most-active raw sugar future rose as much as 3.8% in New York. It’s currently on track for a gain of almost 16% this week ...

Grain traders pared risk ahead of the weekend, in reaction to early harvesting for both corn and soybeans, moreso for corn, with farmers' yields seen as robust in the early goings of the season.

Climate change will fundamentally challenge the world's urban centers. Three cities — San Diego, Milan and Jakarta — offer ...

Forest loss is thought to have played a part in record low rainfall across South America this year, in a sign that ...

In part, prices are rising because of higher demand, particularly in Asia. But weather is also driving increases. Drought, ...

Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil’s current drought, which is the worst in seven decades, is impacting its biggest export, coffee production, ...

Brazil has been hit by a number of wildfires as the country experiences a historic drought.

STORY: The remains of rare baby river dolphins have been washing up on the shores of Brazil's Lake Tefe in recent weeks.The ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

Brazilian authorities are likely to approve reinstating daylight saving time after it was abolished five years ago, multiple ...

Coffee growers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state are assessing the damage caused by a wildfire that devasted their crops in recent ...