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Why Coffee Prices Are Falling While Corn and Wheat Surge
In this episode of The Commodities Economy, Lucas and Luna investigate a striking divergence in August 2026: coffee prices have tumbled seven percent in a single week while corn and wheat have surged more than nine and ten percent respectively. They unpack the weather, currency, and supply-chain forces behind each move, from Brazilian frost scares to Russian wheat export policies, and explain why these two agricultural markets are responding to entirely different pressures. Along the way, they discuss what the rally in grains might mean for food inflation and central bank policy, and why…
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