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Susannah Savage

Commodities Correspondent

Susannah Savage is the FT’s commodities correspondent based in London. She covers agriculture including agricultural commodities, food and agri companies, and farm and food policy.

Prior to the FT she was a South Asia correspondent for The Economist and a policy reporter for Politico based in Brussels.

Email Susannah Savage @SavageSusannah  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Foreign aid
    UN blasts ‘shamefully’ high hunger levels

    Report says issue will still affect 600mn people by the end of the decade

    Workers fill bags with maize in Nakuru, Kenya
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    FT GuidesClimate tech explained
    Climate tech explained: methane inhibitors

    Reducing the amount of gas produced by cows can cut overall emissions from farming

    A silhouette of a cow on a brown background with a thought bubble containing the chemical formula ‘CH4’
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Cotton prices tumble as Brazil’s exports surge

    Increased supply and lower demand hits producers as consumers choose cheaper alternatives

    A combine harvests cotton in a field at Pamplona farm in Cristalina, Goias State, Central-West Brazil,
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    FT GuidesClimate tech explained
    Fertiliser

    Making crop nutrients requires a lot of fossil fuels — using hydrogen instead could put an end to that

    A graphic depicts a farming scene with a tractor irrigating seedlings with green drops, while a wind turbine stands nearby
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Coffee prices set to rise even higher, warns Italian roaster Lavazza

    Roasters’ profit margins squeezed as robusta futures soar 70% over past year

    Italian coffee brand Lavazza being served in a cup
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks

    Shifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation

  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Commodities
    ‘Flood’ of cheap Russian fertiliser risks Europe’s food security, industry says

    Growing dependence gives Moscow more leverage over European crop production

    A tractor spreads fertilizer
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    News in-depthAgricultural commodities
    Soaring olive oil prices hurt sales of ‘liquid gold’ in Mediterranean heartland

    Poor harvests hitting production have forced up the cost of key ingredient

    Bottles of olive oil and sunflower oil on a grocery shelf
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Cocoa prices tumble as African crop fears ease

    Hedge funds cut bullish bets as seasonal rains improve production outlook in Ghana

    A farmer holds an open, ripe cocoa pod on a farm outside of Kumasi, Ghana
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Food Prices
    World headed for ‘food wars’, warns major commodities trader

    Protectionist policies are exacerbating inflation, says Olam Agri

    A combine harvests wheat near Kramatorsk, in Donetsk region of Ukraine
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Climate legislation
    Denmark to charge farmers €100 a cow in first carbon tax on agriculture

    Coalition government agrees annual levy on emissions from livestock after months of fraught negotiations

    Cows around a haystack at a farm in Torup, Denmark
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Pakistan's economy
    Pakistan rice exports hit record following Indian sales ban

    Windfall is a boon to country hit by double-digit inflation and anaemic economic growth

    Farmers clean rice crops in a paddy field in Lahore
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    Climate change
    Record rainfall in UK and France batters wheat crops

    Heavy downpours since last autumn curb planting and push milling-wheat futures to year-high on Euronext

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Food security
    Global farmed fish production overtakes wild catch for first time

    UN agency says aquaculture boom will boost food security but critics say it harms fragile marine ecosystems

    A worker throws mackerel into a sea pen to feed farmed fish in Japan.
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American under fire over cost cuts at Yorkshire fertiliser mine

    Politicians angry about measures that were unveiled as part of company’s strategy to fend off BHP’s £39bn takeover bid

    Anglo American Woodsmith fertiliser mine
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Orange juice crisis prompts search for alternative fruits

    Bad weather and disease in Brazil have pushed futures prices to a record high

    Oranges
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Airlines
    Twelve injured after Qatar Airways flight hits turbulence

    Emergency services called to Dublin-bound aircraft days after fatal incident on Singapore Airlines route

    A Qatar airways plane lands
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast15 min listen
    The cocoa boom

    What’s behind the meteoric rise in cocoa and other commodities?

  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    US lab-grown meat bans criticised as culture war ‘own goal’

    Producer warns America is ceding a competitive advantage, just as it did with semiconductors

  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Bird flu outbreak in US cattle sparks fears over next global health crisis

    While pandemic risk is low, scientists say urgent investigations into the virus are necessary

  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    US cattle prices drop as traders fear bird flu outbreak could knock demand

    Agriculture department has banned infected cattle from crossing state borders

    Cows feeding at a farm
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Visual story
    How Ukraine broke Russia’s grip in the Black Sea

    Attacks on Moscow’s warships have helped to establish an export corridor that could boost Kyiv’s war effort

  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Huge supply shortages put cocoa market under strain

    Traders desert futures contracts amid fears over delivery of beans next year

    A fly rests on sun-dried cocoa beans
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Archer Daniels Midland Co
    Archer Daniels Midland profits beat expectations

    Higher processing volumes help global agricultural commodities merchant offset lower pricing

    ADM logo on a phone
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    ‘Russian fertiliser is the new gas’ for Europe, top producer warns

    Imports of urea into the EU doubled in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

    granules of urea
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