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Agricultural prices to come under pressure in 2017

For the most part, the prices of agricultural commodities in US dollar terms rose in 2016, owing to a combination of weather-related supply disruptions, rising oil prices and some weakness in the US dollar. In this Commodities Watch, we will briefly discuss the key assumptions underpinning our forecasts for prices this year.

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