Politics to Have a Bigger Say on Global Food Markets in 2026: Rabobank

Politics to have a bigger say on global food markets in 2026: Rabobank

Politics is set to dictate agricultural trade, prices, and production, according to agribusiness bankers Rabobank. The banker made the prediction in its recently released outlook for next year which says China-US tensions will treat agricultural exports as “pawns on a geopolitical chessboard”. “Agriculture is no longer playing by supply-and-demand rules; it’s also playing by geopolitical ones,” Rabobank’s head of agricommodity markets research, …

Global agriculture now 'playing by geopolitical rules', says Rabobank

Geopolitics rather than market fundamentals will shape agriculture across Europe and the UK in 2026, according to Rabobank.