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All 12 million tons of China’s soybean purchase target do not have to ship by the Dec. 31 deadline. So says Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

The World Bank is doubling down on agriculture’s potential as a vehicle for global development in the hope that greater investments in smallholder farms will boost jobs, prosperity and food security in emerging economies.

Thirteen World Food Prize laureates, including 2024 honoree Geoffrey Hawtin, issued a statement Wednesday calling global hunger the “big issue being overlooked” in U.S. elections.

The World Bank is forecasting that global prices for food commodities will drop another 4% next year after declining 9% in 2024.

The World Bank projects that agricultural commodity prices will drop 7% this year and likely fall again in 2024, providing some relief from global food inflation.