# Commodities Focus A podcast by S&P Global Energy. S&P Global Energy analysis of key news and pricing issues from across the global shipping, natural gas, power, petrochemicals, agriculture and coal markets. Feed: https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/228494/destinations/1681127.xml ## Latest episodes - [El Niño and agriculture: Global wheat markets confront weather, export risks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/ec87b0fed381) (2026-10-21, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/102126-el_nino_and_agriculture-global_wheat_markets_confront_weather_export_risks.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [African swine fever: Spain's pork sector faces trade and animal feed challenges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/6b77ae6a4321) (2026-10-09, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/091026_African_swine_fever_Spains_pork_sector_faces_trade_and_animal_feed_challenges.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [El Niño and agriculture: Shrimp markets face uncertainty over crop quality, feed prices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/b0b4eddb7d29) (2026-09-22, 21 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/092226-El_Nino_and_agriculture-Shrimp_markets_face_uncertainty_over_crop_quality_feed_prices.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Why food inflation is no longer just about supply and demand](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/1b0c5a625c6b) (2026-09-17, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/17092026_Why_food_inflation_is_no_longer_just_about_supply_and_demand.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [El Nino and agriculture: How are Asian rice markets navigating the weather risks?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/86c73cc5af35) (2026-07-24, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/072426-El_Nino_and_agriculture-How_are_Asian_rice_markets_navigating_the_weather_risks.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Asian LNG under pressure: what comes next for prices amid the Middle East conflict?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/b7949c9c9ebd) (2026-07-20, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/20072026_Asia_LNG_under_pressure_What_comes_next_for_prices_amid_the_Middle_East_conflict.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [From Hormuz to Gulf ports: tracing a logistics shock through the poultry trade](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/a20cb6d04235) (2026-07-14, 18 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/14072026_From_Hormuz_to_Gulf_ports_-_tracing_a_logistics_shock_through_the_poultry_trade.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [India's carbon market: from design to implementation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/c924d8d2b165) (2026-07-13, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/13072026_India-s_carbon_market_from_design_to_implementation.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [India's corporate renewable sourcing: Are IRECs losing ground to VPPAs amid growing demand?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/f08dcf6eee3f) (2026-06-17, 17 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/17062026_Indias_corporate_renewable_sourcing_Are_IRECs_losing_ground_to_VPPAs_amid_growing_demand.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [India's renewable hydrogen projects face cost, delay risks from global conflicts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/746259c01a24) (2026-05-27, 30 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/052726-Indias_renewable_hydrogen_projects_face_cost_delay_risks_from_global_conflicts.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Global wheat markets on edge as war, weather, and fertilizer shocks drive new rally](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/b8eb5efe1e33) (2026-05-19, 17 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/190526_Global_wheat_markets_on_edge_as_war_weather_and_fertilizer_shocks_drive_new_rally.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Copper markets react to high sulfuric acid prices, Middle East conflict](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/cf347645b778) (2026-05-15, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/051526-Copper_markets_react_to_high_sulfuric_acid_prices_Middle_East_conflict.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Mounting risks for global beef prices: what's driving market uncertainty?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/8f5341d818ff) (2026-04-16, 13 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/160426_Mounting_Risks_for_Global_Beef_Prices_Whats_Driving_Market_Uncertainty.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [India's solar market faces export hurdles, pivots to domestic power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/8fc2a2f6367b) (2026-04-15, 13 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/041526-Indias_solar_market_faces_export_hurdles_pivots_to_domestic_power.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [In the fast-growing Brazilian I-RECs market, what challenges and opportunities lie ahead?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/41e4869a24eb) (2026-04-06, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/040626-In_the_fast-growing_Brazilian_I-REC_market_what_challenges_and_opportunities_lie_ahead.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Unpacking the global poultry price flip: Why are chicken legs now pricier than breast meat?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/a4681d5c5240) (2026-03-24, 12 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/032426-Unpacking_the_global_poultry_price_flip_Why_are_chicken_legs_now_pricier_than_breast_meat.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Decarbonizing India's industrial, power sectors: challenges and roadmaps](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/4028bc2bd0e1) (2026-03-18, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/031825-decarbonizing_Indias_industrial_power_sectors-challenges_and_roadmaps.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Asian MTBE arbitrage flows wrecked by Middle East conflict](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/2fee239405eb) (2026-03-17, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/170326_Asian_MTBE_arbitrage_flows_wrecked_by_Middle_East_conflict.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [US aluminum market digests tariff-induced volatility at Platts Symposium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/8837d7a7f55b) (2026-02-13, 13 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/021326_Commodities_Focus.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [How are global shrimp exporters navigating the US import tariffs?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/40a15bf09a44) (2025-12-24, 27 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/122425-How_are_global_shrimp_exporters_navigating_the_US_import_tariffs.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [India, Pakistan jostle over exclusive rights for basmati rice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/3498258f4baf) (2025-11-13, 25 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/111325_India_Pakistan_jostle_over_exclusive_rights_for_basmati_rice.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Asia's coal transition dilemma amid renewable energy push](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/3b57115af8a4) (2025-11-05, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/110525-Asias_coal_transition_dilemma_amid_renewable_energy_push.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [A tale of two tariff pauses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/c471354522b2) (2025-10-08, 25 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/100825_Commodities_Focus_Tale_of_Two_Tariff_Pauses_V2.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Navigating the shifting tides of Asia's gasoline market](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/109d573c9ab0) (2025-09-03, 13 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/090325-Navigating_the_shifting_tides_of_Asias_gasoline_market.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Trade changes, policy barriers reshape Asia's traditional UCO market dynamics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/91bc46b0d3a5) (2025-07-24, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/072425-Asias_UCO_trade_is_reshaping_as_trade_policy_barriers_weigh_on_traditional_markets.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Is Japan's rice supply crisis an opportunity for US and Thai farmers?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/62a308b1a60f) (2025-05-19, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/051925-Is_Japans_rice_supply_crisis_an_opportunity_for_US_and_Thai_farmers.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Foot and Mouth Disease shapes the future of European pork trade](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/fd8a39dc7986) (2025-05-14, 18 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/051425_Commodities_Focus_pork.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Seafood Surge: The Fastest Growing Sector in Global Animal Protein Markets in 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/9341e30f16ed) (2025-05-07, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/Commodities_Focus_05.07.25.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [The rise of battery recycling and black mass markets amid global EV adoption](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/d4e83a923199) (2025-04-29, 25 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/042925-battery-recycling-black-mass-markets-china-south-korea-europe-critical-minerals.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Chinese jet fuel remains bright spark in latest export quota tranche](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/66a20e01f698) (2025-04-09, 9 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/040825-Chinese_jet_fuel_remains_bright_spark_in_latest_export_quota_tranche.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Low-carbon methanol awaits regulatory backing for transportation use](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/2e373151505e) (2025-04-08, 24 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/040825_Commodities_Focus_methanol.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Alumina, aluminum markets react to tariffs, new capacity plans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/75ed6da8d3e0) (2025-04-01, 18 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/040125-asia-aluminum-market-us-tariffs-exports-alumina-prices.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Mexico's chicken meat importers mull options in case of trade war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/a11b3c67dc26) (2025-03-27, 22 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/032825_Commodities_Focus_poultry_V2.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Global copper markets navigate trade flow shifts and smelting challenges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/0e4db02ca8ca) (2025-03-26, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/032625-global-copper-markets-navigate-trade-flow-shifts-and-smelting-challenges.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Brazil's evolving role in the global ferrous scrap market](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/3210c5573006) (2025-02-19, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/021925_V2_Commodities_Focus_steel_Brazil_India_demand.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Understanding the cattle cycle, why US beef prices are at record highs and the role of Australia and Brazil](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/8686a299d1d1) (2025-02-14, 15 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/Commodities_Focus_02.14.25.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [India Energy Week to seek answers on demand trajectory, oil diplomacy and upstream push](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/fdadd7c8a6a8) (2025-02-05, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/020525-india-energy-week-2025-crude-oil-gas-energy-china-opec-renewables.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Emergency or policy? Unpacking Trump's take on US energy and metals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/c5335399233b) (2025-01-28, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/012825_Commodities_Focus_executive_orders.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Nickel markets look ahead at battery, steel sector stimulus, Indonesian growth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/e9bc5f846aff) (2024-12-30, 17 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/Nickel_markets_look_ahead_at_battery_steel_sector_stimulus_Indonesian_growth.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Navigating a new era of shipping environmental regulations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/a20989808192) (2024-12-17, 30 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/121724-freight-market-environmental-regulations-eu-ets-emissions-marine-fuel-bunker.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [How India's ethanol boom is transforming the country's corn trade flow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/dd3859a71f9e) (2024-12-11, 12 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/121124-india-ethanol-corn-exports-trade-asia-agriculture.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [After export ban removal, Indian rice enters global markets amid shipping uncertainties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/d85a29e9ae5b) (2024-11-13, 22 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/131134-india-rice-export-ban-removal-west-africa-shipping-red-sea-prices-freight.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [The global ripple effects of the 2024 US elections on energy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/93afb7b91998) (2024-10-16, 16 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/Commodities_Focus_10.16.24.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [How the 2024 elections could reshape US domestic energy policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/1041f93310bc) (2024-10-14, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/101424_Commodities_Focus_elections_Jasmin_Zack_Taylor_Anna_Starr.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Direct-reduced iron: India carving its path to meet 'green' steel ambitions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/e2c13fe831f9) (2024-09-25, 14 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/092524-indian-direct-iron-one-DRI-raipur-chhattisgarh-green-steel-carbon-emissions-energy.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Of improving weather and slow demand – are wheat prices headed for a further fall?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/bf062f24008e) (2024-07-03, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/070324-global-wheat-prices-russia-canada-australia-weather-harvest-el-nino-agriculture-europe-middle-east.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Hot gas summer for a hot power market](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/b93a8ae65eea) (2024-06-28, 14 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/062824_Commodities_Focus_summer_gas_power_JRob_Jared.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Container market surge puts different pressure on Americas markets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/3701f5e3d308) (2024-06-14, 18 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/Commodities_Focus_06.12.24.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Field to fork: Unpacking feed and meat demand in Asia and the Middle East (part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/29593f76d263) (2024-06-10, 18 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/061024_Commodities_Focus_field_to_fork_pt_2_Will_Liz_Asim.mp3?dest-id=1681127 - [Field to fork: US grilling season and Brazil's role in beef trade (part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1166317889/9ca8e75e5ad1) (2024-06-03, 14 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/commoditiesfocus/060324_Commodities_Focus_proteins_Americas_JLT_Savoia_Bland.mp3?dest-id=1681127 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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