UN Radio je 2. travnja izvijestio da je najnoviji indeks cijena zrna izdao FAO istog dana ukazivao na to da se indeks cijena žitarica neprestano opada u ožujku, uglavnom zbog drastičnog pada indeksa cijena šećera. Od travnja 2014, Globalni indeks cijena žitarica bio je u padu.

Najnoviji indeks cijena zrna pokazuje da je indeks cijena zrna pao 1.5% Prema prethodnom mjesecu i pao do 18.7% Prema istom razdoblju prošle godine. Osim mlijeka, Cijene biljnog ulja, žitarice i meso sve su pali u skladu s prethodnim mjesecom.

FAO senior economist Abdolreza Abbassian pointed out that the reason for grain price drop was good prospect of crops; as exchange rate of Brazilian currency to USD kept going low, the sugar producers in the country exported a lot of sugar.

Najnoviji indeks cijena zrna pokazuje da je indeks cijena zrna pao 1.5% Prema prethodnom mjesecu i pao do 18.7% Prema istom razdoblju prošle godine. The declining trend of this year was mainly due to the increase of export supply and inventory, especially wheat and corn. Vegetable oil price index dropped by nearly 3.1%, a new low since 2009 September; meat price index dropped by 1%; dairy products price index has been rising continuously for the second month, a 1.7% rise than previous month.

FAO says that the estimated 2014 grain output has been heightened to 2.544 billion ton, mainly because EU’s corn harvest was better than estimated; if this estimated figure is confirmed, 2014 global grain output will be 1% higher than the record-breaking level in 2013. Its estimated grain inventory at the end of 2015 is also higher than reported level in previous month; the increase is mainly reflected by the rise of Chinese wheat and corn inventory.