CROP SHOCK: 'Super' El Niño Set to Spike Coffee Prices Worldwide...

El Niño weather patterns disrupt global crop yields by triggering droughts, floods, and temperature swings across major farming regions—effects that ripple directly into grocery prices months later. Coffee, cocoa, and grains grown in vulnerable areas like Southeast Asia and East Africa face the biggest pressure, and farmers already squeezed by elevated input costs have little margin to absorb additional climate shocks. A particularly strong El Niño can tighten supplies enough to move commodity prices noticeably, pushing up retail costs for products millions of people buy regularly.