date:May 10, 2013
prices. Prices of most other food commodities fell. At 215.5 points the April Food Price Index was also 1 percent higher than in April 2012 It currently stands 9 percent below its peak recorded in February 2011.
The FAO Dairy Price Index averaged 259 points in April, a rise of nearly 34 points (14.9 percent) from March and the second largest monthly change on record. The main cause was a steep decline in milk production in New Zealand, the world's largest dairy exporter.
The FAO Cereal Price