Industry news & Vesper highlights
US butter makers are running flat out, yet the cold store keeps emptying. Stocks ended May at 335.6m lbs, the lowest May reading since 2022 and down 8% on the year. The obvious explanation, that someone stopped churning, is wrong: production hit a record 916m lbs over the first four months of 2026, up 6.1%. […]
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cocoa has rallied more than 30% since Vesper’s last report, recovering off its lows as the market turns its focus...
The world’s two big egg markets are pulling apart. In Europe, prices are still easing from their spring peak, but...
European cheese prices have drifted further from their spring peak as the summer slowdown sets in. With most buyers having...
Palm oil prices climbed last week even as crude oil kept falling, a sign the market is now taking its...
Europe’s grain markets firmed over the past two weeks as hot, dry weather raised worries about yields, even as US...
Cocoa prices snapped higher last week, with ICE London front-month July futures up 11% to £3,488 a tonne and ICE...
Coffee futures pushed higher again last week, with the most active September contract on ICE rising 7.8 cents to settle...
Regional paperboard markets moved in different directions through the spring, according to the latest monthly data from EMGE. There was...
A single tender has shaken assumptions across the European sugar market. A multinational bought 2026-27 sugar at €530 DDP delivered...
