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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China set to overtake Brazil as world’s top chicken meat producer in 2026 The global poultry trade is approaching a...
Wheat: bearish WASDE, US crop conditions deteriorating Euronext milling wheat dropped to EUR 194/mt from EUR 205/mt two weeks ago....
From shortage to slight surplus Q1 was defined by limited commodity cheese availability as export demand kept volumes moving out...
Global prices pull back The Sugar No. 11 raw price stood at $13.88/lb and No. 5 white at $424/mt as...
Short covering ahead of grindings data The rally appears linked to short covering by funds ahead of major global grinding...
July contract rallies after testing support The most active contract shifted from May to July this week ahead of the...
All major oils lower BMD crude palm oil declined to $1,120/mt from $1,176/mt. CBOT soybean oil fell to 66.5 US...
US broiler production is heading for one of its most significant growth years in recent memory, with ready-to-cook output expected...
US broiler exports started 2026 on a muted note, with total shipments in February coming in just below 524 million...
