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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The California almond market is holding firm heading into the close of the crop year, after a May position report...
Freight costs are moving in one direction this month, and procurement teams importing through North Europe should plan for more...
Cocoa had been one of the quieter commodity markets of late spring. Futures barely moved over the prior fortnight, shrugging...
The arrival of new Sathi paddy reset India’s basmati rice market in early June. May had ended with exporters finding...
India’s spice complex spent the first half of June stuck in the same standoff. Arrivals kept thinning across most of...
Brazil delivered its strongest poultry export month on record in May 2026, yet the milestone is shadowed by a real...
Egg prices are falling in both Europe and the US, but the forces behind the move could hardly be more...
The global nut complex is splitting between tightening tree-nut supply and a still-soft hazelnut market, according to ofi’s latest monthly...
European cheese markets have continued to soften in recent weeks. With Q3 coverage mostly behind them, almost all buyers have...
