Industry news & Vesper highlights
European and North American cheese markets are broadly stable this week, but the underlying tone is slightly bearish. Milk production in both regions is close to its seasonal peak, and the resulting surplus is leaving cooperatives with limited options. Manufacturing lines are running at capacity, with remaining volumes sold on spot markets to the highest […]
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Wheat, tapioca and corn starch prices all rose month on month in April, with rising energy costs linked to the...
Nordic Sugar has announced the closure of its standalone refinery in Porkalla, Finland, with raw sugar refining to be moved...
European cocoa grindings fell 7.8% year on year in the first quarter of 2026 to 325,895 mt, the lowest quarterly...
Three major Southeast Asian palm oil producers are stepping up biodiesel blending mandates in moves that will reshape the feedstock...
The European food industry is heading into a renewed inflationary period, with the energy price shock from the recent Iran...
The post-Easter global egg market is moving in two opposite directions. US market in oversupply In the United States, supply...
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...
