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 prices fell over the past week as supportive West African weather and a jump in Ivory Coast arrivals shifted...
Coffee futures fell again last week, with the most active July contract down 13.3 cents to 245.9 US cents/lb, according...
Grain prices fell over the past two weeks as improving weather in the US and EU, weaker soybeans, and softer...
Brazilian chicken breast fillet led a broad decline in poultry prices over the past month, dropping 16% to around €2,890...
The market for 2026/27 European sugar has settled into a standoff. Buyers are holding around the €530 mark depending on...
Coconut oil prices fell again this week, extending a decline that has run since early May. The CIF Rotterdam benchmark...
With Q3 purchasing largely wrapped up, the sharp price increases of recent weeks across the whey protein concentrate complex are...
Coffee futures fell 13.7 cents this week on the most active July contract to $2.60 a pound, the lowest level...
Thai rice prices rose between 16 and 25 percent in May, with parboiled rice A1 leading the move from 220.73...
