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 mood at Cocoa Week London was not what most delegates arrived expecting. Industry participants came in focused on weak...
Six Indian spice categories. Six versions of the same situation: supply is genuinely tight, but the buyers have gone quiet....
The CME spot call closed mixed this week as the dairy complex absorbed a stronger dollar and the headlines from...
The July ICE coffee contract closed the week 3.2 cents lower at 282.3 US cents/lb, despite a fresh wave of...
US beef imports totaled 599 million pounds in March, a 19% increase from the same month last year and well...
The oil market has held above $100 per barrel through May, but the bigger story for food and beverage buyers...
European cheese prices have moved higher over the past two weeks, but the rally has come in stops and starts....
The European egg market is starting to ease from its post-Easter highs, but the correction is uneven. Caged and standard...
Brent crude (July) closed the week at $104/barrel, down from $114 the prior week and recovered from a $100 low...
