Cacao production without seeds in the northern California city of Davis has made inroads for cultured cocoa since a late 2024 pioneer. By doing this, California Cultured company could help turn around volatility in cocoa prices in key sources. The company has already made a decade-long pilot deal with Japan’s chocolate maker Meiji and is courting major...
Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are altering tuna migration patterns and polluting seasides in 37% of the earth’s ocean area. A May 2025 study on Science Advances shows that between 2007 and 2021, 1.41 million such devices reached 157 sovereign waters. The gadgets usually attract schools of yellowfin, albacore, skipjack and bigeye tuna species, altering their natural...
Mangosteen enthusiasts in Viet Nam are pre-ordering the June harvest as demand for local varieties eclipses that for ample Thailand’s supplies. As of late May 2025, there was a 50% price difference between affordable Thai largesse and limited Viet alternatives. In Ho Chi Minh City, premium local young mangosteens cost 120,000 dong ($4.61) a kilo while imports...
Timely annual production increase by 127.1% in March 2025 is helping table grapes from Peru exploit currently handsome international prices. According to Agraria on May 27, 2025, the March harvest amassed 74,115 tonnes vis-á-vis 32,637 tonnes in March 2024. With the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasting 2024-25 grape production in Peru at 790,000 tonnes,...
Currently tariff-exempt Northwest sweet cherries (Prunus avium) might see summer 2025’s production reach 213,800 tonnes, a 10% annual increase. Harvests will run June through August in Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah in the Northwest, alongside Michigan. This timing coincides with the stoppage period for the enforcement of “Trump’s tariffs” till end July 2025. The top...
Beginning May 23 through 27, global sugar prices have inclined lower to US¢17 a pound, following international surplus prospects. On May 23, 2025, sugar no.11 (raw) for July delivery in New York slid by -1.69% daily margin, to US¢17.72 a pound. This was even as sugar no.5 (white) in London lost in the daily price...
India has recorded 1.24 to 1.3% index points increase in the vegetable price category in May 2025, due to climate change. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on May 21, temperature rises contributed 1.3% price increment while ample rainfall 1.24%. RBI’s State of the Economy bulletin highlighted how both rainfall and temperatures sent price shockwaves at diverse...
Global cocoa beans are 20% more expensive in May 2025 than in April, a valuation gain reflecting recent quality declines in Ivory Coast. Despite a global cocoa reserve rally by 10% in 2025 after months of deficits, prices are ironically up from quality concerns. Some chocolate companies in Europe have lately returned poor imports from...
India looks onto record wheat production thanks to a wet monsoon that favored grain formation, despite recent weather vagaries. Official estimates for the outgoing 2024-25 marketing season (April 2024 to March 2025) are at 15.3 million tonnes, the highest ever. In contrast, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on April 2, 2025 forecast the 2024-25 harvest at 113.3...
Export prices of American goods including agricultural increased by 2% between April 2024 and April 2025 before Trump’s tariffs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics (BLS) on May 20, 2025, while export rates gained, import prices declined by 0.1% year-on-year (y-o-y). Agricultural export prices gained 1.9% y-o-y, the highest rise since the record 3.1% growth for the...