Cocoa farming

Candy makers face steep cocoa prices, get creative

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Candy makers face steep cocoa prices, get creative

Dried cocoa beans at the Somos Cacao farm and production facility in Ragonvalia, Norte de Santader department, Colombia, on Friday, March 22, 2024.  Ferley Ospina | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s pricing pressure taking hold of a specific corner of global agriculture — and it’s bittersweet. Prices of cocoa have more than tripled over the … Read more

Lovers of sweet treats could be hit by rising sugar prices

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Lovers of sweet treats could be hit by rising sugar prices

Sugar for sale at a supermarket in Yichang City, in China’s Hubei province, on April 6, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images A mammoth rally in 2023 for El Niño-exposed raw materials will likely hit consumers’ pockets over the coming months, according to one specialist food and agribusiness bank. Soft commodities have … Read more