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2 days ago | 
foodbusinessnews.net | Crystal Futrell
KANSAS CITY — Since August, CME Group soybean oil futures have been locked in a 10¢-trading range. Near-record soybean production from the 2024 crop coupled with the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the transition away from green policies have provided plenty of pressure for the oilseed byproduct. Yet, a barrage of bullish fundamentals has kept soybean oil futures bouncing higher each time they near a threshold of 40¢ a lb.
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2 weeks ago | 
supermarketperimeter.com | Crystal Futrell
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement may have brought more chaos into the turbulent world of cocoa. The world’s top suppliers of cocoa beans, the Ivory Coast and Ghana, were slapped with retaliatory tariffs of 21% and 10%, respectively, for all imports brought into the United States. The two countries were part of a long list of other US trading partners assigned at least a baseline 10% duty, with several countries receiving higher levies.
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2 weeks ago | 
foodbusinessnews.net | Crystal Futrell
KANSAS CITY — February was a historic period for the egg industry. After notching several consecutive record highs each week during the month, egg prices across nearly all categories began to retreat in March. But while inventory is improving and consumer demand appears to have lessened, analysts maintain that the US egg supply remains in shortage and that future price spikes are possible.
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2 weeks ago | 
dairyprocessing.com | Crystal Futrell
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariffs announcement may have brought more chaos into the turbulent world of cocoa. The world’s top suppliers of cocoa beans, the Ivory Coast and Ghana, were slapped with retaliatory tariffs of 21% and 10%, respectively, for all imports brought into the United States. The two countries were part of a long list of other US trading partners assigned at least a baseline 10% duty, with several countries receiving higher levies.
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3 weeks ago | 
foodbusinessnews.net | Crystal Futrell
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement may have brought more chaos into the turbulent world of cocoa. The world’s top suppliers of cocoa beans, the Ivory Coast and Ghana, were slapped with retaliatory tariffs of 21% and 10%, respectively, for all imports brought into the United States. The two countries were part of a long list of other US trading partners assigned at least a baseline 10% duty, with several countries receiving higher levies.
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1 month ago | 
meatpoultry.com | Crystal Futrell
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — The economy feels more fragile lately. Even after clawing its way through a financial crisis following a global pandemic five years earlier and with the 2024 US presidential election of Donald Trump, who campaigned on promises to bolster the country’s economic status, the financial standing of the United States seems to be teetering on a precipice that is at the mercy of stubborn inflation, tariff threats and recession fears, according to one economist.
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1 month ago | 
bakingbusiness.com | Crystal Futrell
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — Demand for corn sweetener-based products has faced persistent challenges over the years, ranging from health policy interferences to shrinking manufacturing capacity and now the advent of GLP-1 usage, which has started to impact demand in all caloric sweetener categories. But one food trend is bringing some unexpected growth to this side of the sweetener market area.
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1 month ago | 
foodbusinessnews.net | Crystal Futrell
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — The economy feels more fragile lately. Even after clawing its way through a financial crisis following a global pandemic five years earlier and with the 2024 US presidential election of Donald Trump, who campaigned on promises to bolster the country’s economic status, the financial standing of the United States seems to be teetering on a precipice that is at the mercy of stubborn inflation, tariff threats and recession fears, according to one economist.
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1 month ago | 
bakingbusiness.com | Crystal Futrell
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — The economy feels more fragile lately. Even after clawing its way through a financial crisis following a global pandemic five years earlier and with the 2024 US presidential election of Donald Trump, who campaigned on promises to bolster the country’s economic status, the financial standing of the United States seems to be teetering on a precipice that is at the mercy of stubborn inflation, tariff threats and recession fears, according to one economist.
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1 month ago | 
foodbusinessnews.net | Crystal Futrell
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — Demand for corn sweetener-based products has faced persistent challenges over the years, ranging from health policy interferences to shrinking manufacturing capacity and now the advent of GLP-1 usage, which has started to impact demand in all caloric sweetener categories. But one food trend is bringing some unexpected growth to this side of the sweetener market area.
