(The Conversation) – A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate ...

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25) today is up +360 (+4.23%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25) is up +72 (+1.14%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today as a decline in the dollar index (DXY00) has ...

Cacao is the raw, unprocessed part of the cacao tree used to produce chocolate — and there is no question it's a true treasure. Unfortunately, most chocolate manufacturers today only seek out the ...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) today is up +10 (+0.19%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) is up +35 (+0.87%). Cocoa prices recovered from early losses today and moved higher as signs of ...

Key TakeawaysChocolate is made from cocoa, which comes from trees that take years to mature and are stressed by climate, pests, and disease.Turning cocoa into chocolate is a labor-intensive, ...

DeWayne Shoemaker is a professor and department head of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Tennessee. This story originally featured on The Conversation. It’s almost impossible to ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plantations ...