The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

Tree crops – for example, apple, cherry, olives, nuts, coffee, and cacao – cover more than 183 million hectares worldwide, ...

There’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate and even white chocolate, but they all start with beans from the cacoa plant theobroma cacao, also known as the Chocolate Fruit Tree. These trees grow near ...

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, its food and ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Friday closed up +671 (+6.39%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +426 (+4.99%). Cocoa prices surged Friday after North American Q4 cocoa grindings fell ...

Cocoa was the best performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcon, as prices surged 132 percent, hitting a record high of ...

Tuesday closed up +386 (+3.45%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +236 (+2.62%). Cocoa prices Tuesday rallied ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Thursday closed down -319 (-2.95%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed down -217 (-2.48%). Cocoa prices Thursday fell to 1-week lows and closed moderately ...

ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is up +324 (+2.90%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is up +208 (+2.31%). Cocoa prices today ...

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, its food and ...

Cocoa powder vs. cacao powder The plant used to make chocolate is called the cacao tree. It makes a fruit called cacao beans. Raw beans can be crushed into cacao powder. But if the beans are ...