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

Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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