According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest processing plants, said it stopped buying cocoa beans because of the price, though it continues to operate on its ...

(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.

(Bloomberg) -- Cocoa grindings in Europe and Asia fell ... Figures released on Thursday showed that bean processing dropped by 5.4% in Europe and edged lower by 0.5% in Asia from a year earlier.

Commodities giant Cargill Inc will close a Springdale, Arkansas, turkey processing plant with 1,100 workers on 1 August.