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Clear your widget selections instantly with the new "Deselect all" button in dropdown menus. Start fresh analysis without manually removing each selection or dealing with cluttered views.
What it does: One click clears all active selections in a widget What you can do: Reset widgets to empty state for clean analysis Why it matters: Faster workflow, cleaner screens, less clicking
Find it in the dropdown menus across most widgets.
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Summary: Vesper has launched Technical Analysis, a new forward-looking capability that translates complex market behavior into clear, actionable timing signals. Previously reserved for trading experts using specialized tools, technical analysis is now accessible to every procurement professional through simple, visual indicators. This feature helps teams identify optimal buying windows by analyzing price patterns and momentum, delivering straightforward signals that answer the critical question: "When should I act?"—no financial expertise required.
What's New:
Three procurement-focused indicators that signal market timing without financial jargon
Moving Averages show if prices are trending above or below "normal" levels
MACD detects when price movements are accelerating or losing steam
RSI identifies when markets are overheated or oversold, highlighting potential reversals
Clean visual signals (green/red arrows + Interpreted text) that make complex analysis instantly understandable
Why It Matters: Fundamental data tells you why prices should move, but not when the market will react. Technical Analysis bridges this gap by revealing when markets start believing the fundamental story. In volatile markets where timing can mean the difference between saving and losing on purchases in volatile markets. These indicators help procurement teams spot early trend changes, identify optimal entry points, and avoid buying at market extremes, without requiring trading expertise.
How to Use It:
Add Technical Analysis to any dashboard by using the search function
View the summary panel showing all three indicators at a glance
Green arrows indicate upward pressure/momentum, red indicates downward
Click the extended view for in depth analysis of the indicators
Combine with Vesper's other forward-looking tools for complete forward looking intelligence
Related Features: Technical Analysis completes Vesper's forward-looking toolkit:
AI Forecasting predicts where prices are headed (the "how much")
Dashboard fundamentals explain market drivers (the "why")
Market reports provide expert context
Now Technical Analysis reveals entry point (the "when")
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300 new daily price series covering major beef, pork, and lamb products
Real-time daily updates to ensure you have the latest market data
Coverage across different cuts, grades, and products
Easily track and monitor daily price movements for all meat categories
Quick access to historical trends and current market conditions
Ideal widget for efficient price monitoring
Incorporate new meat price data into custom recipe breakdowns
Build cost models that reflect your product’s market pricing
Create detailed analyses for food service, retail, and manufacturing applications
Compare meat prices against other commodity products
Identify correlations and patterns between different protein markets
The new meat price series are immediately to users with Meats&Poultry in their commodity package. To begin using this data:
Use the Prices Widget to explore individual price series
Use the Price Comparison to analyze relationships between meat and other commodities
Access Cost Models to incorporate the new data into your custom analyses
For questions about the new meat price series or assistance with implementation, please contact our support team at: [email protected]
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Summary: Vesper has launched Cost Models, a powerful new feature that transforms individual commodity benchmarks into complete product cost insights. This capability allows food manufacturers to combine weighted commodity benchmarks with standardized non-ingredient costs to build accurate product pricing models, delivering unprecedented visibility into true product economics.
What's New:
Build complete product cost models by combining multiple commodity benchmarks with precise weightings
Access industry-standard non-ingredient costs (labor, manufacturing, overhead) specific to your region
Choose from our template library for common food products or create custom models
Track how each component contributes to your total product cost with automatic updates whenever source prices change
Why It Matters: With record-high volatility across food commodities, understanding how ingredient changes impact finished products is critical for maintaining margins. Cost Models provide complete cost structure visibility for your entire organization: procurement teams can verify supplier price increases, finance can track margin impacts across product portfolios, and sales teams can justify price adjustments to customers with independently verified data. Non-ingredient costs can represent up to 47% of total product costs—a critical component that's now visible alongside your commodity benchmarks.
How to Use It:
Access Cost Models through the main dashboard menu
Choose between starting with a template or building a model from scratch
Select ingredients from your available commodities and assign precise weightings
Add country-specific non-ingredient costs by selecting your industry and location
Save your model to track cost evolution over time as prices update automatically
Related Features: Cost Models integrates seamlessly with Vesper's existing capabilities:
Individual commodity price benchmarks (VPI, Partner prices, and Public benchmarks found in prices widgets)
Incorporate into your own custom dashboards
Coming in Q3 2025: Forecasting capabilities for your cost models
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Summary: Vesper has expanded its news coverage with two dedicated categories: Vegetables & Pulses and Fruits. These new sections deliver focused, timely information on fresh produce markets, including harvest conditions, logistics updates, weather disruptions, pricing trends, and market developments.
What's New:
Dedicated news category for Vegetables & Pulses
Dedicated news category for Fruits
Comprehensive coverage of global fresh produce markets
Integration with existing news filtering and alert capabilities
Why It Matters: Fresh produce represents critical input markets for many of our core users. These new categories significantly deepen our current coverage, which has primarily focused on price benchmarks until now. By adding dedicated news streams, users gain deeper insights and earlier warning signals about market developments before they impact prices. This expanded coverage provides essential visibility into volatile produce markets, helping users anticipate supply disruptions, track pricing pressures, and identify emerging trends. This expansion responds directly to user feedback requesting more comprehensive coverage across the complete ingredient spectrum.
How to Use It:
Find the new categories in the News section of the platform
Set up custom alerts for specific commodities within these categories
Filter news by these categories to focus on produce-specific updates
Related Features: These news categories complement Vesper's existing offerings:
Smart news filtering and aggregation
Custom news alerts
Fruits and Vegetables price benchmarks on the Dashboard
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Summary: Vesper has enhanced dashboard customization with the ability to set unique currency and unit preferences for each individual widget. This highly requested feature allows users to display multiple markets with different measurement standards side by side in their most relevant formats.
What's New:
Individual currency and unit settings for each widget
Widget-specific customization that persists independently of general settings
Why It Matters: Markets operate with different standards across regions and commodities. This enhancement eliminates the need to constantly toggle between general unit settings when analyzing diverse markets simultaneously. Users can now create truly customized multi-market dashboards that present each data series in its most relevant format.
How to Use It:
Click the currency switcher in the top right of any widget
Select your preferred currency and units for that specific widget
Use the three dot widget menu to duplicate widgets as needed to select price sources in different currencies in the same dashboard
Note that the general unit selector still functions but won't override your customized widgets
Related Features: This update complements other dashboard customization capabilities:
Custom dashboard creation
Analytical toolbox for cross-commodity comparison
One-click correlations checks
Exportable charts for reporting
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Summary: Vesper has strengthened its dairy portfolio with a new weekly Vesper Price Index (VPI) benchmark for Cheddar Curd (CIF Southeast Asia). This proprietary benchmark fills a critical gap in regional cheese trade visibility, especially for Oceania-origin products moving into key Asian markets.
What's New:
Exclusive weekly VPI price benchmark for Cheddar Curd with CIF Southeast Asia delivery basis
First reliable price reference in a region lacking formal cheese futures markets
Full integration with existing dairy dashboards and pricing tools
Why It Matters: With no futures market for cheese in the APAC, market participants have struggled to benchmark pricing or implement effective hedging strategies. This exclusive VPI benchmark provides essential price transparency in a market where Oceania exports a significant share of its cheddar production to Asian buyers. By introducing this reference point, we're responding to the need for reliable pricing data in markets lacking formal pricing infrastructure.
How to Use It:
Find the new Cheddar Curd (CIF SEA) benchmark in the pricing widgets
Add it to price widgets to analyze spread between origin and destination markets
Track weekly updates to identify emerging trends in regional dairy trade flows
Related Features: This benchmark complements Vesper's existing offerings:
Global and regional cheese price benchmarks
Import/export widgets mapping supply and demand in trade flows
Price spread tool for cross-regional analysis
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Whats New? Vesper is extending our AI-powered forecasting horizon from 6 to 12 months for select dairy, sugar, and oils commodities with established price histories (5+ years of data). This extended visibility enables procurement teams to move beyond tactical buying decisions to support annual budgeting and strategic planning.
Why it matters? Together with expert human analyst outlooks and comprehensive coverage of S&D/Fundamentals, the forecast powered by AI technology gives a comprehensive outlook on future market movements. The extended 12-month horizon allows users to incorporate forecasting into their decision making on more strategic timeframes.
As always, forecasting accuracy is transparently available on the platform for each individual product, allowing users to assess performance and incorporate it into decision-making.
How to Use It:
Access the forecast widgets directly on your custom dashboards (add through the search tool if needed)
If a product has a 12-Month forecast horizon, it will automatically be visible on your screen
Check forecast performance by choosing the 12-Month option in the accuracy dropdown
More products will be added to the extended range in the course of Q2
Related Features: This extended forecasting complements our existing forward-looking toolkit:
Forward pricing up to 16 months ahead in the Forward Pricing widgets
Expert analyst outlooks for both short and long-term market perspectives
Fundamental market drivers dashboard for tracking supply and demand trends
These combined tools give procurement teams unprecedented visibility into future market movements for more confident strategic planning.
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Launching supplementary bi-weekly cocoa highlights from Vesper's in-house analytical team, complementing the regular market commentary from independent expert Martijn Bron. These additional reports focus on technical analysis, derivative pricing, and weather insights to support decision-making during unprecedented market volatility.
Why it Matters: With cocoa prices at historic highs, procurement teams need comprehensive market coverage. Our in-house analytical team now provides targeted analysis on alternate weeks to Martijn Bron's expert commentary, combining deep technical analysis with veteran market insights during this volatile period.
What's New:
Bi-weekly analysis from Vesper's analytical team focusing on:
Technical market indicators
Derivative pricing trends
Weather impact assessment
Supply chain disruptions
Cocoa coverage schedule:
Martijn Bron's expert market commentary
Alternating with Vesper's analytical team reports
CRA Cocoa weather reports published frequently
How to Use It:
Access Cocoa Highlights in the Market Analysis section on Vesper or the mobile app
Set up notifications to be alerted of any new releases
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