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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 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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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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Added daily Brazilian public prices from Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA), Brazil's leading agricultural economics institute, expanding our coverage of key food commodities with local market data.
Why it Matters: Brazil is a major global producer and price setter for multiple food commodities. Direct access to daily IEA data provides unprecedented visibility into local market dynamics, helping procurement teams better understand price movements at origin and optimize sourcing strategies.
What's New:
Daily price updates across multiple categories:
Meat & Poultry: Chicken cuts (breast fillet, thigh, leg quarters), Pork cuts (loin, steak), Beef cuts (ribeye, round eye, brisket)
Nuts & Seeds: Peanuts in shell
Vegetables: Garlic (violet, violet size 0.7)
Key features:
Daily frequency updates
4 years of historical data
Local market prices from São Paulo state
Original source data direct from IEA
How to Use It:
Access Brazilian benchmarks in the Prices widgets by searching for the product name or filtering by BR-IEA source
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Enhanced S&D Map visualization now provides Year-to-Date (YTD) comparisons across regions, enabling instant visual insights into global production, import/export, and stock trends and regional shifts.
Why it Matters:"If I were interested to see where growth in EU milk production is happening, this would really quickly show me that it is not happening in Ireland, Netherlands or France. It's great for presentations, as not having to click through all countries at the same time makes it ideal for regions or groups of countries."
Jasper Endlich, Dairy Market Analyst
How to Use It:
Find the World Map Widget in the S&D category
Select your metric and timeframe of interest
Compare countries and spot regional trends through color coding
Export directly into presentations or add to your custom dashboards
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We've launched two powerful features to help you navigate the platform more efficiently: Dashboard Search and Vesbot. Each serves a distinct purpose to help you find exactly what you need, when you need it.
Two simple ways to discover available data:
Direct product search
Search for specific products (e.g., "WPI", "Sugar", "Cocoa")
See all available data types for that product
Add relevant data directly to your dashboards
Category navigation
Browse through product categories
Select product within the category
Explore available data types
Both paths help you discover and organize the data you need in your dashboards.
Get instant answers about platform features
Learn how to use specific platform capabilities
Access platform support 24/7
Available through the help icon in the bottom right corner
Finding the right data and understanding how to use it are crucial for making timely decisions. Dashboard Search helps you quickly locate and organize market data, while Vesbot ensures you can instantly learn how to use platform features effectively.
When To Use Which?
Click the search bar above your workspaces
Enter what you're looking for (e.g., "WPI prices")
Add Country/region
Add relevant data directly to your dashboards or create a new one
Click the help icon in the bottom right corner
Type your question (e.g., "How do I compare prices between regions?")
Get immediate answers and guidance
Follow up with additional questions if needed
Left with questions? Our Support team is still available to help, just ask Vesbot to connect you.
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Summary: Cocoa production data from 8 major producing countries and import/export data for key products and derivatives added to bring more transparency to the cocoa supply chain amidst record volatility.
What's New:
Production volumes from:
West Africa: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria
Latin America: Brazil, Ecuador
Asia Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Global trade flow data for:
Cocoa beans
Cocoa powder, butter, and mass
Chocolate products
Why It Matters: Production volumes from major origins like Ivory Coast and Ghana often indicate future price movements. Combined with trade flow data, you can better anticipate market shifts and understand the influence of fundamental drivers on market dynamics.
How to Use It:
Find production data in your Production widget
Access trade flows through the Import/Export widgets (Pro tip: % Change and YTD figures can be found in dropdown)
Filter by country or product as needed
Don't have access to Cocoa yet?Contact the Vesper Team
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Summary: New Cocoa Ratios Table tracks daily cocoa bean prices, regional premiums, and butter/powder ratios, helping you understand product value correlations.
What's New:
Daily updated view of:
Cocoa bean prices by origin
Butter and powder ratios
Regional premiums
ICE futures prices
Updates after ICE EU market close
Why It Matters: Cocoa butter and powder prices move independently based on market demand. This table helps you track these movements and their impact on product costs, critical for sourcing decisions.
How to Use It:
Navigate to the Cocoa section
Open the Ratios Table widget
Compare ratios across products and regions
Don’t have access yet?Reach out to the Vesper Team
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