Vesper  Updates

Commodity Copilot available from every dashboard

by Vesper Team
Improvement
AI

Commodity Copilot is now accessible from any dashboard through a side panel. Ask questions as you work with your data.

What's new:

  • Copilot side panel is available on every dashboard. Open it without leaving your current view.

  • See your prices, charts, and reports on the left. Ask Copilot about them on the right.

  • Spot something in the data you want to understand? Just ask.

Why this matters:

Before this update, using Copilot meant navigating to a separate page. Now you can look at a price move in your chart and ask what's driving it without losing your place. Data and interpretation, side by side.

How to access?

Open the Copilot side panel using the icon in the top-right of any dashboard, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected].

388 New Swiss Price Series from Agrarmarktdaten

by Vesper Team
New
Data
Grains & Feed
Dairy
Fruit
Vegetables & Pulses

388 monthly price series from Switzerland are now live on the platform, sourced from Agrarmarktdaten, a new Swiss public data source covering Grains & Feed, Dairy, Eggs, and Fruits & Vegetables. This release includes 270 entirely new products.

What's new:

  • 388 monthly price series across four commodity categories

  • 270 newly created products not previously available on the platform

  • Coverage sourced from Agrarmarktdaten, a Swiss public data provider

Why this matters: Swiss agricultural markets are often unique compared to surrounding countries. A dedicated data source for that region is essential for food manufacturers and retailers in Switzerland. This expansion gives you Swiss-specific benchmarks to compare alongside European and global prices, whether you're sourcing from Switzerland, selling into the market, or building cost models that reflect local conditions.

How to Use It:

  • Track Swiss prices in the Prices Widget

  • Compare against other European benchmarks in Price Comparison

  • Incorporate into Cost Models for Swiss-sourced ingredients

How to access? Add to new or existing dashboards using the search function, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected].

Consolidated Import/Export, Supply & Demand, and Futures Widgets

by Vesper Team
Improvement

Import/Export, Supply & Demand, and Futures widgets each had multiple versions for different views of the same data. These are now consolidated into a single widget per data type. For example, where you previously had three separate Futures widgets, you now have one that covers all views.

What's new

  • Toggle between table and graph views within each widget

  • Switch between historical and forward data without leaving the widget

  • All controls are built into the widget, so one widget now does the job of several

Your existing widgets have been automatically replaced with the new versions, using the same parameters you had selected. Nothing changes to your dashboards. If you want different views side by side, you can duplicate a widget and set each one to a different view.

Why this matters

Where you previously needed multiple widgets to see the same data in different formats, one widget now covers it. Dashboards stay cleaner, and you spend less time setting up views.

On mobile, the consolidated widgets will follow at a later stage. For now, the previous versions remain available there.

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Major US Price Expansion: 286 New USDA Series

by Vesper Team
New
Data
Vegetables & Pulses
Fruit
Meat & Poultry
Food Ingredients
Grains & Feed
Oils & Fats
Herbs & Spices
Chemicals
Sugar & Sweeteners

Vesper now includes 286 new price series from 13 USDA MARS reports, one of the most widely referenced public pricing sources in US agricultural markets. This is our largest single USDA expansion to date.

What's New:

  • Vegetables & Pulses: 107 new price series including potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, carrots, broccoli, squash, black beans, pinto beans, lentils, chickpeas, and yellow peas

  • Fruits: 80 new price series covering apples (Gala, Honeycrisp, Fuji, Cosmic Crisp and more), oranges, grapes, strawberries, peaches, pears, bananas, kiwi, and watermelon, including organic variants

  • Meat & Poultry: 39 new price series for beef primal cuts (ribeye, tenderloin, strip loin, chuck, round), lamb (rack, leg, shoulder), turkey (whole, breast, drumsticks, wings), hog, and cattle live/dressed weight prices

  • Food Ingredients: 29 new price series for eggs (caged and free-range across multiple sizes and regions) and ethanol

  • Grains & Feed: 14 new price series for alfalfa, corn (food and feed grade), soybean, DDGS, corn gluten, cottonseed, canola meal, and blood meal

  • Oils & Fats: 8 new price series including choice white grease and animal fat derivatives

  • Herbs & Spices: 5 new price series for jalapeño, serrano, poblano, anaheim chili peppers, and garlic

  • Chemicals: 3 new price series

  • Sugar: 1 new price series

See the complete product list for all 286 series.

Why It Matters:

USDA MARS reports are among the most commonly referenced pricing benchmarks in US agricultural markets. These 286 series bring that coverage directly into Vesper, so you can track US prices for fresh produce, proteins, grains, feed ingredients, and eggs alongside your existing European and global series, all in one place.

How to Use It:

  • Prices Widget: Search for specific products (e.g., "beef ribeye" or "apples Honeycrisp") to bookmark USDA MARS prices alongside your existing series

  • Price Comparison: Compare USDA US prices with European or global equivalents for with different prodcut names

  • Cost Models: Add USDA ingredient prices to your cost models for a more complete picture of US-sourced product costs

How to access?

Add to new or existing dashboards using the search function, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected] for any questions.

205 new Mexico price series from SNIIM

by Vesper Team
New
Data
Fruit
Vegetables & Pulses
Herbs & Spices
Grains & Feed
Nuts, Seeds & Dried Fruits

Vesper has added 205 price series from SNIIM, Mexico's national food price information system. This update includes 168 products that are new to the platform.

What's new:

  • 205 new price series from SNIIM (Sistema Nacional de Información e Integración de Mercados)
  • 168 newly created products
  • Coverage by category:
    • Fruits: 86 series
    • Vegetables & Pulses: 76 series
    • Herbs & Spices: 24 series
    • Grains & Feed: 9 series
    • Nuts, Seeds & Dried Fruit: 6 series
    • Beverages: 2 series
    • Sugar: 2 series

Why this matters:

Mexico is a major origin market for fresh produce, herbs, and specialty ingredients sourced by North American and European food manufacturers. SNIIM data gives buyers an official government reference for regional spot prices. Useful for verifying quotes, tracking seasonal price patterns, and benchmarking cross-border sourcing for categories like avocados, chilies, tomatoes, and tropical fruit.

How to Use It:

  • Prices Widget: search by product name or filter by Mexico as origin market
  • Price Comparison: compare SNIIM prices against other regional sources for the same commodity
  • Cost Models: add Mexican produce prices as inputs to ingredient cost models

How to access?

Add to new or existing dashboards using the search function, or contact your Customer Success Manager at [email protected].

Weekly Forecasts

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
New
Forecasting & Outlook
Improvement
AI
Data

Price forecasts now display weekly data points instead of monthly. The same 12-month coverage now gives you 52 weekly forecasts; 6-month coverage gives you 26 weekly forecasts.

What it does: Shows forecast at weekly intervals rather than monthly What you can do: Track expected price movements week-to-week and time purchases more precisely Why it matters: Spot trends between monthly intervals and answer the tactical question: commit this week or wait? Especially valuable when markets are volatile.


Pro Tip: If forecasts look flat due to scaling (multiple products or long price histories compress the view), zoom in on the graph, temporarily hide other products using the legend, or hover for exact forecasted values.

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Shipping and Freight Transport Prices

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
New
Energy & Transport
Data
Partnerships

Vesper has launched Commodity Shipping Intelligence through an exclusive partnership with Upply, bringing freight rate benchmarks directly into the platform. This integration enables procurement teams to track delivered costs by combining commodity prices with real shipping rates for their specific inbound lanes—creating true landed cost visibility.

What's New:

  • Inbound Freight Benchmarks: Real shipping rates for strategic procurement routes, not generic freight indices

  • Upply Partnership Integration: Access to validated freight data from one of Europe's leading logistics intelligence providers

  • Route-Specific Pricing: Targeted lanes for commodity imports (origin ports to destination factories)

  • Multi-Modal Coverage: Ocean freight, road transport, and intermodal combinations where relevant

  • Integrated Cost Analysis: Combine commodity prices with freight to calculate true delivered costs

Why It Matters: Commodity prices at origin tell only half the story. With shipping costs representing 10-30% of delivered prices and extreme volatility in freight markets, procurement teams need visibility into both components. This integration transforms Vesper from a commodity price platform into a complete landed cost intelligence system—critical for accurate budgeting and supplier selection.

How to Use It:

  1. Search freight routes using origin-destination pairs in the platform search

  2. Add to dashboards alongside relevant commodity prices for complete cost tracking

How to access? Freight rates are available to all Vesper users who have access to the Energy and Transport category. For more information, contact [email protected].

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New: Deselect All Button

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
Improvement
New
Vesper Toolbox

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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Fruits, Vegetables & Pulses News

by Vesper Team
New
Vegetables & Pulses
Fruit
News & Alerts

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:

  1. Find the new categories in the News section of the platform

  2. Set up custom alerts for specific commodities within these categories

  3. 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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