Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

Minnetonka-based agribusiness Cargill expects Americans to buy 75 million pounds of chocolate for Valentine’s Day.

Cocoa production has been hammered in back-to-back crop years due to weather and crop conditions,. forcing many manufacturers ...

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The extent of supply issues for a key ingredient means that prices are unlikely to return soon to the levels chocolate makers ...

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Cocoa stood at less than $2,000 a ton in the summer of 2022 and peaked at well over $12,000 during the 2024 Christmas season.

The price of raw cocoa, chocolate’s key ingredient, has surged by 200% over the past year, a hike fueled by climate change.