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Ilena

@ilenapeng

agriculture reporter @business, covering what's in your mocha ☕🍫🥛 etc | alum @columbiajourn @smpagwu | [email protected], signal @ilena.11

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Donald Trump’s tariffs are upending crop trading, delaying tractor purchases and constraining imports of chemical supplies into the US bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Egg prices pulled back 18% from a record high last month, offering some relief as supplies recovered from bird flu shock, though tariffs risk higher costs ahead. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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RFK's MAHA movement is targeting Americans' unhealthy diets. It's going to cost consumers at the grocery store. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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Health secretary RFK Jr. called sugar "poison" in late April, putting the sugar and sweets industries on alert at conferences in NY and Indianapolis last week. 🍭🎁🔗: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Will Kubzansky via Bloomberg

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Florida is expecting its worst orange crop in nearly a century. But thanks to the flavor and fragrance industry, your OJ won’t suffer bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Flavors are playing an even bigger role in the #orange juice supply chain, as trees hit by the citrus greening disease yield fewer — and more bitter — fruits. 🍊🔗: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

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The Trump administration is proposing oil refiners blend more biofuels into gasoline and diesel next year while seeking to discourage the use of imported supplies bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Tomorrow, the University of Michigan's final June reading of its US consumer sentiment index is going to land. What do you think it is going to show? bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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Demand for the Instagram-friendly nuts have driven up margins for farmers, who are preparing for a bumper crop this fall bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Pistachios are everywhere! 1.5 years in, the viral Dubai Chocolate phenomenon is still going strong. US nut growers need that to continue, especially with a record harvest expected to start later this year. 💚🔗: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Sunny Kim via Businessweek Bloomberg

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More than 40 million people relied on SNAP food assistance in 2024. Many are in red districts represented by legislators who support gutting the aid bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Demand for Instagram-friendly pistachio nuts have driven up margins for farmers, who are preparing for a bumper crop this fall. Ilena explains why pistachios in all forms are having a moment bloom.bg/4eNnYtz

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The Trump administration is tightening its grip on foreign ownership of farmland amid continuing concerns over Chinese investment in America’s heartland bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Good read from Ilena: (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is tightening its grip on foreign ownership of farmland amid continuing concerns over Chinese investment in America’s heartland. China held lightly less than 1% of foreign-held acres as of 2023.

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Chocolate makers were already grappling with record prices for cocoa butter, which provides that melt-in-your-mouth feel. Now they are also paying up for the powder that lends their product its color and taste bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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#Cocoa prices, while still high, have cooled from records. But chocolatiers and food companies aren't in the clear yet, as prices surge for the typically cheap powder that lends chocolate and brownies their rich color and taste. 🍫🔗: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg