This video is 15 minutes long, so take your time.

It discusses all of Jim Roemer’s weather forecasting techniques he uses for multiple commodity markets. It is very detailed concerning the “complexities” of analyzing global cocoa production and the market. He discusses how a dry summer in West Africa has benefited the main crop (unlike the wet, disease-infested summer of 2024).

However, a potential drier than normal 2nd rainy season may be in the cards that could compromise the next crop if timely rains due not return by September.

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