Updated: January 2026 News & AMA | #PSC 175

By Clay Gordon | 7 days ago | | 4 min read

Episode 175 of #PodSaveChocolate features chocolate news that’s fit to eat and AMA/Ask me Anything (about chocolate and cocoa) for January 2026.

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Episode 175 Overview

In this episode: News that’s fit to eat for January, 2026!

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People participating live can Ask Me Anything in the chat at any point during the episode.

Topics lined up to be covered include ...

The Ongoing Saga of the Cost of Cocoa

MARKETS
Futures Prices / Futures Overview – Barchart.com
Graph – Trading Economics
ICCO Pricing Stats
MOVEMENT: Whither Bloomberg (BCOM)?

Farm Gate Prices:
Ivory Coast: about $5,000/MT; Ghana: about $4,640–$5,040/MT.

For Côte d’Ivoire, the government set a farmgate price of 2,800 CFA/kg at the start of the 2025/26 season, which at roughly 559 CFA per USD is about $5,000 per metric ton. ⁠

For Ghana, the government raised the farmgate to 58,000 Ghana cedis per MT on Oct 2, 2025, which Reuters reported as about $4,640 per MT, after an earlier Aug 2025 increase to 51,660 cedis, about $5,040 per MT given the then exchange rate. This puts Ghana’s current stated price in the range of roughly $4,640–$5,040 per MT, depending on timing and FX assumptions. ⁠ ⁠

Note: These are official farmgate prices set by origin governments; they are distinct from futures quotes (e.g., ~$5,235/MT on Jan 13, 2026) which reflect global benchmark trading, not farmer receipt.

More News

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OpEd	The Hidden Costs of Chocolate
M&A	TL;DR
Framing	alt.cocoa is now "Climate Proof"
Trends	Well, Duh.
The Future?	... of Chocolate

Future Episodes

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Friday, January 16th
No episode: I will be traveling.

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Tuesday, January 20th
No episode: I will be traveling.

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Friday, January 23rd
An interview with Jorge Redmond, Chocolates El Rey (Venezuela).

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#News #AMA #AskMeAnything
#cocoa #cacao #cacau
#chocolate #chocolat #craftchocolate
#PodSaveChoc #PSC
#LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife

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