In this episode, we sit down with Ron Sterk, editor of the Sosland Sweetener Report and a leading expert on the North American sweetener market. He walks us through the latest developments in the region and key trends to watch—plus, how they could impact the global market.

In this episode, we sit down with Tim Worledge, Editorial Director of Agriculture at Fastmarkets, a leading price reporting agency covering a vast range of commodities. We explore the future of the ethanol market and the potential impact of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on agriculture.

In this episode, we have Dr. Robert Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis for the American Sugar Alliance (ASA). He takes us on a journey to explore what it takes to stay on top of the US sugar balance sheet, what to expect this year in terms of supply and demand, and potential policy changes.

In this episode of the ECRUU Podcast, we speak with Marcelo Bonifacio, a Market Intelligence Analyst at StoneX Brasil.

SOL is an independent, membership-based service company that has been around for over 30 years.

In this episode of The ECRUU Podcast, we are honoured to chat with the brand new Director General of ISMA.

In this episode, we chat with Harsh Soni, the founder of Greenleaf Corporations. As an expert on the Indian sugar market, he shares his insights and what to expect in the next two seasons.

In this episode, we chat with Gareth Forber, director of sugar research at GlobalData. We take a deep dive into the difficult topic of consumption, unpacking the factors that influence demand and what to expect this year.

In this episode we interview Ghasharib Shoukat, from the Pakistan Agricultural Research (PAR) group to do a deep dive into the very complex Pakistani sugar market.

Julian Price has several decades of experience in the sugar industry, including as a trader, broker, lobbyist, and analyst. He is widely known as “Mister EU Regulations” for his knowledge of the intricate EU policies. In this podcast, he shares his experience and how he sees EU regulations evolving.

In this podcast, we interview Kevin Marcus, the founder of Marcus Weather. Kevin has an unusual dual expertise in both weather and agronomy, which has helped him become a reference in weather analysis in the agriculture space over the last 40 years. Kevin walks us through what it means to help market participants stay ahead of the weather.

In this week’s ECRUU podcast, we interview Alexander Sterk, the founder of the commodity platform Vesper. He walks us through his journey from being a dairy trader to founding and then scaling up a commodity platform, including raising funds from investors.

In this episode of The ECRUU Podcast, we interview Claudiu Coverig. He founded CovrigAnalytics after working several years as a sugar and biofuels analyst for a big group. In this podcast, he shares with us his journey building his own analytics business. We also talk about what to look out for in the current market.

In this podcast episode, we chat with the head of sugar and ethanol research at Tropical Research Services (TRS). TRS has an unusual origin story (which we go into in the podcast) and puts a strong emphasis on field surveys to provide qualitative analysis. Henrique tells us about what it means to incorporate field surveys, what his team in India is telling him, and what we should be looking out for in India this year.

In this episode, we interview Stephen Geldart, the head of analysis at Czarnikow (also known as CZ). CZ has been in the sugar market for a while, but a lot of things have been happening recently, including a change in the way the company is handling its analysis services. In this episode, Stephen walks us through the strategy behind these changes. We also chat about what to look out for in the current market.