<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ilena Peng - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ilena Peng - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVmRkDhWsAo/ilena-peng</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Ilena Peng - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVmRkDhWsAo/ilena-peng</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:01:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVmRkDhWsAo/ilena-peng.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[International Paper to Sell Fibers Business for $1.5 Billion]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/international-paper-to-sell-fibers-business-for-1-5-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/international-paper-to-sell-fibers-business-for-1-5-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:21:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee Hits Two-Month High on Frost Concerns, Thin Hedging]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/coffee-holds-near-two-month-high-on-frost-losses-thin-hedging</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/coffee-holds-near-two-month-high-on-frost-losses-thin-hedging</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumbi Gitau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:43:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifXQBpKRq7ZQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifXQBpKRq7ZQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Roasted coffee beans Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Says US Won’t Back Solar, Wind Projects Hurting Farms]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/trump-says-us-won-t-approve-solar-wind-projects-that-hurt-farms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/trump-says-us-won-t-approve-solar-wind-projects-that-hurt-farms</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ari Natter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:57:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYA4cxP5vTi0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYA4cxP5vTi0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Solar panels and a pistachio grove at a farm in Huron, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. Record heat and drought is forcing food producers to adopt new business models to survive changing weather patterns.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Roasters Shun Coffee From Brazil After 50% Tariffs Kick In]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/us-roasters-shun-brazil-coffee-after-50-tariffs-kick-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/us-roasters-shun-brazil-coffee-after-50-tariffs-kick-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:29:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iydW2YCqU1M8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iydW2YCqU1M8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker washes and dries coffee cherries following a harvest in Jacutinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Despite a planned 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the US, Arabica coffee beans may remain resilient, after rising 13.1% in the first five months of the year, despite the headwind of price increases, which are averaging 88.4%.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Declining Cardboard Box Sales Tell Us About the US Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Box demand touches nearly every industry, from flat-screen TVs to packaged food, all of which see sales fluctuate based on how flush shoppers feel.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/cardboard-box-sales-fall-in-worrying-sign-for-us-retail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/cardboard-box-sales-fall-in-worrying-sign-for-us-retail</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:00:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuzgJvRVI7iw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuzgJvRVI7iw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The cardboard industry finds itself in a distressing position.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the US and Canada Are at Loggerheads Over Lumber]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/why-the-us-and-canada-are-fighting-over-lumber</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/why-the-us-and-canada-are-fighting-over-lumber</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:56:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iohXtEyZsuUU/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iohXtEyZsuUU/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Lawrence Lust, superintendent of the West Fraser Timber Co. sawmill, monitors logs on the production line at the company&apos;s facility in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, July 11, 2013. West Fraser Timber Co., the largest lumber producer in North America, had a sustainable rise in price, demand volatility, and profits within the past year. Photographer: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Lawrence Lust</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sugar Set for Longest Run of Gains in Five Months on Brazil Crop]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/sugar-set-for-longest-run-of-gains-in-five-months-on-brazil-crop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/sugar-set-for-longest-run-of-gains-in-five-months-on-brazil-crop</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pratik Parija]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:51:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cocoa Futures Surge on Worries About Weaker Crops in West Africa]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/cocoa-futures-surge-on-worries-about-weaker-crops-in-west-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/cocoa-futures-surge-on-worries-about-weaker-crops-in-west-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:51:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iX4RCHyKuXmk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iX4RCHyKuXmk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Cocoa beans drying on a rack at a farm in Kwabeng, Ghana, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Issues across the West African cocoa belt that propelled prices to record highs this year remain far from fixed, meaning the price of beans that make chocolate isn&apos;t likely to decline back to the much lower levels that had previously prevailed.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Farm Trade Deficit Hits Record as Historic Shift Deepens]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/us-farm-trade-deficit-hits-record-as-historic-shift-deepens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/us-farm-trade-deficit-hits-record-as-historic-shift-deepens</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerson Freitas Jr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:24:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixC7OTGAZGVM/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixC7OTGAZGVM/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee Rebounds Following Brazil Export Decline and US Tariff Threats]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/coffee-rebounds-as-faltering-brazilian-exports-tighten-supplies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/coffee-rebounds-as-faltering-brazilian-exports-tighten-supplies</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:41:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record US Corn Crop Drives Profits for Crop Chemical Makers]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/record-us-corn-crop-drives-profits-for-top-fertilizer-maker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/record-us-corn-crop-drives-profits-for-top-fertilizer-maker</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Ailworth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:20:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iw2PR7wXVeG4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iw2PR7wXVeG4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Workers harvest corn at Yakama Nation Farms in Wapato, Washington, US, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Favorable weather has been offsetting the impact of strong demand for corn because few nations can offer cheaper grain than US farmers even as tariffs shake up global trade flows.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M&M’s Maker Turns to Gene Editing in Bid to Secure Cocoa Supply]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/m-m-s-maker-turns-to-gene-editing-in-bid-to-secure-cocoa-supply</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/m-m-s-maker-turns-to-gene-editing-in-bid-to-secure-cocoa-supply</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id140m1v5Vq8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id140m1v5Vq8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Peanut M&amp;M&apos;s milk chocolate candy for sale at a store in San Diego, California. Photographer: Kevin Carter/Getty Images North America</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mosaic Falls 13% as Fertilizer Imports Drop on US Tariffs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/tariffs-on-fertilizer-cause-drop-in-shipments-to-us-mosaic-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/tariffs-on-fertilizer-cause-drop-in-shipments-to-us-mosaic-says</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 22:19:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9ZXw5jTp3qg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9ZXw5jTp3qg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Mosaic Co. dragline carves out phosphate matrix in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Mosaic Co. is the world&apos;s largest producer of phosphate and second-largest producer of potash, two crop nutrients which are primary ingredients in producing fertilizer.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Brazil Tariffs Upend Crop Prices From Coffee to Juice]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/trump-s-brazil-tariffs-upend-crop-prices-from-coffee-to-juice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/trump-s-brazil-tariffs-upend-crop-prices-from-coffee-to-juice</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dayanne Sousa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:52:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAyeE1i2KaE0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAyeE1i2KaE0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker prunes coffee plants affected by drought at the Rosario farm in Pedregulho, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. The worst drought in Brazil’s history is doing more than jeopardizing coffee, sugar and soybean crops; dead vegetation is giving way to fires, sending greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and disappearing more of the Amazon rainforest.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M&M's Owner Helps Premium Chocolatier Crack US Market]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/uk-chocolate-maker-taps-mars-firepower-in-attempt-to-crack-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/uk-chocolate-maker-taps-mars-firepower-in-attempt-to-crack-us</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:03:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWXirvmc8.Cg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWXirvmc8.Cg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 02: A view of the atmosphere during the grand opening of iconic British chocolatier and cacao grower Hotel Chocolat’s first U.S. location in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago (3334 Southport Ave.) on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Hotel Chocolat USA)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[USDA Plans Major Relocation of Workers in Washington Area]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/usda-to-slash-washington-dc-area-jobs-by-more-than-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/usda-to-slash-washington-dc-area-jobs-by-more-than-50</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:07:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5T0syE2Sf7k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5T0syE2Sf7k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The seal of the US Department of Agriculture at the agency&apos;s headquarters in Washington, DC.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arabica Coffee Advances as Weather Risks Add to Supply Concerns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/arabica-coffee-advances-as-weather-risks-add-to-supply-concerns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/arabica-coffee-advances-as-weather-risks-add-to-supply-concerns</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumbi Gitau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:07:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8wBkfNAApJA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8wBkfNAApJA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker harvests arabica coffee cherries on a farm in Tepecoyo, El Salvador.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Wars, Rates Push US Small Farm Bankruptcies to 5-Year High]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/america-small-farmers-are-hurting-with-trump-policies-loan-woes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/america-small-farmers-are-hurting-with-trump-policies-loan-woes</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Church]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:00:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKS0TU1nVJnc/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKS0TU1nVJnc/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coke’s New Cane-Sweetened Soda Risks Upending Sugar Supplies]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/coke-s-new-cane-sweetened-soda-risks-upending-us-sugar-supplies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/coke-s-new-cane-sweetened-soda-risks-upending-us-sugar-supplies</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4vrQC2RtXz4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4vrQC2RtXz4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bottles of Coca Cola.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Tariffs Spell Trouble for Hawaii’s Few Coffee Farmers]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-19/trump-tariffs-spell-trouble-for-hawaii-s-few-coffee-farmers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-19/trump-tariffs-spell-trouble-for-hawaii-s-few-coffee-farmers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilena Peng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLM36uZansrs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLM36uZansrs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A farmer looks over a Kona coffee crop at the Ka’awaloa Trail Farm in Hawaii.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>