Consumers understand Fair Trade better than Rainforest Alliance, Carbon Footprint and Animal Welfare.

Brazil planted a huge soybean crop and had nearly ideal crop development conditions over the majority of the summer growing season.

Organizations such as UTZ Certified, Rainforest Alliance Certified and Fair Trade USA certify 18% of the company's cocoa sourced globally.

Argentina already had lost some production potential earlier this growing season, and turning around those losses was not very likely because of the more recent weather adversity.

Company will spend first few months of 2014 reviewing results from suppliers.

High prices in 2012 and larger supplies in 2013 highlight commodity market activity.

Argentina has been placed on the summer watch list for possible dryness issues because of the recent development of high pressure over a part of the nation.

Senator Dianne Feinstein of California says mandate is 'simply bad policy.'

Summer grain and oilseed planting in South America is moving along aggressively with improvements in soil conditions noted in Argentina over recent weeks ending a dry start to the growing season.

E.P.A. proposes lower R.F.S. target for ethanol in 2014.