15 OctThu 17:47
Sorghum
Brazil outpaces US in sorghum shipments to China as tariffs bite
Brazil ships 755,586 tonnes to China in August and September after none in 2025; Chinese customs data still show US supplying half of August arrivals
14 OctWed 21:34
Frozen Vegetables
Belgium's Ardo rejects Austrian rescue of frozen-vegetable plant, citing €112mn bill
Group says Marchfeld site has lost €5mn a year on average since 2023; Austrian politicians call it profitable, and spinach growers have no other buyer
14 OctWed 21:28
Regulatory
UK recalls Ukrainian eggs over salmonella, hitting its No. 2 shell-egg supplier
Eggs from Kyiv-based Yasensvit pulled from caterers and small shops; Ukraine supplied nearly a fifth of UK shell-egg imports by value in 2025, and none before Russia's 2022 invasion
14 OctWed 20:43
Blueberries
Peru's weekly blueberry shipments fall 39% on the year as record heat runs into the peak
ProArándanos expects less fruit than last season despite about 15% more area, and its president says another forecast revision is probable
14 OctWed 20:35
Fruits
Spanish persimmon crop shrinks by up to a third, leaving Europe short of autumn fruit
Spain supplied 86% of the EU's persimmon imports last season; growers are divided over how much record heat is to blame
13 OctTue 21:29
Supply Chain Disruptions
Rhine set to stay too low for full barges into November, driving up grain and feed freight
Kaub gauge hit a record low of −6cm on 1 October; Switzerland frees its entire protein-feed reserve from 15 October
13 OctTue 21:19
Oranges
Florida orange crop to fall 23% in USDA's first 2026-27 forecast
Valencia crop seen down 14 per cent, tightening US juice supply, as Texas grapefruit growers report small fruit after record heat
13 OctTue 21:16
Potatoes
McCain buys Indian export fry plant two weeks after shelving €1bn German project
Falcon Agrifriz's Gujarat plant serves Gulf and Southeast Asian buyers, markets where EU fry exports have fallen by as much as 60 per cent since 2022

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Rice

Japan's Ichibanya first-half profit falls 17% as rice costs bite

CoCo Ichibanya operator keeps full-year forecast as Tokyo retail rice prices fall for a ninth month

6 Oct

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Palm Oil

Malaysia palm oil stocks seen at record in September as output surges, exports slump

Bloomberg survey median of 3.45mn tonnes would top the 2018 peak; the El Niño dry spell over the palm belt has yet to reach the crop, with MPOB data due on 12 October

7 Oct

Canola/Rapeseed
Rapeseed sowing stalls in Hungary, Serbia and Romania after driest summer since 1946
5 Oct
Oilseeds
Tunisia overtakes Spain as top US olive oil supplier as Italian shipments drop 31%
9 Sep
Oilseeds
Moroccan olive oil pours into EU at record pace as next crop seen falling 40%
8 Sep

Fruits

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Strawberries

Egypt sells frozen strawberries to Brazil at 38% discount to Europe as EU residue checks bite

Egyptian surplus cleared in Latin America as tighter EU checks leave compliant fruit scarce; industry expects plantings to fall by up to 30 per cent next season

21 Sep

Bananas
Drought emergencies spread in Central America as Guatemala banana belt gets 26% of normal rain
10 Sep
Bananas
Record rain swamps Costa Rica banana belt, export hit seen from late October
3 Sep
Strawberries
Egyptian frozen strawberries hit their cheapest July in Brazil as last Mercosur duty nears zero
28 Aug

Banana exporters take Iran war costs into 2027 contract talks as US import prices rise just 2%

EU skim milk powder exports hit seven-year high, Egypt cuts back as prices climb

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UK delays EU fruit and vegetable border checks to 2028, pending SPS deal

Brazil's apple exports to Europe double on bumper harvest, with little help from EU–Mercosur deal

Australian regulator sues top egg supplier Sunny Queen, 11 others over alleged cartel

Italian olive oil prices halve as Spain's harvest rebounds, sparking grower protests

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From the newsroom

Brazil outpaces US in sorghum shipments to China as tariffs bite

Belgium's Ardo rejects Austrian rescue of frozen-vegetable plant, citing €112mn bill

UK recalls Ukrainian eggs over salmonella, hitting its No. 2 shell-egg supplier

Peru's weekly blueberry shipments fall 39% on the year as record heat runs into the peak

Spanish persimmon crop shrinks by up to a third, leaving Europe short of autumn fruit

Rhine set to stay too low for full barges into November, driving up grain and feed freight

Florida orange crop to fall 23% in USDA's first 2026-27 forecast

McCain buys Indian export fry plant two weeks after shelving €1bn German project

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Grains

Japan's Ichibanya first-half profit falls 17% as rice costs bite

Asian rice prices up a third on El Niño stockpiling as India's crop shrinks

Black Sea wheat exports seen halving as port attacks split world prices

Illinois corn holds through its wettest August since 1993 as Minnesota drought races the crop to maturity

Oilseeds

Malaysia palm oil stocks seen at record in September as output surges, exports slump

Rapeseed sowing stalls in Hungary, Serbia and Romania after driest summer since 1946

Tunisia overtakes Spain as top US olive oil supplier as Italian shipments drop 31%

Moroccan olive oil pours into EU at record pace as next crop seen falling 40%

Fruits

Egypt sells frozen strawberries to Brazil at 38% discount to Europe as EU residue checks bite

Drought emergencies spread in Central America as Guatemala banana belt gets 26% of normal rain

Record rain swamps Costa Rica banana belt, export hit seen from late October

Egyptian frozen strawberries hit their cheapest July in Brazil as last Mercosur duty nears zero

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Rapeseed sowing stalls in Hungary, Serbia and Romania after driest summer since 1946

France sows next year's rapeseed into bone-dry ground as prices hit a three-and-a-half-year high

Peru's weekly blueberry shipments fall 39% on the year as record heat runs into the peak

China's Muyuan sells 15% more hogs in September despite sow cuts, at prices below cost

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