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Cotton

Bunge cotton chief proposes Brazil price benchmark as exports outstrip US

World's biggest cotton exporter still hedges on an ICE contract deliverable only in US-grown fibre

5 Oct

Potatoes
McCain seeks A$15/t cut from Tasmanian potato growers as it shelves €1bn German fry plant
2 Oct
Cocoa
Record September rain soaks Ecuador cocoa belt as El Niño arrives early
28 Sep
Wheat
Black Sea wheat exports seen halving as port attacks split world prices
24 Sep

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23 SepWed 15:23
Potatoes
Northern Irish potato packer Glens of Antrim collapses with loss of 95 jobs
Administrators appointed nine months after accounts showed a £596,000 profit and a positive outlook; growers left with potatoes in the ground and no buyer, MP says
23 SepWed 11:05
Pistachios
US pistachio exports may fall by up to half as heat-hit crop meets thin stocks
Handlers shipped 1.3bn lb in 2025/26 and enter an off-year with 221m lb in store and a crop estimated at 600m to 800m lb
21 SepMon 22:02
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
14 SepMon 22:53
Supply Chain Disruptions
Maersk halts Gulf reefer bookings as EU food exports through Hormuz slump
Shipments to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Jordan, reachable without the strait, rose 1 per cent over the same six months
11 SepFri 08:58
Almonds
Almond prices hit 10-year high even as industry body sees world supply up 6%
Select Harvests blames falling California supply; INC puts world output up 4.8%, USDA calls the US crop flat and buyers call stocks healthy; Spain's 39% jump is the weak link after record heat
10 SepThu 21:47
Bananas
Drought emergencies spread in Central America as Guatemala banana belt gets 26% of normal rain
El Salvador, Panama and Honduras declare emergencies; Guatemala supplies 39% of US banana imports and 58% of US melon and papaya imports, and the shortfall has yet to reach the trade data
10 SepThu 21:31
Dairy
US ban on Canadian dairy covers only whey, a $35mn trade
Ottawa's counter-tariffs hit $524mn of US dairy but spare butter and fluid milk, the two lines where Canada is Washington's biggest customer
9 SepWed 21:28
Oilseeds
Tunisia overtakes Spain as top US olive oil supplier as Italian shipments drop 31%
Italian stocks are 43.9 per cent higher than a year ago and extra-virgin is quoted at €4.85 a kg against €9.59 last August

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