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Bananas

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

US diesel up 62% since February and Del Monte's banana margin down to 2.3%; after the 2022 cost shock, US contract-season prices rose about 7%

16 Oct

Dairy
EU skim milk powder exports hit seven-year high, Egypt cuts back as prices climb
16 Oct
Oranges
Florida orange crop to fall 23% in USDA's first 2026-27 forecast
13 Oct
Livestock
China's Muyuan sells 15% more hogs in September despite sow cuts, at prices below cost
12 Oct

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7 OctWed 17:57
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
5 OctMon 11:37
Rice
Asian rice prices up a third on El Niño stockpiling as India's crop shrinks
Thai benchmark rallied from May on Philippine and Malaysian reserve-building; Indian prices now rising after weakest monsoon since 2015, with record stocks capping the gain
24 SepThu 11:09
Wheat
Black Sea wheat exports seen halving as port attacks split world prices
Russian export offers fall to lowest since April 2024 while US Gulf wheat hits three-year high; Russia now quotes $268 a tonne from the Baltic against a notional $210 at Novorossiysk
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
8 SepTue 21:20
Potatoes
Belgian potato price holds at €200 as heat trims crop and futures hedge disappears
Belgapom quotation steady for four weeks after three seasons in which opening prices fell 58 to 75 per cent; EEX delisted the European processing potato future on 5 June
7 SepMon 20:49
Tomatoes
Spanish tomato growers get best price in a decade but exports shrink as Morocco overtakes
Almería and Granada growers were paid €1.15/kg in 2025/26 as Spain’s fresh-tomato export volume fell 45% over eleven campaigns and Morocco became the EU’s larger supplier.
27 AugThu 18:36
Lemons
Imported lemon prices fall 40% at US ports while California fruit holds firm
A surge of Argentine and Chilean supply has driven imported spot values sharply lower, but the domestic market has not followed them down.

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