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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

10 Sep

Strawberries
Egyptian frozen strawberries hit their cheapest July in Brazil as last Mercosur duty nears zero
28 Aug
Pecans
China's pecan duties land on Mexico three months before harvest
11 Aug
Avocados
US halts Michoacán avocado inspections at the thinnest point of Mexico's export year
7 Aug

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3 AugMon 16:48
Cashews
Nigeria plans cashew value-addition rule for a crop it cannot measure
FAO data show output falling to 80,944 tonnes while the government’s own roadmap cites 300,000–350,000
29 AprWed 17:54
Canola/Rapeseed
Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns
With fields too cold to seed and too wet to drive, Prairie farmers face a compressed May window — just as China resumes buying Canadian canola.
28 AprTue 21:05
Coffee
Guatemala's $632m US coffee year set up for retreat as arabica eases below $3
Record arabica prices drove a $196m jump in invoice value while supply shrank, with the world's fourth-largest arabica producer riding the global benchmark rather than expanding output
27 AprMon 18:11
Avocados
Kenya's record avocado crop heads to the press as Red Sea freight hits fresh trade
Red Sea shipping disruptions 'resulted in delayed delivery periods, impacting the quality on arrival at the destination market and resulting in losses,' said Kenyan agri-business Sasini
10 Nov 2025Mon 22:11
Tomatoes
China targets California’s ‘backyard’ with push into Americas tomato paste market
The world's largest exporter of tomato paste is aggressively courting buyers in the Caribbean, Central America and South America after losing ground in Europe
15 Oct 2025Wed 21:30
Russia
EU tariff hikes hit imports of Russian pine nuts, prices surge 30%
European pine nut importers are scrambling to secure alternative supplies after the EU imposed a 50% tariff on Russian agricultural products in July
8 Oct 2025Wed 19:00
Rice
Rice prices hit six-year low as global glut prompts import curbs
US rough rice futures hit $10.72 per hundredweight as a major importer shields domestic farmers from glut

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