Kenya has hailed rapid progress in exporting flowers to Georgia during a bilateral meeting in Tbilisi on December 11, 2025. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe told Georgia’s Environmental Protection & Agriculture Minister David Songulashvili of an aim to “expand top exports.” He cited flowers as Kenya’s leading export to Georgia in 2024 at 777.8 million shillings ($6.033 million), ahead of tea. The...
The Nova Scotia lobster fleet makes electric transition
Eastern Cape Breton in northern Nova Scotia in Canada has made a leap by electrifying an indigenous lobster fleet towards zero carbon emissions. The Membertou Electric Lobster Commercial Demonstration Project thereby launches the Membertou First Nation fishery into zero emission status. Cape Breton island, home to the indigenous Membertou community, lands from 25% to 40% of Nova Scotia’s annual lobster value. With beginnings in December 2023,...
Green gold rush: the United States avocado market volume smashes record
The United States is in avocado gold rush mood, with domestic market volumes poised to hit an unprecedented 3 billion pounds in 2025. On December 8, 2025, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) proclaimed that home volumes from growers, packers, exporters and importers fueled the breakthrough. The HAB cites that the country has been chasing this dream since 2020 when it...
Egypt, Saudi revolutionize harvesting sugarcane in the MEA region
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have entered a new chapter for harvesting sugarcane in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. For Egypt, it is a new double-harvester that will likely bring sugarcane cutting efficiency to 100%. A research on the journal Scientific Reports introduces the revolutionary machine, via an Agritech Insights story on December 7, 2025. The Aswan University’s Engineering Department says its semiautomatic...
Tea plantations in Sri Lanka withstand once-in-a-century cyclone
There is only minimal impact of cyclone Ditwah on inundated tea plantations in Sri Lanka that grow various Camellia sinensis varieties, an industry body says. Analysts labeled the early December 2025 cyclone that impacted over 2 million people, including tea growers, the worst in a century. It even prompted President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to declare a state of emergency in 22 of...
Trump turns $12 billion “tariff-related revenues” into farm aid
President Donald Trump of the United States on December 8, 2025 announced farm aid worth $12 billion as bailout against trade war expenses. The plan emerged at a White House roundtable meet between the President, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins and farmers. Trump said that the farm aid kitty comes from a tiny portion of “tariff-related revenues,”...
Chilean salmon prices bounce back in split Brazil market
Wholesale prices of Chilean salmon species (Salmo salar) in the competitive Brazil market recovered by nearly 13% weekly, starting December 8, 2025. The improvement effaces several lapses including week 2 of November when cross-border rates had dipped to under $US6 a kg. Although unclear how much it is commanding currently, the fish is apparently gaining in value, especially the 10 to 16-pound market category. Combined...
Prices of global food lowest in months – FAO
The November 2025 FAO food price index (FPPI) that tracks prices of global dainties dipped to 125.1 points, the lowest since April. November registered a 2% fall in the index month-on-month from the final October value of 126.6 points. The decrease is the third consecutive since September (128.5 points), indicating slowing inflation and gaining production among nations. November’s value decreased on account...
The 2025-26 Pakistan citrus season reckons with trimming exports
In the just beginning 2025-26 citrus marketing season in Pakistan, trade is finally coming to terms with lowering seasonal exports since 2021. Marketers predict similar falls for the current marketing year as previously, particularly if the strategic Afghan border remains shut. According to Dawn on December 8, 2025, Afghanistan absorbs 60% of national citrus exports because of low quarantine regulations there. With...
The Oregon Dungeness crab season awaits meat fill test
Consumers could benefit from the postponement of the 2025-26 Oregon commercial Dungeness crab season’s opener to December 16, 2025 to allow enough meat fill. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) first posted this delay on November 21, 2025, leaving the traditional December 1 opening to recreational fishers. This echoes the 2024-25 season, which also launched mid-December before a smooth run...