The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) marked its second back-to-back monthly decrease by 1.6% this October, with sugar the most deflationary. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 7, 2025, the FFPI touched 126.4 points, 2.1 points below September’s final. All categories weakened excepting vegetable oil which increased by 1.5 points or 0.9% month-on-month, to 169.4 points....
Florida seeks exemption permit to extend Atlantic red snapper season
As recreational red snapper fishers launch onto Florida’s Gulf fishery this Veteran’s Day, their state is applying to fully access federal waters on the Atlantic. Governor Ron DeSantis helped on November 10, 2025 by backing the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)’s “Exempted Fishing Permit” application. A successful request will enable Florida gain management rights for the species over the Atlantic fishery,...
China makes trade comeback for wheat, sorghum from the United States
After a year’s silence, China has resumed wheat and sorghum shipments from the United States in a significant trade-patching move. Following a 12 million-tonne soybean import deal for 2025, Beijing now promises to buy 120,000 tonnes of soft and spring wheat. The last official wheat trade between the two took place in October 2024, per Reuters. This was after a glut 2024-25 wheat...
Ceres leads a phenomenal South Africa sweet cherry varietal harvest
Ceres in the mountainous Koue Bokkeveld in Western Cape is leading 2025’s production campaign for sweet cherry (Prunus avium) cultivars in South Africa. According to Saffarazzi, industry marketing leader Tru-Cape expects a 5 to 7% bigger crop than the frost-hit 2024 equivalent. Soluble sugar levels are also up at 25º Brix, above other years when levels oscillated between 18 and 22º. The current...
The Vietnam blue swimming crab export returns up 1%, courtesy Western markets
Vietnam has reaped a January-September 2025 blue swimming crab export growth of 1% year-on-year (y-o-y), thanks to Western markets. According to Seafood Vietnam, the year’s initial 9 months brought $58 million from exports, a slight recovery from Q3, 2024. The European Union (EU) and the United States both upped their purchases., countering import growth cuts in virtually all major Asian...
The Philippines contemplates value chain fairness via onion and pork msrp
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) is mulling a maximum suggested retail price (msrp) for pork and onion sales to redeem value chain fairness. According to the Secretary of Agriculture Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., in a passing interview on November 6, 2025, both items currently enjoy overpricing. Despite the government extending a 50,000-tonne onion import window to January 2026 to increase supplies,...
Traceability system throws lifeline to pricey red meat in South Africa
South Africa on June 4, 2025 launched the second leg of the Red Meat Information System (RMIS) Traceability Platform, in the face of smashing prices. The Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen directed the re-launch to hone sales’ accountability in the country’s meat sector. Ranchers, butchers, processing plants, logistic companies and markets will all be pooling retail chain details on the...
Worldwide blueberry prices stabilize early November per international brands’ offers
The worldwide Blueberry Price Index comprising prices by 14 international retailers ended week 45 (November 3, 2025) down 1.1%, showing market stability. According to Italian Berry, Carrefour, Walmart, Albert Heijn and 11 others that week sold berries at between €5.73 and 36.76 ($6.6-42.31) a kg. The cheapest weight category was the 454-gram punnet at €5.73 ($5.44) while the dearest the 125-g one at €15.92...
China selectively lessens Ag tariffs on the United States
China has suspended the 24% levy it had added above the 10% reciprocal tariffs of March 10, 2025 on mainly Ag goods from the United States. The move confirms the flagging of a such a reprieve by the White House early November. Confirmation came from Beijing’s tariff commission on November 5, which suspended the 24% additional levy on U.S.’ goods for a...
The Western Australia avocado crop rebounds, aims orient conquest
Orchardists in the southwest of Western Australia (WA) are happy this season from looming record avocado crop, fueling oriental market desires. According to Trevor Bendotti of Bendotti Avocados via the ABC, WA is heading towards the “largest season on record.” If the projection actualizes, the state will beat the 2023-24 harvest that tailed off at 65,000 tonnes. The bumper harvest...