January 1, 2026 marks the first time oyster fishers will commercially access Apalachicola Bay on the Western Gulf of Florida since December 2020. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ended fishing license application on December 16, 2025 after a November 10 start. As reflection of conservation measures for the flailing resource, the FWC even included an online...
A subsidy payment fall out in Greece barring thousands of farmers from receiving European Union (EU) benefits has tossed 3-week protests into major ports. The affected 40,000 livestock keepers and crop growers are taking part in the angry blockading protest, with a minister warning of ‘Grexit.’ By December 17, 2025, highway blockades to the customs points at...
Various boxed beef cuts in the United States traded lower on December 17, 2025 versus a day earlier but prices might generally remain high long-term. Live cattle markets saw futures slip by $0.85 on the 17th versus the 16th, to $230.3 a hundred pounds (cwt). Boxed beef cutouts meanwhile eased due to daily load counts increasing...
A recall of Grandma Belle’s Tomato Basil Soup in 14 states by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has spotlighted processed tomato ingredients. The December 12, 2025 recall declared the product by Lil’ Turtles as likely to contain “undeclared milk” allergic to people with milk sensitivity. Recalls are for the 17-ounce bottle with batch dates...
Despite an acreage decline in 2025 to 85,544 hectares, South Africa expects uptick production of wine grapes in 2026. Industry body, South Africa Wine says it is approaching the coming harvest with “cautious optimism,”per a Sunday World report of December 17, 2025. The association cited private cellar-crop growers’ optimism on the likelihood of a marginally...
Former South American sugar capital, Guyana, is chasing waning production glory by building a white sugar factory in January 2026. The US$20-million Demerara Sugar Refinery Inc (DSRI) at Wales will process a maximum of 100 tonnes per annum. Although only a trickle compared to brown sugar, the additional white sugar will help meet growing demand...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has kickstarted the ice fishing season for the northern region in mid-December 2025, following a cold snap. Arctic cold blasts were settling on lakes and rivers across three-quarters of the northern region around December 9, according to the DNR. This means fishers can take their baiting gear to such...
Nigeria-United States agricultural trade looks onto more than doubling annually to $700 million in 2025 amid burgeoning wheat trade. A post on X by the U.S.’ diplomatic mission to Abuja on December 9, 2025 revealed this projection, per confirming reports. The figure mainly reflects farm imports from the United States worth $500 million, according to...
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) of Uganda and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are developing homegrown aromatic rice (oryza sativa) varieties to boost production. According to the NARO’s cereals program leader Dr. Jimmy Lamo on December 11, 2025, the new varieties currently await governmental approval. The initiative partly seeks to benefit farmers by reducing...
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...