Pará state in northern Brazil’s Amazon delta has pushed its January 1, 2026 cattle tracking deadline to 2030, displeasing environmentalists. Reuters quoted the state government stating on December 3, 2025 that bovine and buffalo identification can newly begin December 31, 2030. State ranchers can therefore postpone putting ear tags on their 26 million-strong herd, unless by...
International beverage prices lapsed by 10% quarter-to-quarter in Q3 2025 just before global cocoa and coffee prices recovered. This according to the World Bank (WB)’s beverage price index on December 2, 2025. The report links the fall to a quarterly supply rally in cocoa and coffee that cooled respective prices against stability in tea. Since November, however, coffee and cocoa have...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans local fruit sector purchases worth $30 million from such states as Florida for nutrition programs. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that the purchases will absorb current surpluses so that they “do not go to waste.” The purchases depend on Section 32 of the Agriculture Act of 1935 that provides for...
Deep sea fisheries spanning 900 km along the Western Australia (WA) coastline and metropolitan Perth have closed commercially to save demersal species. The WA’s government stated on December 3, 2025 that the permanent ban aims to rejuvenate snapper, red emperor and dhufish species. Provisionally, the Kalbarri-Perth metro-Augusta coastline remains permanently off limits for commercial...
India expects sugar production to rise to 35 million tonnes in the 2025-26 marketing year, fueling industry concerns on exports and prices. Out of this October 2025-September 2026 seasonal total, 5 million tonnes will constitute ethanol while 31.5 million tonnes sugar. The above National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF)’s sugar output projection almost equals 2023’s record...
Aussie agriculture, fisheries and forestry production value will reach an unprecedented A$106.4 billion ($69.66 billion) in 2025-26, courtesy robust wheat and livestock sectors. According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), solo agricultural output will reach A$99.5 billion ($65.1 billion). The ABARES’ executive director Dr. Jared Greenville said the winning...
It’s strawberry harvest season in Egypt, whose start a fortnight earlier in November has occasioned glut and prompted additional fresh cargo flights. Some traders have cited that their production in 2025 has increased by 50% year-on-year, pressuring market prices. The surplus is headed for Europe – and Egypt is turning to extra charter flights and extending...
Lobstermen in Southwest Nova Scotia cast their gear into waters on ‘Dumping Day’ November 24, 2025, ushering a six-month lobster trapping season. By the time the exciting ‘day 1’ was nearing its climax at midnight, fishers were busy hauling in their initial catch. This winter lobstering marathon is taking place in Lobster Fishing Areas (LFA) 33...
Prices of wheat in the European Union (EU) dipped to near-October lows on November 27, 2025 from surplus and the U.S.’ Thanksgiving holiday. Futures at Euronext in Paris rated down to 190.5 euro ($220.9) a tonne in evening contracts on the 26th, per the BRecorder. This way they almost echoed the low of 189.75 euro ($217.4)/tonne of...
India projects a 1% increase in kharif (autumn) rice output for the harvest that began October – but expects dips in pulses. The national Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development released this its first of four projections on November 26, 2025. Docket minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan put rice production at 124.5 million...