Rooibos love is drifting into the Far-East, helping make this specialty tea represent a third of all niche exports from South Africa. In late August 2025, producers of this caffeine-free cultivar vowed to up exports to Japan to stem the 30% U.S.’ tariffs. The United States ranks fifth among SA’s export destinations for this tea at nearly...
In the week ending August 24, 2025, Malaysia maximized on gaining palm oil prices before their eventual fall on the 25th. According to the government, the biofuel hub exploited rates at between 4,200 and 4500 ringgits ($997.50-1,068) a tonne while they lasted. An accessory driver for the short-lived price spurt was the sudden imposation of 85% tariffs by...
As of August 21, 2025, producers in California were halfway through their processing tomato harvest and expecting gains in coming weeks. The state’s Processing Tomato Advisory Board (PTAB) recorded 846,707 tonnes in deliveries in the just ended 8th harvest week. By the 9th week on August 28, deliveries will apparently hit 845,278 tonnes, bringing the provisional tally to 5,300,269...
In 2024, Peru dispatched its conventional and organic coffees to 91 international markets, reports the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa). According to Gestion, 193,212 tonnes of Senasa-certified green coffee permeated over 60 world markets. Four traditional powerhouse destinations, namely the U.S., Germany, Belgium and Canada amassed 63.1% of all dispatches. Leading the production kill were four...
As the u-pick season in Michigan heats up, families are visiting greenhouses and fields to harvest summer flowers at accessible rates. Given Michigan’s status as the second most agriculturally diverse and third biggest floriculture state, pickers expect quality blooms. This is true of Novi-based MSU Tollgate Farm & Education Center, which is training harvesters on...
The 2025 summer was lackluster for Atlantic lobster, especially in Maine where landings declined annually by 37.8%, January through July. Data by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) via Expana Markets shows January-July catches in Maine reached 15.5 million pounds. This lowest quantity since 2012 is not getting relief either by imports or exports in the...
Before reigning climate vagaries, the majestic mountains-fronting Sumadija and Western Serbia region has been the raspberry capital of the Balkans. Here, cities like Arilje mushroomed and turned mega in the 1970s due to the boom of the red raspberry variety. Mainly frozen and semi-processed fruits have historically helped make Serbia a major exporter of the...
Traded sugar in the United States and the UK posted slim price gains on August 19, 2025, with raw cane futures up 0.37%, day-on-day. The brief rally followed cane yield fall news in Brazil. Mirroring New York’s raw cane sugar or #11 was London’s white sugar or #5, which edged up 0.23% on the 19th. Even though...
Farmers in Ghana are half-heartedly acclimatizing to new farm-gate cocoa rates despite receiving a 4% annual raise for the 2025-26 season. The Cocoa Board of Ghana (Cocobod) announced the price at 51,660 cedi ($4,784) a tonne on August 4 amid high expectations. But the positive welcome soured, as new nominal price of 3,228 cedi ($294.72) per 64 kg falls...
India’s 2025 sowed kharif (autumn) crop area has increased to 103,981,000 hectares (ha), up 4% year-on-year (y-o-y). According to an August 15, 2025 release by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, 2025 has 3,739,000 ha above 2024’s. Coarse cereals registered robust plantings at 18,234,000 ha, a modest yearly growth by 912,000 ha. Maize drove these slim...