The Netherlands has secured mandate to export apples to China following the signing of a customs protocol dating from May 14, 2025. China’s General Administration of Customs reiterated that the protocol covers quality requirements that the European source will ably meet. The apple protocol is lookalike to the existing one that covers pear imports from the Netherlands...
A Northwest Florida bay whose oyster riches were once of fabled status could reopen in fall 2026 after a five-year closure. Once supplying 90% of oyster under consumption in Florida, Apalachicola Bay on the Gulf of Mexico closed fisheries in December 2020. The ban happened two years after Mississippi also instituted an oyster harvest moratorium that lasted...
U.S.’ grocers finally lowered the retail rates of eggs to $5.12 a dozen before the national egg day on June 3, 2025. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a good poultry market outlook has contributed to the belated decline. The report details that current average rates are $1 less than they were at their peak...
The United States on June 2, 2025 secured a $2-billion agricultural export deal with Vietnam, amid skewed bilateral trade. Vietnam’s trade delegation led by the Minister of Agriculture & Environment Do Duc Duy is currently undertaking a June 1-7 interstate tour. In its earliest tour leg, the delegation has already bagged almost $800 million...
Flailing global sugar markets rallied modestly after crude oil registered international market price gains on June 3, 2025. Brent crude oil gained by 0.651% day-on-day, to $65.44 a barrel on the 3rd. Later in the day, sugar pricing in New York and London added 0.12 and 0.59% in daily margins, respectively. After the previous day’s...
Onion prices have appreciated by 20% in Pune in the western India state of Maharashtra after heavy rains hindered market access. Ironically, the state is having a production glut that could satiate the surging monthly all-India onion demand. But this surplus is in storage rather than markets, as farmers cope with the aftermath of an...
Improved conditions of American field cereals dealt a 0.7% daily wheat price slide at the Chicago Board of Trade on June 3, 2025. The leading futures contract lost 0.7% to $5.35 1/4 a bushel on the 3rd at dawn, underpinned by good crop progress. On June 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rated spring and winter...
The pioneering Emirates Agriculture Conference & Exhibition of May 28-31, 2025 in Al Ain ended with visions of innovation and farmer empowerment. Exhibitors gained momentum from the “Plant the Emirates” greening plan by the late UAE’s leader Sh. Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan. Some 22 federal agencies, 40 private establishments and 20 startups attending the...
Wheat farmers in Argentina started planting the 2025-26 crop end May 2025, with conducive weather pointing to a record harvest next January. A May 29 report by the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BdeC) cites dry conditions in the northern and western wheat belts as sowing-friendly. BdeC projects sowing to cover 6.7 to 7.2 million hectares, which could...
South Africa is bracing for costly chicken after a Brazil origin ban has forced processors to comb for limited supplies locally. Avian flu concerns in Brazil since April 30, 2025 will affect roughly 84% of all poultry imports by South Africa. Estimates put the monthly supplies of mechanically deboned meat (MDM) and offal to be...