Vietnam is making headway to ending Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing inside and beyond its sovereign waters. During a stakeholder meeting with PM Pham Minh Chinh on October 21, 2025, it emerged that 8 out of 21 urgent assignments had succeeded. The PM had on October 14 assigned all 21 coastal provinces these tasks,...
Industry stakeholders from over 60 nations including keynote New Zealand are observing the World Dairy Summit in Santiago, Chile, on October 20-23, 2025. This year’s theme is “nourishing a sustainable world” with particular emphasis on facilitating technology. The International Dairy Federation (IDF) via its president Gilles Froment says the 2025 schedule incorporates a program showcasing...
Farmers in Dijanpur, northern Bangladesh are sowing early potatoes, with seeds extremely cheap but fertilizer rates up due to syndication. Despite enjoying a fraction of potato seed costs afloat ongoing national potato price slump, growers are courting currently dear fertilizer. By October 19, 2025, TSP and Urea were costing 1,350 Taka ($11.06) apiece, versus the government’s 1,250...
Days after hinting at a “deal” to reduce runaway beef prices, President Donald Trump of the United States on October 19, 2025 suggested economical sourcing from Argentina. According to the Associated Press, the president said aboard Airforce One in Florida that “we would buy some beef from Argentina.” The suggestive remark qualified his earlier “deal”...
Vietnam is slowly but surely tilting its rice export axis to West Africa where trade is stable amid waning demand in southeast Asia. Turning the spoke is the indefinite import moratorium by Vietnam’s biggest rice trade partner, the Philippines, in September 2025. According to Customs, rice dispatches to Manila this September slumped by 93.3% while the value...
The Suez Canal Economic Zone and Infinity Fabric on October 15, 2025 proposed a $15-million textile production facility at Ain Sokhna in Egypt. Occupying 2.4 hectares of land near the Red Sea, the factory will churn out 6,000 tonnes of yarn and 15,000 tonnes of fabric annually. Upon completion in quarter 3, 2026, the plant will prioritize...
The European Commission’s smoked salmon stiffening duration rule lost to processors via Mowi Poland on October 14, 2025, at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The CJEU ruled that the Commission did not back its claim with enough science to warrant a stiffening limit of 96 hours. Stiffening is a freezing method...
The state of Kerala in southern India is creating efficiency in paddy fields one step at a time through drone farming. According to Manorama Online on October 15, 2025, farmers are spraying, applying fertilizer and plowing in a fraction of traditional duration. One such farmer in Malikkayal, Kottayam district employed a drone carrying 50 kg of fertilizer...
The U.S.’ crustacean summer may be gone but the spiny lobster season in San Diego, south California has just begun with weekend giveaways. In the October 12, 2025 weekend, Catalina Offshore company slashed a whopping 66.7% off its usual retail cost for the crustacean. The company’s $11.99 a pound (lb) two-day sale fast depleted the...
Senegal on October 12, 2025 signed an agricultural development deal with Japan, strengthening PM Ousmane Sonko’s aim in achieving food sovereignty by 2027. The agreement will channel 13.48 billion West African CFA Francs ($24 million) into agriculture and vocational training. According to the Ministry of Economy, Planning & Cooperation, an 892.8-million CFA Francs ($1.58 million)...