One of the biggest federal slaughterhouses, Tyson’s Beef has announced an upcoming closure of a Nebraska supply plant and potentially another in Texas. The move could slash U.S.’ beef output by at least 7-9% – and it is already creating market uncertainty. The announcement on November 21, 2025 continues to draw shock reactions from the...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Morocco presented the 2024 Industry Barometer October 30, 2025, revealing 0.8% agri-food sector’s annual growth. That the sector appreciated that much was significant because 2024 was economically challenging to the food industry in the Maghreb. The relatively new Barometer that began in 2022 is a key source of...
The Associación de Productores y Exportadores de Mangos (APEM) of Peru has cited international market trends as the main determinant of export rates. The APEM chose clarification to root out speculation that producers and exporters have reached a price agreement. According to an Agraria news report on November 21, 2025, the APEM stated that exporters...
Zimbabwe’s January-September 2025 berry export returns grew by 34% annually from robust prices and increasing market access, per the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. The export value rose to US$10.4 million from the US$7.79 million of the corresponding first nine months of 2024. Bringing a manifold improvement to the returns were uptick export rates, which appreciated by 13%...
A court has ruled that the lobster industry of Maine must keep using electronic trackers aboard fishing vessels despite staging lengthy resistance. The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Ma., ruled in favor of the tracking regulation on November 19, 2025. Since December 15, 2023, Mainers have been using electronic trackers on their boats...
A renewal in rice imports from neighbors amid slowing food inflation has reestablished low prices for the staple in Nigeria. After years of cross-border import ban, the government recently allowed back purchases of the grain from regional origins. One of these sources is Benin, whose surplus supplies are currently smuggling into Nigeria, further cheapening the cereal. According to Palash...
Mandarins fanned 2025’s annual citrus export growth for South Africa despite not benefiting from the U.S.’ tariff exemption that favored oranges. Annual export data ending October 2025 shows that the fruit recorded one of the fastest growth rates among national citrus export categories. On November 10, 2025, the Citrus Growers Association (CGA) reported that mandarin exports totaled...
Fishers and coastal politicians in North Carolina (NC) have rallied against a proposal to limit blue crab harvest under Amendment 3. This is happening just before the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) meets to discuss the issue on November 19-20, 2025. A group consisting of county commissioners from at least 15 coastal counties has been opposing...
The first World Agricultural Supply & Demand (WASDE) report since September dethroned wheat grain market prices and improved corn ones, starting November 14, 2025. It was a baffling report because the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released it without issuing the shutdown-affected October WASDE for comparison. In the report, most grains stayed put in supply and consumption...
The International Sugar Organization (ISO) on November 17, 2025 sharply up-revised 2025-26 global sugar output forecast from deficit to surplus, undercutting market prices. According to this initial revision for the 2025-26 marketing year, the world will have a surplus totaling 1.625 million tonnes. This sharply contrasts 2024-25’s output, whose latest deficit has halved from 4.879...