As the southern summer planting season in South Africa for maize, soy and sunflower gets underway, a robust 2025-26 canola harvest is nearing. This November, Western Cape where the relatively new crop thrives, will be painted a golden sepia by the ripening oilseed. According to economist Wandile Sihlobo, production in 2025-26 could attain 311,640 tonnes, 7%...
Increasing availability of cattle for sale dipped prices in the U.S. for the week ending October 4, 2025 (week 40) by $5 per hundredweight (cwt). According to the Watertown Daily Times on October 6, cattle prices were down from summer highs, buoyed by a weekly hike in available count. There were 555,000 head for sale or 3,000 higher than...
Shipments of prepared palm hearts from Peru rose to approximately 3,273.5 tonnes in the January-August 2025 period. This marked a 25% increase year-on-year (y-o-y) despite gaining vegan cuisine at home. According to Agraria, quoting an Agrodata report of October 2, 2025, the exports earned the country a free-on-board value of US$9.667 million. The dispatches overtook January-August 2024’s...
The government of the United States was having a shutdown of key services starting October 1, 2025, testing payments at peak fall harvest. Lapses in governmental funding preempt temporary closures of select services, including those by important agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA processes farmers’ harvest payments for crops it directly...
The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) has brought relief by delaying the enactment of rope-less lobster fishing regulations in Maine’s federal waters. According to the council on September 25, 2025, the decision allows lobstermen to continue using their current roped traps or pots. Local congressman Jared Golden had beforehand on September 23 persuaded the...
A mega agro-industrial plant for processing cassava, rice and maize is beginning in western the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The joint public-private project got clearance on October 1, 2025 at Mbanza-Ngungu, Kongo Central province, costing $1 billion. With a land lease for 99 years, the plant will cover 104,000 hectares with an annual output of...
Drastically declining cattle inventories have made ground beef retail prices in the U.S. 13% dearer August 2025 than a year back. This is according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report. By August, prices of steak and minced beef had surged by 16.6% and 12.8%, respectively, year-on-year (y-o-y). The two figures excel the annual inflation climbs...
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Safety Authority (ADAFSA) on September 30, 2025 banned cryptocurrency mining activities on farm land. All services that ADAFSA extends to farms in the UAE capital will cease for unheeding landlords, alongside a 100,000-dirham ($27,230) fine. Landowners or tenants that continue the activity will suffer confiscation of their cryptocurrency hardware and...
The first beet deliveries for the 2025-26 UK sugar processing campaign have reached a newly revamped sustainability factory at Newark, east-central England. According to the Newark Advertiser, initial beets arrived on September 30, 2025 at the upgraded £1-million ($1.347 million) eco-friendly premises. After belatedly closing the 2024-25 season in March, the factory is readying for another annual sugar...
Soy farmers in the American Midwest are experiencing softened prices due to a China boycott that has sent ripple effects globally. As of September 29, 2025, cash prices at the U.S. CmdtyView were US¢3.5 down day-on-day, to $9.34 1/4 a bushel. The prices faltered after a brief rally occasioned by a diplomatic call between President Trump of the United...