Ukraine will walk the line of agricultural export controls as a future European Union (EU) member but will limit exports, says an official. The country applied for EU membership on February 28, 2022, just after invasion by Russia amid trans-European grain shipment huddles. According to Andrei Dikun of the Ukrainian Agri Council, the nation will limit...
Agricultural give-outs by the European Union (EU) have clouded Greece’s livestock farming after the prosecution of 100 agricultural subsidy fraud suspects. According to Politico, these recipients of one of the most important farmer support funds by the EU got it fraudulently. Prosecutors had by end February handed the mainly Cretan suspects some 2.9 million euros ($3.5...
Farmers on the West Bank produced $184 million of lucrative olive oil in the October 2024 harvest despite the war cloud. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Palestine, the olive oil volume hit 27,300 kilo-liters (KL) against an expectation of 18,000 Kl. This surprise rally owes to farm input by 200,000 Palestinian workers whom Israel expelled at the...
The reopening of the Mexico border to allow cattle in after a late 2024 screwworm-related closure has not cooled uptick U.S.’ beef prices. According to USA Today, end 2024’s prices increased more than ever since 2019, onto record January 2025 rates. Sirloin steak cuts ramped up $3 to the pound in five years, to settle at...
After continuous decline due to good supply and low quotations, world sugar prices are now being hampered by cheap crude oil. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil on March 5, 2025 slid to $67.66 a barrel, undercutting ethanol rates and in turn sugar prices. Whenever crude oil gets cheap, ethanol from cane also loses price. Millers relax ethanol...
Mass fish deaths on the Tasmania coastline in south Australia have made consumers wary of this beloved source of especially Aussie salmon. The question is whether some of the fish dying from antibiotics and other beach waste are ending up onto plates. And in case they are, consumers face a tough decision as Australia imports very little...
A decrease in American lobster catches since 2021 due to migration to colder northern habitats has defined the industry’s perseverance. The shrinking population is a blessing in disguise for Canada, where lobster are heading away from warming northeast U.S.’ waters. Such wholesale migrations have cost Maine alone some 25 million pounds in total catches in...
China’s Finance Ministry has hit American goods with 10-15% tariffs, effective March 10, 2025 as a new trade war takes shape. Cotton and chicken imports from the United States will face 15% duty while soybeans will court 10%. This comes as a response to President Trump’s recent doubling of tariffs on goods from China to 20%,...
East China’s Zhejiang tea harvest is back March 2025 as farmers around Qiandao Lake in Chun’an county pick their first buds. The lake side area is a conducive plantation crop haven for it enjoys a lush forestry belt, reports CGTN. Here, smallholder tea estates thrive undisturbed by other crops except vegetables, making its tea uniquely flavored....
Governmental grants, expertise and a dynamic dietary culture are slowly but surely turning mushroom production in Zambia into an economic miracle. IPP Media reports that the pioneering efforts of a middle-aged woman, Tomaida Ziwa, have paid off with a maturing market. The 55-year old Ziwa helped capture the imagination of Zambians on the palatability of some...