Plant Quarantine Authorities in Egypt and the Dominican Republic have okayed the export of citrus fruits from Egypt to the Caribbean nation. Approval followed satisfactory inspections by a Dominican Republic phytosanitary delegation to Cairo in November 2025. The two nations would then on January 12 officially push back the new export calendar to January 1,...
The high proposed 2026 agriculture budget in the Philippines will leverage market access, boost farmers’ income and lower food prices. Lawmakers are already hailing the 214.39-billion peso ($3.65 billion) budget proposal for the Department of Agriculture (DA) as historic. Senator Francis Pangilinan called the allocation the biggest since 2010, per a Phil News report on December 21,...
Lobstermen in Southwest Nova Scotia cast their gear into waters on ‘Dumping Day’ November 24, 2025, ushering a six-month lobster trapping season. By the time the exciting ‘day 1’ was nearing its climax at midnight, fishers were busy hauling in their initial catch. This winter lobstering marathon is taking place in Lobster Fishing Areas (LFA) 33...
Eager to recover 1980s’ glory, pineapple exporters in Fiji are staging a comeback to the New Zealand market via a gaining cultivar. On November 19, 2025, the country shipped a 3-tonne trial cargo of popular Ripley Queen pineapple to Auckland. Coordinating the breakthrough was the Minister of Agriculture and Waterways Tomasi Tunabuna who praised the...
Commercial and recreational blue crab fishers in South Carolina (SC) are taking in their stride new conservation rules limiting daily catches from fisheries. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) implemented the rules on July 1, 2025, a year after passing the law. This follows a 2021 report that recorded the lowest blue crab stock in...
A survey shows that two-thirds of consumers in the Netherlands overlook legumes as meat substitutes, Nieuweoogst reported on July 11, 2024. The 2023 survey by vegetable and legume processor, HAK, paints a poor attitude by the Dutch towards plant-based protein foods. Nicole Freid, HAK’s MD, said during the survey reading that 67% of consumers still carry an “old-fashioned image” of...
Market prices for broccoli are steady in California markets, according to the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency’s February 12 report revealed light supplies at the Los Angeles terminal. However, prices still held at $18 per 20 pounds. Meanwhile, baby hybrid broccoli was notching higher at no more than $30 for 20-pound carton offerings. This...
Mexico’s mango farmers overcame the El Niño and drought to harvest a record 2.23 million tonnes, 0.03% more than 2022’s. The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry (Sader) stated that the momentous harvest also dwarfed that of 10 years ago by 39%. Back in 2013, the count had peaked at 1.604 million mangoes. This 2023 harvest had also...
A farm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reaped abundantly from carbon credit sales. This has happened just a few weeks after an all-out strive to phase out carbon emissions at the COP28 summit in Dubai. The “David & Goliath” farm sold 5 million Euro (AED 20.413 million) worth of carbon credits on top of agricultural produce...
Costlier than a hamburger but solid and crispier on the inside, the smashburger is trending in London and New York. In London, select food joints are selling them by the pound, halves and quarter of pound measures to satiate the population. With a pounder costing below £15 in the UK, the smashburger is relatively accessible for a beef roll,...