Illinois is not too sweet on sweet corn, which it allocates just 8,000 acres out of 11 million acres of field corn. But one family farm is tipping acreage scales for this cuisine variety with a 25% statewide share. According to WQAD8 ABC on August 7, 2025, Neumiller Farms in Carroll County in northwestern Illinois boasts 2,000 sweet corn acres. Upon harvest,...
Ag tariffs call into India at 50% athwart booming trade
India on August 6, 2025 earned 50% U.S.’ import tariffs after rejecting a promising deal in the interest of Ag and dairy. The two sub-sectors are currently on course to registering a bumper trade year with the United States. President Donald Trump of the United States pegged the decision to India’s oil imports from Russia and traditionally high duties. If the tariff...
Stone fruits from South Africa to accost China in coming seasons
South Africa is aggressively targeting a China entry for local stone fruits by the export season beginning from October 2025, onward. According to Grond tot Mond on August 5, 2025, bilateral talks are ongoing for shipping peaches, nectarines and plums. After visiting China in end July 2025, South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen came back with high hopes. He stated that...
Aussie red meat earns supermarket bias over U.S.’ imports
Homegrown red meat remains unwaveringly popular to Aussie supermarket chains despite recent biosecurity allowances for beef imports from the United States. According to Sky News Australia on August 5,2025, even McDonald’s with its Western links confirms it will prioritize Down Under supplies. Golden Arches, an imprint of McDonald’s, serves 80 million kg of beef annually across Australia. For it, this is all...
Orange juice prices tumble and fall in the United States
Tariff exemptions have sent prices of orange juice crumbling in markets amid new fruit sugar content regulations in the United States. In cash markets, traders on August 6, 2025 had quotations maximizing at $2.3595 a pound, a US¢0.65 daily loss. On the 5th, futures had recorded a slim daily contraction by -0.27% to $2.36 a pound and then $2.34 on the 6th. The unit value...
The Nigeria sugar industry tests a compelling self-sufficiency plan
Nigeria on August 5, 2025 began exploring sugar production self-sufficiency through a roadmap by the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC). Addressing a delegation from the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), the NSDC’s Executive Secretary Kamar Bakrin tabled several remedies to revamp output. The first of these is to unlock production potential via private investments in 150,000 hectares (ha) of...
Commercial lobstering in Florida follows narrowly on mini-season
Florida will flag off its commercial spiny lobstering season on August 6, 2025, a week after the mini-season ended. This is unlike 2024 when the two seasons had a nearly two-week gap. Regulations remain similar to those of the 2024 calendar run in the ensuing eight lobstering months, till March 31, 2026. Size limits are minimum 3 inches carapace length for...
Tuna fisheries in Malaysia regulate international boats with e-PSM system
Malaysia on August 2, 2025 unveiled the electronic-Port State Measures (e-PSM) system to monitor foreign tuna fishers in its marine fisheries. This system adheres to the world’s Fisheries Act of 1985 that regulates illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) commercial fishing. The rule comes despite the fact that the Southeast Asia country has not ratified the international Port State Measures Agreement. According...
Camels milk in Somalia makes a splash in retail chains
Home processing of camels’ milk is turning a page for Somalia courtesy of pioneer yogurt plants supplying supermarkets in Mogadishu. According to the Associated Press on August 3, 2025, Beder Camel Farm has created the first niche yogurt dairy in the country. Hitherto, milk from the humped animals rarely trickled out to cold storage retailers due to a low national processing profile....
The Angola corn, soy sectors cut new swathes via foreign investment
Angola in July 2025 welcomed successive corn/maize (Zea mays) and soybean investments across 130,000 acres by two companies from China. According to Bloomberg, Citic Construction Co. will invest $250 million in cereal/oilseed cultivation on 100,000 acres of land, up to 2030. The trailblazing Sinohydro company also inked a $100-million contract to construct a large grain corridor, 60% of whose output for export...