Commercial harvest returns for three salmon species on the Prince William Sound (PWS) in southern Alaska has ended 3% below the decade’s parity. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADFG) reported on November 4 that Alaska cumulatively landed 194.8 million salmon, up 88% annually. This figure updated an earlier September 2025 preliminary landings’ data, then at 185 million fish. Some...
Citrus exports by South Africa rise 22% before tariff effect
Robust international demand, efficient logistics and novel varieties helped South Africa up citrus exports by 22% year-on-year by October 2025. The opportune sales did not absorb the U.S.’ tariff effect, however, according to the Citrus Growers Association (CGA) on November 10, 2025. The CGA recorded shipments at 203.4 million 15-kg cartons in 2025, which topped 2024’s 165 million cartons. Conversely,...
Robusta Vietnam experiences minor price contraction as delayed harvest gains
Days after Typhoon Kalmaegi rushed through coffee fields in Vietnam with no significant toll, Robusta (Coffea canefora) prices are in minor retreat. According to the Tin Túc Nong Nghiep, both farm-gate rates and international futures are recently down by 300 dong ($0.01) a kg. Robusta futures at the London exchange for January 2026 deliveries contracted by 0.10% session-to-session, to $4,618 a...
FFPI slides consecutively October 2025 – with sugar plunging 5.3%
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) marked its second back-to-back monthly decrease by 1.6% this October, with sugar the most deflationary. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 7, 2025, the FFPI touched 126.4 points, 2.1 points below September’s final. All categories weakened excepting vegetable oil which increased by 1.5 points or 0.9% month-on-month, to 169.4 points....
Florida seeks exemption permit to extend Atlantic red snapper season
As recreational red snapper fishers launch onto Florida’s Gulf fishery this Veteran’s Day, their state is applying to fully access federal waters on the Atlantic. Governor Ron DeSantis helped on November 10, 2025 by backing the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)’s “Exempted Fishing Permit” application. A successful request will enable Florida gain management rights for the species over the Atlantic fishery,...
China makes trade comeback for wheat, sorghum from the United States
After a year’s silence, China has resumed wheat and sorghum shipments from the United States in a significant trade-patching move. Following a 12 million-tonne soybean import deal for 2025, Beijing now promises to buy 120,000 tonnes of soft and spring wheat. The last official wheat trade between the two took place in October 2024, per Reuters. This was after a glut 2024-25 wheat...
Ceres leads a phenomenal South Africa sweet cherry varietal harvest
Ceres in the mountainous Koue Bokkeveld in Western Cape is leading 2025’s production campaign for sweet cherry (Prunus avium) cultivars in South Africa. According to Saffarazzi, industry marketing leader Tru-Cape expects a 5 to 7% bigger crop than the frost-hit 2024 equivalent. Soluble sugar levels are also up at 25º Brix, above other years when levels oscillated between 18 and 22º. The current...
The Vietnam blue swimming crab export returns up 1%, courtesy Western markets
Vietnam has reaped a January-September 2025 blue swimming crab export growth of 1% year-on-year (y-o-y), thanks to Western markets. According to Seafood Vietnam, the year’s initial 9 months brought $58 million from exports, a slight recovery from Q3, 2024. The European Union (EU) and the United States both upped their purchases., countering import growth cuts in virtually all major Asian...
The Philippines contemplates value chain fairness via onion and pork msrp
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) is mulling a maximum suggested retail price (msrp) for pork and onion sales to redeem value chain fairness. According to the Secretary of Agriculture Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., in a passing interview on November 6, 2025, both items currently enjoy overpricing. Despite the government extending a 50,000-tonne onion import window to January 2026 to increase supplies,...
Traceability system throws lifeline to pricey red meat in South Africa
South Africa on June 4, 2025 launched the second leg of the Red Meat Information System (RMIS) Traceability Platform, in the face of smashing prices. The Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen directed the re-launch to hone sales’ accountability in the country’s meat sector. Ranchers, butchers, processing plants, logistic companies and markets will all be pooling retail chain details on the...