How farm produce reaches market: middlemen, fair prices and supply chains.
LivestockAt a Beyond The Farmgate visit to Kepak's Merthyr Tydfil plant, processors, retailers and farmers said closer collaboration is needed, with British beef needing £6 to £6.50/kg against imports landing at about £4/kg.
CropsNASS corrected Kansas and Nebraska corn data after a processing error, raising Nebraska's September yield from 177 to 182 bushels an acre, but left its October forecast of 181.2 bushels and a 16-billion-bushel crop unchanged.
Market ManagementAgChieve founder David Drozd told a Manitoba Agriculture webinar that farmers should lock in profitable prices in steps, citing soybean bids near $16.50-$17 a bushel and $5 oat specials, and keep no more than a third of a crop sold before harvest.
AgribusinessAt the regulator's AgCon conference, Cargill and CHS voices questioned whether never-expiring contracts, round-the-clock trading and event contracts would help farmers hedge, while USDA and the CFTC signed an information-sharing agreement.
CropsAfter an August spike driven by lower output estimates, hoarding and festive demand, duty-free imports, stock limits and an earlier crush have reversed the market while cane costs keep rising.
CropsA new agriculture ministry decree fixes 31 December as the end date for zero duties on wheat, barley and corn, and freezes sunflower oil and meal duties at August levels instead of letting them float.
AgribusinessUnder trade regulation No. 16/2026, only state export enterprises with a permit may ship crude and refined palm oil from 1 January; private firms must join the cooking-oil obligation or hand over rights.
CropsThe Bharat International Rice Conference runs from 23 to 25 October with 2,038 pre-arranged business meetings and a session on whether 2027 brings a price crash or a new bull run.
LivestockAHDB expects beef output of 904,000 tonnes in 2026 and 896,000 in 2027, with prices above the five-year average, while muted demand, imports and bluetongue are the risks.
LivestockFrom 26 October the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service will publish an extra regional cash cattle report pooling Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, as negotiated cash trade has fallen below 18 percent of purchases.
Market ManagementTomatoes fell 40% to R8.97 a kilo and potatoes 23% to R63.46 a 10kg bag on heavy arrivals and weak demand, while avocados rose to R20.07 a kilo, the weekly GroundRules market update shows.
VegetablesWholesale tomatoes at Pimpalgaon APMC fell from Rs 321 to Rs 111 a 20-kg crate in a week, as heat sped up ripening and arrivals outran demand, hitting growers already facing drought and high costs.
VegetablesUSDA's Economic Research Service priced 93 fresh and processed vegetable products in 2023 and found 69 of them cost less than $1 per serving.
CropsHungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar says Zelenskiy asked Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary to allow transit of Ukrainian grain, and that Hungary would not object if cargoes only pass through.
AgrotechZema Global will carry SatYield's satellite-based, in-season yield, production and acreage estimates for the US and Brazil, giving commodity traders an independent read on crops before official figures.
Market ManagementIndia's retail inflation rose to 5.5% in September from 4.8% in August and food inflation to 7.7% from 6.0%, with onion prices up 108.1% after a smaller rabi crop, Crisil Intelligence says.
The October estimate of 188 bushels an acre for Nebraska drove much of the national increase and a 5% fall in corn futures; analysts want NASS to explain why irrigated fields were only 10% of the September sample.
LivestockKansas State University's Meat Demand Monitor found willingness to pay for ribeye rose to $20.71 a pound and ground beef to $12.11, while 37% of consumers said their finances were worse than a year ago.
Daily lifeCrisil Intelligence says a home-cooked vegetarian thali cost 10% more in September than a year earlier and a non-vegetarian thali 6% more, driven by onions, rice, edible oil and cooking gas, with onion prices likely to stay high into mid-October.
AgribusinessPart of a $3.2 billion National Food Security Strategy, the fund will back wholesale food terminals and regional food hubs; applications open on 14 October and close on 11 December.
AgribusinessSpeakers from the Land Bank, the wine industry, Joburg Market and a Johannesburg food store told a Future of Food Conference panel that specifications, packaging, pricing and relationships matter as much as the product.
LivestockTighter slaughter supplies are giving feedyards more leverage, and cattle sold on negotiated grids have lately fetched $2 to $3 per hundredweight more than formula sales, The Cattle Report says.
LivestockCanadian producers get a fixed price for live birds, set every eight-week cycle from production costs, while shop prices follow supply, demand and a shift in taste towards dark meat, a USDA report says.
AgribusinessThe Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell from 135 to 123, and only 48% of farmers said the country was heading in the right direction, the lowest since the question was first asked in July 2025.
AgribusinessChina's National Bureau of Statistics put 95% glyphosate technical at 27,092.9 yuan a tonne in mid-September, up 1,617.9 yuan from early in the month, pointing to tighter herbicide supply into the last quarter.
AgribusinessTractors shut a road between Portugal and Spain over diesel prices as European Commission figures show farm output prices down 5.8% year on year in the second quarter while input costs rose 4.7%.
Market ManagementThe trade ministry set crude palm oil at US$1,042.15 a tonne, up 3.44 percent, and cocoa beans at US$6,057.87, up 7.49 percent, as vegetable oil and cocoa markets tighten.
LivestockWith Australia's 205,000-tonne China quota filled in June and a 55 percent tariff now applying, talks are under way to transfer some of Uruguay's large unused 324,000-tonne allocation before the year ends.
CropsThe IFA wants the maltster to waive its €10 a tonne handling charge for 2026 after harvest prices failed to reflect higher fertiliser, fuel and labour costs; the Irish Grain Growers' Group called the prices an insult.
LivestockLower production in Spain, Greece and Ireland outweighed small gains in France and Italy, while EU exports rose 17 percent with Algeria the main buyer and imports from New Zealand held steady.
CropsUSDA data show 528 million bushels of corn used for alcohol and other products and 210 million bushels of soybeans crushed in August, both up on a year earlier.
CropsWith only 3 percent of Iowa's soybeans harvested by 27 September against a 17 percent average, processors brought in beans by rail and Bunge's Council Bluffs plant bid $1 over futures for prompt delivery.
LivestockAn AFBF Market Intel analysis finds the US herd 2 percent smaller at 74.3 million head, yet heavier hogs keep pork output up while exports soften, cold stocks rise 12 percent and feed costs are set to climb.
Market ManagementNational average loan rates rise to 24.00 cents a pound for raw cane sugar and 32.77 cents for refined beet sugar, and the fiscal 2027 marketing allotment is set at 85 percent of forecast US consumption.
Market ManagementThe FAO Food Price Index averaged 136.0 points in September, up 1.5 percent on August, as cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices climbed while FAO cut its forecast for world cereal output and trade.
AgribusinessWith on-highway diesel at a national average of $6.38 a gallon and farm diesel near $6 in the Corn Belt, the American Farm Bureau Federation wants the federal highway diesel tax suspended during harvest.
