VegetablesSophy Litshani Musabeni of Vhegies, which supplies about 235 Shoprite and Checkers stores, won R100,000 to bring a new farm into production and is eyeing baby marrow sales to Germany.
CropsCommission Regulation (EU) 2026/2289, published on 16 October and in force about 5 November, changes the legal ceilings that food sold in the EU, home-grown or imported, must meet.
CropsBioPower Energy signed a memorandum with the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council to source half to all of its feedstock from US suppliers, with a floor of 1 million tonnes of corn a year.
AgribusinessThe Philippine Department of Agriculture has produced 420,000 ube setts and needs 1.4 million more by December under a buyer-led plan, with 100 hectares targeted in Isabela and 500 by 2028.
LivestockUS pork exports were 222,243 tonnes in August, worth $606.3 million, as Mexico produced more of its own; Central America, Colombia and the Caribbean are on track for record years.
MLA's Michael Crowley and analyst Simon Quilty told about 200 producers in north-west Queensland that strong overseas demand and shrinking herds should support Australian beef returns for two to three years.
AgribusinessGovernment sources estimate that turning half of the roughly 3 million tonnes of jute sticks produced each year into charcoal would yield 250,000 tonnes and large export earnings; producers in the industry, begun in 2012, want a dedicated policy.
LivestockAt a World's Poultry Science Association Bangladesh seminar, speakers said breeder farms lost about Tk 1,706 crore in 20 months while profits shifted to middlemen.
AgribusinessTextiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said raw jute worth about $1,200 a tonne could fetch $2,400 to $2,500 as packaging and $4,000 to $5,000 as blended fibre, as a permanent JDPC showroom opened in Dhaka.
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.
Market ManagementThe European Commission says the EU's agri-food trade surplus reached €30.1 billion in January to July 2026, €2.9 billion more than a year earlier, as imports fell faster than exports.
VegetablesIreland has fewer, larger mushroom farms but production has stayed level for five years, the agriculture department told the Dáil, with 80-85% of the crop exported to the UK.
Sharabangla Down Products in Akkelpur, Joypurhat, collects about 22 tonnes of duck feathers a month from across Bangladesh and ships processed down and feather to China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
