Bosnia and Herzegovina has restarted chicken meat exports to the European Union after a four-month suspension tied to avian influenza. Producers extended fattening cycles and processors froze stock during the ban, but the sector kept its supply chain intact and preserved its EU market access.
Mexico plans to export 1.2 million tonnes of sugar to the United States in an effort to reduce domestic oversupply and support cane prices. The measure, announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum, comes as the Mexican sugar industry faces what Milenio describes as its worst crisis in three decades.
EU cattle slaughter weight fell 2% year on year in the first four months of 2026, while beef exports outside the bloc dropped 8% to their lowest level since 2013. Bank Pekao analysts expect constrained supply to limit price declines despite weaker Chinese demand and growing global competition.
Malteurop will close its Marton malt mill at the end of September, affecting 14 workers and a facility linked to about 70% of New Zealand’s malt market. Local competitor Gladfield expects opportunities for domestic supply but says the country will become more reliant on imported malt.
Russia’s Agriculture Ministry has increased the permitted volume of fresh or chilled tomato imports from Turkey by 100,000 tonnes to a cumulative 600,000 tonnes. The order retains an annual limit of 20,000 tonnes, constraining how quickly Turkish suppliers can use the expanded quota.
Livestock sales through intermediaries to Uzbekistan are reducing fresh meat supplies in Turkmenistan, according to the Chronicle of Turkmenistan. Bone-in beef rose to 135 manats per kilogram in May, while restaurants and processors are increasingly turning to chicken and imported frozen block meat.
Russia exported 49 million tonnes of wheat in the 2025/26 agricultural year, according to Russian Grain Union monitoring reported by Finmarket. Shipments increased by 3.5% from 47.4 million tonnes in the previous season.
Actibio has recalled French-origin golden flaxseed sold in bulk after tests found hydrocyanic acid above permitted limits. The recall covers products marketed across France between April 7 and July 10, 2026, in 5 kg and 25 kg bags supplied to wholesalers and specialist stores.
The upper price for freely traded processing potatoes in the Netherlands rose from €2 to €15 per 100 kg in one week as drought and heat weakened crop prospects. The main harvest from late August will determine whether the increase affects European processors and retail prices for fries and frozen products.
A study cited by Globo Rural finds that El Niño could produce a grain oversupply in Latin America. Data from earlier El Niño episodes show Brazilian harvests running above their five-year trend, framing the phenomenon as a forward-looking supply risk for global markets.
India exported about 470,000 tonnes of fertilizer in fiscal 2025-26, up from 310,000 tonnes in 2023-24. Brazil absorbed most of the growth, although India’s fertilizer imports remained vastly larger than its exports.
SovEcon lowered its forecast for Russia’s 2026 wheat harvest by 600,000 tonnes to 88.3 million tonnes, citing weaker prospects in southern regions and reduced spring wheat sowing. Higher barley and corn projections left the total grain and pulse forecast broadly stable at 135.3 million tonnes.
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