Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk said the country's agricultural land covers about 10.5 million feddans against a crop area of roughly 17.5 million, according to Youm7. Domestic wheat delivered to the Ministry of Supply has passed 5 million tonnes and imports are down about 10%, while sugar has reached self-sufficiency with a surplus available.
Tunisia’s cattle herd fell by about 26% between 2013 and 2025 as drought, expensive feed and weak farm economics weighed on milk production. Industry proposals include an early-warning index, water-efficient farms and a national development strategy through 2030.
Moroccan agricultural products are facing mounting pressure in the Spanish market, with calls for a consumer boycott and the interception of Moroccan trucks, the Moroccan outlet Attasiaa reported. Growers are asking for protection for their shipments. The report does not quantify the volumes or number of vehicles involved.
Petronas subsidiary PETCO Trading (UK) Limited will supply Metlen with six LNG cargoes annually from 2027. The five-year agreement covers about 0.6 billion cubic metres a year and supports Greece’s role in Southeast European gas markets.
Singapore-based Olam Agri has launched Tru-Value, its first cattle feed range in Nigeria, with three products for fattening, finishing and milk production. The move extends a feed business that already runs 800,000 tonnes of poultry feed and more than 150,000 tonnes of fish feed capacity in Kwara State. Nigeria's Livestock Master Plan 2026-2040 puts the national dry matter shortfall at 8.33% of requirements.
Ivanhoe Mines says major US technology groups are discussing future copper supplies and possible financing for its Western Forelands project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The talks remain preliminary, but they show how data-center demand could bring technology buyers closer to mine development.
Italy's separated collection of plastic packaging could stop because storage sites are full in many regions and recycled material is not finding buyers, the consortium Corepla warned in comments reported by la Repubblica. Its president said importing the material from Asia costs less than recycling it. The build-up of baled plastic also raises the risk of toxic fires.
Ukrainian retail sunflower oil prices could decline with a lag of up to three months if restricted exports continue to depress domestic seed prices. The potential benefit for consumers comes at the cost of lower revenue for farmers unable to move supplies through blocked seaports.
Peru shipped $790 million of table grapes between January and June 2026, more than 17 percent above the same period a year earlier, according to MIDAGRI figures reported by FreshFruitPortal. The United States took $446 million of that total, while volumes to the US held flat at 275,000 metric tons. China, Israel, Taiwan, Greece, Ireland, Lebanon and Cambodia appear as destinations with no recorded shipments in the 2025 period.
The prevention measures section of the Milan tribunal has placed Corepla, Italy's national plastic packaging consortium, under judicial administration for one year for failing to prevent illegal waste handling by contractor Synextra. Prosecutors allege Synextra mishandled at least 240,000 tonnes of plastic-matrix waste in 2023-2025 for a gain of at least €58.3 million. Corepla is not itself under criminal investigation.
The European Parliament's vote on the new structure of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism removed a clause allowing temporary suspension of the scheme during severe market disruption. Coldiretti Puglia calls the deletion a betrayal of farmers, citing urea prices up almost 56% to €70 per 100 kg and phosphates above €100. Copper and sulphur costs have risen more than 30%, with further increases expected.
Domestically produced medicines account for 74% of the drugs registered in Russia since 2024, according to a presentation by the Russian health minister reported by TASS from Yekaterinburg on 16 September. The figure describes the flow of new approvals rather than the whole state register or market value, and the report gave no absolute registration count or therapeutic breakdown.
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