Agricultural damage in southern Lebanon covers more than 56,000 hectares, equivalent to about 22.5% of the region’s farmland. The government is working on access permits, cash assistance and a $40 million World Bank project while seeking to expand agricultural exports.
Argentina's sunflower complex exported US$2,419.4 million between January and July 2026, double the year-earlier figure, according to the Argentine Agro-industrial Council. Planting intentions for 2026/27 stand at 3 million hectares, up 5.3%, while January-July crush rose 25.4% to 3.42 million tonnes.
Council for Leather Exports chairman Ramesh Kumar Juneja said India's exports of leather, footwear and allied products could reach $5.5 billion in 2026-27, up about 12% year on year, according to news agency PTI. The report does not give a base-year value, a product-wise split or destination markets.
South Korea's National Institute of Crop Science has developed sesame varieties with about three times the lignan content of conventional seed and a perilla variety with roughly 66% alpha-linolenic acid. Sesame oil exports rose 28% last year and reached $8.43 million in the first half of this year. Pilot production complexes are being set up in Andong, Jinju and Gochang ahead of commercial launches.
A prolonged dry season is depressing dairy production in Kenya and Uganda at the same time. Kenya is buying more Ugandan milk to cover a domestic supply deficit, while Jesa Farm Dairy has announced a temporary shortage of its own products on the Ugandan market.
Indian group Essar Biofuels signed a memorandum of understanding on September 11 with Côte d'Ivoire's CCAK and CEPICI for a cashew shell processing plant valued at more than $75 million. The facility would extract cashew nut shell liquid and convert it into cardanol. The project follows a near-doubling of local kernel processing, which reached about 660,000 tonnes in 2025.
The number of enterprises in Russia's dairy segment has fallen by 26.4% while profitability declines, according to the industry publication meatinfo.ru. The outlet links the contraction to a narrowing investment window and rising merger and acquisition activity across the cattle sector.
Zeit Online reports that a German tobacco tax plan would hit cigars and cigarillos, a category that has so far avoided the steepest excise increases applied to cigarettes and fine-cut tobacco. The publication says the products could become much more expensive. The rate, the tax base and the start date remain the decisive open questions for importers and specialty retailers.
Sugar-beet plantings in Veneto have dropped by 42%, according to PadovaOggi. The contraction prompted a meeting in Borgo Veneto promoted by Coldiretti Padova and sugar producer Coprob Italia Zuccheri to discuss production strategies and a relaunch plan. The 2027 sowing campaign has been set as the reference point for any recovery in area.
Ecuadorian rice shipments to Colombia reached about 41,000 metric tonnes through August after the northern land border reopened, with 20,000 tonnes dispatched in August alone. Corpcom says the final volume could exceed 45,000 tonnes against an industry target above 50,000 tonnes for the rest of the year. Colombia is running a structural shortfall, with planted area down 90,000 hectares and a deficit of 500,000 tonnes reported by Fedearroz.
Russia shipped no coking coal to Türkiye in July 2026, after 54,500 tonnes in June, according to TUIK data cited by SteelOrbis. January–July exports fell 29.9% year on year to 224,500 tonnes, cutting Russia's share of the Turkish market to about 7%. US suppliers lifted shipments 70% to 1.88 million tonnes over the same period.
India is preparing to increase purchases of Russian crude after supply from West Asia was disrupted, but the move could trigger tariffs of 100% on Indian goods from the United States, according to Indian media reports. The threat is tied to energy sourcing rather than to any dispute over market access, and it places the bilateral free trade agreement under negotiation in jeopardy.
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