Southern Thailand faces a shortage of black glutinous rice as domestic production fails to meet demand from traditional-dessert makers. Mills are proposing additional imports from Vietnam and greater cultivation in southern provinces, while northern Luem Pua rice has risen to 60-70 baht per kilogram.
Paradise Foods expects upgraded machinery at its Queen Emma Chocolate factory in Port Moresby to double output. The investment is intended to keep more cocoa processing value inside Papua New Guinea while connecting Sepik farmers with a domestic buyer for higher-quality beans.
Saudi Arabia's Qassim region produced 584,127.80 tonnes of dates from 10,867,246 palm trees held across 13,403 agricultural holdings, according to National Center for Palms and Dates data cited by Sabq and Al-Weeam. Eight seasonal date destinations organise the marketing of the crop under a platform run with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture. No export volumes, prices or year-on-year comparisons were published.
Czarnikow is set to raise its Brazil Center-South sugar crop forecast to as much as 39.5 million tonnes, Forbes Brasil reports. Recovering international prices are encouraging mills to allocate more sugarcane to sugar instead of ethanol.
Abiove raised Brazil’s 2026 soymeal export forecast by 400,000 tonnes to a record 25.3 million tonnes, citing solid foreign demand. Record crushing and meal production are expected to support both an 8.7% increase in exports and higher domestic consumption.
Gold briefly exceeded $4,500 an ounce after the US Treasury announced larger buybacks of long-dated government debt. Panorama reports that lower Treasury yields and a weaker dollar renewed international demand for bullion.
Indian companies face a dual challenge from tighter access to Chinese business visas and stronger Chinese demand for Russian crude, Navbharat Times reports. The pressures affect business travel, supply-chain coordination and competition for oil available to Indian refiners.
Kenya’s Cereal Growers Association says inefficient markets, limited investment and weak farm support are increasing the risk of a food crisis. The group also highlighted maize aflatoxin contamination, with some cereal samples reaching 500 parts per billion against a legal limit of 10.
Seven Turkish companies are preparing to invest a combined $150 million in factories in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone. The proposed projects cover yarn, weaving, garments and automotive spare parts, adding to Turkish investments in Egypt already valued at more than $3 billion.
Brazil’s sugarcane harvest is forecast to reach 705.2 million tonnes in 2026/27, up 4.7% from the previous season. Conab expects record ethanol production but a 2.9% decline in sugar output.
Thailand’s prime minister has discussed connecting local agricultural products and fruit with T&G Global’s international distribution network. The initiative also seeks to apply the New Zealand company’s horticultural expertise and develop Thailand as a distribution hub for ASEAN produce.
Vietnam’s MXV-Index rose 2.13% to 2,869 points on August 17 as renewed Chinese demand supported US soybeans and ICE Arabica inventories fell for a 40th consecutive session. Soybean products accounted for about 23% of total trading value, while coffee represented more than 67% of industrial raw-material turnover.
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