LPG reached 73% of surveyed rural households in the previous 90 days, but only 23% used it exclusively. Firewood remains the primary cooking fuel for half of rural households as affordability, formal access and cylinder delivery constrain sustained LPG use.
China will inspect South Korean persimmon export production areas in October, bringing the fruit closer to its first entry into the Chinese market. The agreement accompanied the first meeting of the Korea-China Agricultural Cooperation Committee in 8 years and initial quarantine talks on Jeju Korean beef.
Market surveillance authorities in six EU member states tested 21 fertilizers containing nitrification or urease inhibitors and found 14 of them, or 67 percent, non-compliant with labelling requirements. Companies have been ordered to correct the markings or produce technical documentation. The checks were part of the Commission's JACOP 2025 campaign.
German poultry consumption has risen sharply while domestic production has expanded more slowly. The industry expects the locally produced share to decline, creating additional opportunities for foreign suppliers.
Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs has launched a pilot soybean planting project on 25 hectares in Cariu District, Bogor Regency, with expansion to 100 hectares planned for 2027. Domestic production reached about 79,000 tonnes in 2025 against national demand of 2.72 million tonnes, leaving imports at roughly 95 percent of consumption. Cooperative association Gakoptindo will act as off-taker for the harvest.
Sapporo will move production of non-alcoholic beer for US consumers from Canada to the United States by the first half of 2027. The brewer is evaluating a West Coast brewery, a new facility or contract manufacturing after a 50% tariff hit Canadian-brewed beer entering the US.
Georgia’s fruit and vegetable exports to the EU rose by more than 16% to about 6,230 tonnes in the first half of 2026. Hazelnuts accounted for almost 95% of the volume, while higher prices amplified the value of shipments.
European pig markets are stabilising as temperatures fall, with German slaughterings at their highest since late June and Belgian supply recovering. Spain is still constrained by carcass weights of 84 kg, 4.2 kg below 2025, while France posted a second consecutive maximum price increase on the Marché du Porc Français on the back of a shortage of animals now seen as structural.
Russia’s wine production fell 14.8% and vodka output declined 12.1% year on year in January-August 2026. Weaker demand, higher prices, new excise-payment rules and a delayed grape harvest contributed to the contraction.
South Korean academics have urged caution over a proposed levy on sugar-sweetened beverages, citing evidence that the burden relative to income could be 8.4 times higher for the lowest-income group than for the highest. They recommend stronger nutrition disclosure, targeted education and incentives for voluntary sugar reduction before broad price regulation.
Egyptian charcoal exports reportedly rose 41% in one year to $16.3 million, with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Libya and Israel among the markets cited. The increase has prompted calls for official data on producers, raw-material sources and destinations, but no published evidence links the exports to trees removed from streets.
Brazil produced nearly 137,000 tonnes of turkey meat in 2025, up 7.4% from 2024 after a decade of contraction. First-half exports exceeded 33,000 tonnes, while reported revenue rose from $154 million to $213 million.
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