The US dairy industry is urging Mexico not to adopt geographic-indication rules that could restrict the names used for American cheese. The dispute matters because the United States supplied 87% of Mexico’s 232,000 tonnes of cheese imports in 2025.
Lifosa has suspended production at its 1 million-tonne-per-year phosphate fertilizer plant in Lithuania as record sulfur costs undermine operating economics. The shutdown removes DAP, MAP and NPS capacity from an already constrained market and has added upward pressure to European DAP prices.
Fedegán wants Colombia’s new government to advance access for Colombian beef to the United States. The cattle industry group says an opening would increase exports while improving competitiveness and incomes across the sector.
Officials at Egypt's Sharqia agriculture directorate told Youm7 that the governorate's summer programme targets 24,000 feddans of peanuts, while the area actually planted stands at about 9,089 feddans. Average yields are put at 20 to 25 ardebs per feddan, with harvest in September and only two varieties, Giza 6 and Ismailia 2, approved for export to European and Arab markets.
Russia exported more than 4,000 tonnes of beer worth over $3 million to Uzbekistan in the first half of 2026. Shipments quadrupled year on year, while export revenue increased 4.3-fold and already surpassed the total for all of 2025.
The average cost of a home-cooked vegetarian thali in India rose 4% month on month to ₹28.1 in July, according to CRISIL data reported by Jagran. A non-vegetarian thali became 2% cheaper at ₹53.5 as broiler chicken prices declined amid weaker seasonal demand.
India is considering restrictions on sugarcane use for ethanol in the season beginning in October to increase sugar production and ease record domestic prices. Mills diverted about 3 million metric tonnes of sugar, roughly 10% of output, to ethanol in the current year ending in September.
Spain’s agricultural sector has lost 14,300 farms amid mounting pressure on independent producers. Rice farmers receive €0.38 per kilogram for a product sold in supermarkets at €2.50, highlighting the imbalance across the value chain.
Indonesia’s planned 20% bioethanol blending program faces constraints beyond production capacity, Kontan reported. Bioethanol producers are also warning that limited molasses availability could restrict the supply of feedstock needed for E20.
Indian agricultural shipments are facing resistance in several overseas markets, affecting products from wheat and rice to mangoes, spices, shrimp and poultry eggs. The reported actions involve Turkey, Bangladesh and the United States, increasing market-access risks for Indian exporters.
Whey prices have risen by about 47% as demand grows and processing capacity remains constrained. Infant formula producers may absorb part of the increase, but the UK market shows that manufacturing costs can reach consumers quickly.
Malaysia’s commodity and commodity-based industries contributed RM19.65 billion to GDP in the first quarter of 2026, up from RM18.95 billion a year earlier. Commodity-based product exports generated RM41.62 billion, while agricommodity exports to India rose by more than 50%.
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