Kazakhstan exported 538,200 tonnes of wheat and 150,200 tonnes of wheat flour in May 2026, down 24% and 29% from April. Despite the monthly slowdown, nine-month shipments remained above the previous season, while feed flour exports reached a record.
East Java’s 2026 trade and investment forum in Hong Kong recorded final transactions worth Rp12.038 trillion. The total was more than ten times the approximately Rp1.1 trillion booked during a similar mission in May 2023.
The US coal industry has asked the Trump administration for grants, loan guarantees and federal investment to support existing and new coal-fired plants. The National Coal Council submitted 19 recommendations to the Department of Energy. US coal output rose about 3% in 2025 to roughly 528 million tonnes.
Indonesian state miner PT Bukit Asam sold 21.1 million tonnes of coal in the first half of 2026. Domestic Market Obligation deliveries reached 55%, more than double the government's 25% minimum, with supply to state utility PLN kept as the priority.
Australia supplied 67% of China’s imported barley in 2025-26, with Western Australia accounting for 90% of the Australian volume. Chinese maltsters expect annual malting barley imports to rise from 4.5-4.7 million tonnes to 5-5.5 million tonnes, but they want more varieties with suitable protein and enzyme levels.
JBS-owned Seara has launched a clean-label ready-meal line in Brazil, targeting a market valued at R$12 billion. The move comes as restaurant meal prices rise and more consumers take food prepared at home to work.
More than six tonnes of counterfeit butter were withdrawn and destroyed in Bulgaria, but authorities cannot determine how much was consumed. The case has raised questions about inspection outcomes, laboratory testing and the traceability of food sold through long supply chains.
MEGGLE BH has become the first company from Bosnia and Herzegovina approved to export milk and dairy products to Azerbaijan. Shipments are expected to begin soon, while the industry works to meet new quality standards and manage domestic milk surpluses and import pressure.
Red caviar from Russia’s 2026 salmon season is selling for as much as 20,400 rubles per kilogram in chain stores. Industry monitoring links the increase to expectations of a weaker salmon catch and tighter product-traceability controls.
Brazil could triple its palm-planted area as biofuel demand supports further industry growth, Forbes Brasil reports. Cultivation has been advancing on land in the Amazon that was deforested previously, bringing land use and supply expansion into focus.
Thailand’s rice exports to China fell 44.84% year on year to 139,460 tonnes in January-May 2026 as premium pricing and changing consumption reduced demand. Thai authorities are responding with quality-focused promotion, targeted digital sales and government-to-government negotiations.
Dairy farmers are retaining and raising bobby calves as beef animals as fast-food companies show greater interest in dairy-beef supply. The trend gives farmers another potential revenue stream while creating new requirements for calf management, finishing and procurement.
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