Strong demand from Poland is reducing wood pellet availability and lifting prices in Latvia, despite the country producing about five times its domestic annual requirement. The government is considering measures to prioritize local buyers, while producers oppose export restrictions and expect the market to ease after the current buying rush.
EZA is expanding beyond beer through an agreement to market and distribute Pilavas ouzo and tsipouro in Greece. The brewer is targeting a broader HoReCa portfolio as its alcohol-free beer sales accelerate and its financial performance improves.
Germany has confirmed its first African swine fever case in over a year, in a wild boar in Brandenburg, according to eurocarne.com. Serbia has begun culling more than 11,000 pigs and new cases have appeared in the Dominican Republic, raising fresh risks of import bans on pork.
Poland’s projected rapeseed harvest of 2.8–3.2 million tonnes would cover less than 80% of the country’s 4.1-million-tonne processing capacity. The resulting shortfall could reach 1.3 million tonnes, intensifying competition for seed and renewing debate over imports from Ukraine.
The Dominican Republic harvested a record 14.78 million quintales of rice in 2025, alongside gains in corn, beans and root crops, the Ministry of Agriculture said. The results mark the highest levels for most strategic crops in 25 years.
Police in Quang Tri have prosecuted six people over an alleged interprovincial operation that traded, transported and slaughtered more than 250 tonnes of pigs infected with African swine fever. Investigators say the animals were sourced cheaply in northern provinces, processed in Quang Tri and released onto the market.
Palm, soy and coconut production causes about three-quarters of the biodiversity loss associated with vegetable-oil crops, according to a Nature Food study reported by Olhar Digital. The ecological footprint of 19 major oil crops expanded by about 80% between 1995 and 2020.
The Bangladesh Tea Board aims to raise annual tea production to 115 million kg by 2030. Its plan centers on expanding high-yielding varieties developed by the Bangladesh Tea Research Institute, with greater export capacity as the intended result.
Indonesia is seeking to increase crude palm oil and coconut exports to Lebanon as part of a wider push into Middle Eastern markets. The initiative draws on Indonesia’s large production base and Lebanon’s reliance on imports for 65% to 80% of its food needs.
Indonesia’s sugarcane farmers say molasses pricing remains an obstacle to future E10 and E20 gasoline blending. The concern highlights the need to align feedstock economics across farmers, sugar mills, ethanol producers and fuel suppliers.
Spanish extensive cattle farmers fear that the EU-Mercosur agreement could increase competition from cheaper Brazilian and Argentine beef. One Pyrenean producer says export demand already makes Spanish beef expensive at home, while subsidies and narrow margins leave farms exposed.
Erin Heitkamp, a vice president at US bioenergy firm Gevo, told Korea Economic Daily that oil price spikes tied to Middle East conflict have lifted interest in sustainable aviation fuel. But she said only continuity in government policy can attract the investors needed to grow the market. Gevo produces SAF from feedstocks including corn.
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