A weeks-long production fault at Tnuva's Alon Tabor plant has left Israeli supermarkets short of cottage cheese. CEO Gadi Konya says the dairy giant is now prioritising cottage and white cheese output over other products. Technicians from abroad have refused to travel to Israel to repair the line, while demand grows around 4% a year.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed rating rice exporters across five credit tiers. The rankings would influence the selection of lead traders and the allocation of volumes under centralized export contracts.
By early July, Nepali farmers had planted rice on only 32.38 percent of the country's 1.37 million hectares of paddy fields, down from 45 percent a year earlier, My Republica reported. The rice bowl province of Madhesh is the furthest behind at 15.6 percent, raising concerns over domestic supply and import needs.
Switzerland grows no coffee yet has become one of the world's leading traders and processors of the crop, according to Le Monde. The Alpine country dominates the trade and transformation of beans, capturing margin from financing, logistics and manufacturing while producing nations supply the raw material.
France is a net importer of 3.4 Mt of fruit and vegetables, according to WikiAgri. The deficit highlights the gap between domestic supply and consumption in one of the European Union’s major food markets.
Russia cut safflower seed exports by 25.2% in 2025 despite higher world prices, according to research cited by Sfera.fm. EU demand collapsed after tariff increases, while a larger Kazakh crop reduced another outlet for Russian suppliers.
Russia is opening a specialized customs and logistics hub for veterinary medicines and animal feed. The facility can label up to 30 million product units annually and store more than 10,000 pallets at a time.
Exceptional heat and scarce rainfall are cutting crop and dairy output across Italy, with the most severe pressure in the north. Coldiretti estimates potential soybean losses of up to 40%, forage losses of up to 30% and milk declines reaching 20% in some herds.
Turkey's Batman province, the country's third-largest lentil producer, has completed its 2025 harvest with yields up about 50% on strong winter and spring rainfall. Output of roughly 25,000 tonnes added more than 1.125 billion lira to the local economy, officials said.
Turkish exporters expect China to consider reopening its market to Turkish cherries after a technical delegation inspected orchards and processing facilities in June. Access to a market importing about 600,000 tonnes annually could help revive shipments after Turkey’s cherry exports fell from 67,000 tonnes in 2024 to 6,000 tonnes last year.
Ladakh has dispatched a large commercial shipment of premium apricots to the UAE and plans to export more than 1,000 metric tons this season. The program with LuLu International could give growers in Leh and Kargil a larger outlet beyond India’s domestic wholesale markets.
South Korean processed chicken exports to the EU and UK reached $5.2 million in the first half, up 721% year on year. Regulatory access, frozen boneless products and placement in major retail chains are supporting the expansion.
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