Cocoa futures pushed back above $5,600 per tonne as traders priced in risk to the upcoming harvest, elboletin.com reported, with the rally coinciding with World Cocoa Day. The move signals renewed uncertainty for chocolate and confectionery supply chains heading into the new season.
Nestlé is conducting an ongoing review of its dairy and juice operations in Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidad Express reports. Stakeholders warn that any change to the company's current role could have far-reaching implications for local suppliers, distributors and retailers.
A shrinking animal herd and rising production costs are squeezing Greece's raw milk supply. Three cooperatives in Kalavryta, Volos and Naxos are investing to secure output, a signal of the pressure building across the wider dairy sector.
Thailand's Department of Foreign Trade and the SME promotion agency OSMEP are staging a 'Thai Rice Roadshow' in Guangzhou on 17–19 July 2026, bringing 28 rice SMEs to meet Chinese buyers. China is Thailand's fifth-largest rice market, taking 440,000–750,000 tonnes a year.
Vehicle assembly in Romania dropped by more than 10% in the first six months of 2026 versus a year earlier, according to ACAROM data reported by wall-street.ro. The association put June output at 44,536 cars, confirming a weak first half.
Poland exported over 64,000 tonnes of onions to 31 countries between January and April 2026, with the Netherlands the largest buyer. Prices varied sharply, from 1.47 zł/kg in Romania to 4.34 zł/kg in Ukraine, according to topagrar.pl.
Vietnam's MXV-Index gained 3.25% to 2,660 points in the 6-10 July week, its third straight weekly rise. Arabica jumped nearly 11% to 7,369 USD/tonne in a fifth week of gains, while soybeans climbed nearly 5% to 434 USD/tonne on tighter USDA stock forecasts.
Guinea aims to build five to six alumina refineries by 2030 to transform more of its bauxite domestically, according to Agence Ecofin. The plan would move the country further up the aluminium value chain and reshape its position in the global alumina market.
The US Food and Drug Administration has broadened a cheese recall after the products were linked to a bacteria that can be lethal. The outbreak has reached several states and at least one person has died after consuming the affected cheese.
A wheat variety with 85% less gluten, developed by Spain's CSIC in Córdoba, moves closer to market after the EU adopted its regulation on New Genomic Techniques. Researchers hope to place it in the NGT-1 category, exempt from strict GMO risk assessments. Spanish celiacs currently pay 996.37 euros more per year for gluten-free products.
Smoke-free nicotine pouches are projected to move more than US$40 billion worldwide by 2033, drawing over US$1 billion in new US factory investment from Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Altria. Regulators are split: the US FDA has eased rules and cleared reduced-risk claims for Zyn, while France banned the products and the WHO wants tighter controls.
India's soybean meal exports fell about 69% in June to roughly 30,000 tonnes, according to the Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA). The industry body blamed high domestic prices and weak demand in key overseas markets.
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