Romania harvested 18.849 million cubic metres of wood in 2025, a 7.5% increase on the previous year, according to National Institute of Statistics data. Roundwood rose 7.2% to 17.358 million cubic metres, with hardwoods supplying 60.3% of the total. Firewood absorbed 40.7% of roundwood and recorded the largest absolute gain of any assortment.
The Belgian Grain Trade Federation (Fegra) reports that successive heat waves pushed the 2026 straw cereals harvest to the earliest completion ever recorded in Belgium. Feed wheat yields fell 6 to 14% from an exceptional 2025, while protein was high, moisture low and wheat specific weight averaged close to 79 kg/hl.
Spain’s 2026/2027 citrus campaign has begun later than in recent seasons, with higher expected Navelina orange production but pest-related losses in Clemenules mandarins. Frutínter says tighter coordination among growers, packers, logistics providers and retailers will be critical to protecting profitability.
Côte d’Ivoire is creating the Coffee and Cocoa Institute in Divo to strengthen research, productivity and local processing. Seven agricultural producer organizations support the initiative but want a detailed account of previous-campaign cocoa stock removals, including the operation known as the “100,000 tonnes” program.
Italy’s 2026 walnut harvest is starting with lower-than-expected yields and slightly smaller sizes after persistent heat and extreme weather. A projected record Chinese crop of 1.6 million tonnes is adding competitive pressure, particularly in the shelled-walnut market.
Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for a record 11.5% of Russian new passenger-car sales from September 19 to 25. Including conventional and mild hybrids, electrified models represented 14% of the market, or roughly one in seven purchases.
New EU rules will expand written contracts, price-review mechanisms and collective bargaining in the dairy sector. Lithuanian producers may gain leverage, but farm size, milk quality and collection costs will continue to shape the price paid for raw milk.
European grain markets recovered after late-September weakness as the euro’s decline improved the competitiveness of EU wheat and uncertainty persisted over Black Sea exports. US corn stocks, weaker rapeseed processing and currency pressure on imported soybean meal produced diverging signals across the wider market.
Poland's agri-food quality inspectorate IJHARS audited 141 poultry producers and retail outlets and recorded irregularities at 66 of them, or 46.8%. Laboratory testing rejected 52 of 94 batches over the water-to-protein ratio, while labelling was faulty in 49 batches; sensory quality drew no objections and sanctions have been applied.
Global wine consumption fell 2.7% in 2025 to 208 million hectolitres, the weakest reading since 1957, with nine of the ten largest markets in decline, according to OIV figures cited by Observador. Portugal was the only big market to grow, up 5.6% to a record 5.6 million hectolitres, while Brazil posted the largest proportional gain at almost 42%. South Africa, the seventh largest producer, is shifting from bulk volume to bottled value after a tenth consecutive year of vineyard contraction.
Ugandan processors are struggling to secure enough groundnuts and soybeans for cooking oil, animal feed and groundnut paste. AgriNet bought only 240 tonnes over the past year against the 1,444 tonnes it needs annually to run at full capacity.
The Philippines has approved the sanitary certificates required for imports of Colombian beef and pork, granting both categories admissibility to a market of more than 115 million consumers. Over the past four years the country bought close to 750,000 tonnes of these products worldwide for about US$2.2 billion, according to UN Comtrade data cited by El Nuevo Siglo. Colombia's current meat exports remain small: 674 tonnes of beef and pork in the first seven months of 2026.
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