The South Brazilian Dairy Alliance (ALSB) discussed opening new export markets for dairy products and measures to support and protect local production at a meeting on Monday, according to tudosobrexanxere.com.br. No target markets, product categories or concrete measures were disclosed.
Italian extra virgin olive oil prices fell 50% in a year to no more than 4.80 euros per litre, while mills held 221,000 tonnes of unsold stock at the end of May, panorama.it reports. Tariff-free Tunisian imports, intensive Spanish output and unclear EU labelling are eroding 'Made in Italy' oil, with 200,000 hectares of groves abandoned and 20% of production capacity at risk.
Sakstat data show Russia and Azerbaijan among Georgia's top wheat flour suppliers in the first five months of the year. Russia shipped 7,500 tonnes worth $3.6 million, far ahead of the rest of the field.
Spain produces around 130,000 tonnes of garlic a year, but imports have risen more than 30% over the past decade, according to El Confidencial Digital. Cheaper supplies from Egypt, China and Argentina are squeezing domestic growers and reshaping prices and origin labelling.
Spain's Guardia Civil dismantled six illegal tobacco factories, seizing more than 20 million cigarettes and 38.4 tonnes of cut tobacco and leaf. The bust reflects a European shift from smuggling to domestic counterfeiting, with KPMG estimating illicit consumption at 55.3 billion cigarettes in 2025.
Argentina exported 7,645 tonnes of pork and byproducts worth US$10.037 million between January and May 2026, up 156.8% in value year-on-year. Industry figures say shifting global supply gives the Americas a chance to become the leading pork supplier.
Serbia plans to become the leading supplier of apples to the Russian market this year, moving ahead of Poland and Moldova, according to NOI.md, citing the trade publication APK-Inform: Vegetables & Fruits. No volumes or prices were disclosed.
Mustard, soybean, groundnut, palm and cottonseed oil prices rose across India's wholesale markets last week, driven by firm international benchmarks, a weaker rupee and thin farmer arrivals, according to Livemint. Soybean processors in Latur have announced higher procurement prices to attract more farmer selling in mid-to-late August.
The World Processing Tomato Council expects global processing tomato output to fall to 39.8 million tons in 2026, below the 40-million mark, as Spain, Iran, Greece and Brazil cut harvests. Ukraine holds its crop at 550,000 tons, but fresh greenhouse tomato prices remain well above last year after growers switched to cucumbers.
Prices for caged-hen eggs in Spain have dropped 30% since April as farms emptied by avian flu return to production. Extra-EU egg imports jumped 750% in Spain in early 2026, with 90% sourced from Ukraine, according to consultancy Areté.
Criminal groups in Mexico have moved from extorting loggers to directly controlling forest territories, deciding who can harvest and sell timber. Official studies estimate illegal logging costs the state up to 20,745 million pesos a year in lost income tax and drives at least 8% of gross deforestation.
Egypt's farm exports have topped 5.8 million tons so far this year, led by more than 2.2 million tons of citrus, agriculture minister Alaa Farouk said. The ministry linked the growth to rising global demand and to newly opened export markets with strict quarantine rules.
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