Russian retail honey prices reached 717.7 rubles per kilogram in August 2026, up 13.2% year on year. Wholesale prices rose by 30–50% amid an uneven harvest, higher beekeeping costs and logistical difficulties, while sales declined by 8% in January–September.
Italy had received 300 GW of high-voltage storage connection requests by the end of 2025, but only 6.8 GW was ready to begin construction. A heavily oversubscribed capacity auction, new financing structures and tighter connection rules are turning battery storage into a more mature but increasingly selective market.
US special envoy Coale said potential new arrangements between Washington and Minsk on Belarusian fertilizer supplies may require negotiations with Russia, according to TASS. No volumes, timelines, companies or legal mechanism were disclosed. Belarus has no seaports of its own, and its potash exports currently move through Russian terminals.
Cash-strapped Serbian sunflower growers accepted advances of €150 per tonne before sowing without fixing a final purchase price. Gebi has since offered 48.6 dinars per kilogram, below prices quoted on the Novi Sad commodity exchange and in neighboring markets.
Poland urged EU agriculture ministers to give member states more flexibility under the Common Agricultural Policy after 2027 and expand crisis support for farmers. Warsaw also called for stronger EU fertilizer production, stable raw-material supplies and less dependence on imports from geopolitically risky regions.
Wheat and rye prices in Lithuania have fallen by roughly one-third over three and a half years, according to Kauno Diena. Flour producer prices recorded a similar decline, but bread prices did not fall by a comparable amount.
Drought has reduced forage availability in France and Germany as farms complete stocks for the 2026/2027 season. Lower EU milk output and moderate growth in global dairy consumption could help Polish farmgate prices exceed 2 zlotys per liter again, although high costs will continue to constrain margins.
Egypt’s Supply Ministry is reviewing a bakery industry request to raise prices for unsubsidized bread after increases in flour and wheat costs. The grain industry has also offered to coordinate flour supplies to bakeries in an effort to stabilize the market.
Tajikistan harvested 326,558 tonnes of fruit by September 11, including 85,668 tonnes of grapes. Growers are selling grapes fresh while also placing part of the crop into storage and drying it, although no volume breakdown has been published.
Kyrgyzstan and China have agreed to route grain exports through the Torugart border crossing, easing pressure on the Erkeshtam checkpoint. The same talks produced three protocols covering horses, processed mutton and goat meat, and fresh berries, and touched on fuel supplies moving from China into Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan imported 32.6 times more meat and edible meat offal than it exported in January-July 2026, according to open.kg, citing National Statistical Committee data. Poultry accounts for more than 92% of those imports, while 24.kg reports full domestic self-sufficiency in beef and mutton, where fixed prices remain in force after the 2025 price rise.
China imported roughly $1.44 billion worth of goods from Belarus in January–August 2026, and potash fertilizer accounted for $903.7 million of that, according to belmarket.by citing Myfin. The remaining categories — pulp, peat products, wood panels, fiberglass, poultry, chocolate and vodka — together are worth less than the fertilizer line.
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