Türkiye’s Good Agricultural Practices-certified cotton is set to gain recognition as equivalent to the Better Cotton standard under a protocol scheduled for 6 October. The initiative also includes work on bale-level traceability and is intended to strengthen sustainable cotton supply for the textile and apparel industries.
Uzbekistan imported more than 71,000 tonnes of Russian wheat in the first eight months of 2026, nearly 16 times the year-earlier volume. The surge provides Russian exporters with an alternative outlet as demand weakens in traditional markets, including Turkey.
The All India Distillers' Association has rejected claims that maize-based ethanol is tightening supplies for the animal feed sector, saying the industry runs on a multi-feedstock model. Grain feedstock delivered 6.24 billion of the 8.95 billion litres of ethanol supplied by the end of August, with maize alone accounting for 3.45 billion litres.
Vietnam’s halal exports generate about $900 million annually but remain concentrated in raw agricultural and seafood products. Exporters need market-specific certification, segregated logistics and consistent processing standards to secure larger, sustained orders.
Sugarcane producers, rice growers, residents of the Santa Cruz valleys and transport workers have announced road blockades against a diesel price increase they call the dieselazo, according to tercerainformacion.es. The report does not specify the size of the increase, a start date or the routes involved. Cane and rice, both heavy and low-value per tonne, are the crops most exposed to interrupted trucking.
China’s Fufeng Group has begun the next phase of a corn-processing project in Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl region. The planned industrial park could eventually process 3 million tonnes annually, with total investment reaching about $1.5 billion.
Sabah remained Malaysia’s second-largest crude palm oil producer, contributing almost 24% of national output in the previous year. The state is expanding replanting, technology and certification support as smallholders face ageing trees, high costs, labour shortages and climate risks.
Natural rubber futures and Thai export offers edged higher as heavy rain threatened harvesting in Thailand and Malaysia. China imported 486,000 tonnes in August, up 6% month on month but down 6.7% year on year.
European TTF gas prices exceeded €80/MWh in mid-September, while December futures rose above €83/MWh. Storage sites were 68% full, compared with 80% a year earlier, leaving industrial buyers exposed to weather, LNG supply and geopolitical risks.
Foreign demand for Greek yogurt is driving sales, exports and profits for Greece’s dairy industry. Producers are reinvesting in production capacity, while the product’s growing commercial value is intensifying calls for stronger protection of its Greek identity.
Kyrgyzstan's antimonopoly service has introduced ceiling prices for beef and lamb after meat prices rose 16.3% since the start of 2026. Meat contributed 2.14 percentage points to food inflation of 6.4%, more than 80% of the total increase. Boneless beef is set at 880 som per kilogram in Batken region and 870 som in Bishkek, Osh, Issyk-Kul and Jalal-Abad.
Agence Ecofin reports that Benin has lifted the last barrels of its current extraction phase and is now preparing the crude for commercialization, 28 years after its previous output. Drilling began in 2025 and the restart has been postponed several times. Volumes, buyers and the loading window for a first cargo have not been disclosed.
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