The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia cut its 2026 production estimates for the state's wheat crop by half a million tonnes to 9 million tonnes, and for barley by nearly a million tonnes to 6.1 million tonnes, in its August crop report…
Regulation (EU) 2025/40, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, entered into force in February 2025, but its PFAS restriction on food-contact packaging became mandatory on 12 August 2026. The concentration limits are strict by global…
USDA reopened the Douglas, Arizona port to cattle imports from Mexico on 24 August, guided by a science-based import protocol jointly agreed between the two countries (USDA APHIS, Screwworm.gov, 24 August 2026). This marks the first port in what…
Cocoa futures rose to $6,634.61 per tonne on 28 August, up 7.48% on the day and 27.96% over the trailing month (Trading Economics, 28 August 2026). The move follows a run of gains rather than a single-headline spike: December ICE New York cocoa…
Malaysia's palm oil inventories rose 3.32% month-on-month to 2.63 million tonnes in July, the highest level since February, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board's monthly release (MPOB, 10 August 2026; The Star, 10 August 2026). The build was…
Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked all three major grain terminals at Novorossiysk offline, Russia's principal Black Sea export hub, compounding weeks of intensified attacks on shipping and port infrastructure on both sides of the conflict…