India's Ministry of Finance issued Notification No. 30/2026-Customs on 21 August, exempting up to 10 lakh metric tonnes (1 million tonnes) of raw sugar under tariff heading 1701 from the whole of the customs duty otherwise leviable under the Customs…
The 2026/27 US soybean marketing year opened 1 September, and USDA export sales data show China purchases running in the low hundreds of thousands of metric tons in the season's opening days — 192,000 MT and 202,000 MT confirmed in separate reports…
USDA's Crop Progress report for the week ending 30 August rated corn at 57% good-to-excellent, steady week-on-week but 12 percentage points below last year's 69%, with 17% of the crop rated very poor to poor — 8 points above the prior year's 9%…
The Swine Health Information Center and University of Minnesota's Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report for September, covering 30 July to 26 August, recorded 154 ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs reported to EU ADIS across nine European countries —…
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.3 points in August, up 1.9% from a revised July level and 2.5% year-on-year — its highest reading since late 2022 (FAO, Supply concerns drive Food Price Index higher, 4 September 2026). FAO Chief Economist…
The World Meteorological Organization said on 3 September that El Niño will almost certainly persist through February 2027 and is forecast to strengthen to very strong intensity before peaking late this year — language WMO itself characterised as…