USDA revised prior hog counts lower and put the September herd 1.5% below a year earlier. Winter farrowing intentions rose 2.1%, a possible turn that remains unconfirmed.
Malaysian palm oil stocks reached 2.82 million tonnes in August. Oil World's 2027 output cuts, relayed by MPOC, remain an early forecast rather than a confirmed supply decline.
Indonesia's weather agency expects the rainy season to start later than usual across 61% of the country. The delay adds risk to the main rice planting window.
The EU's updated product list removes leather and sowing soybeans. Soluble coffee, some palm derivatives and frozen cattle tongues join the rule from December 2027.
An outbreak inside Namibia's recognised disease-free zone has halted livestock movements and exports. A 26 September update counted 17 positive samples, all so far in Karasburg district.
Washington and Beijing extended their trade truce to 10 January. Their new tariff discussions include agriculture, but no additional farm purchases have been promised.
The autumn bird flu season has started in the US turkey belt. Since 1 September, APHIS has recorded seven H5N1 detections in commercial poultry across North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Idaho, the largest a turkey operation in McPherson…
Global Dairy Trade's price index fell 1.1% at Event 412 on 15 September, its first decline since early July. The composition matters more than the headline: butter fell 5.7% to $4,760 per tonne and anhydrous milk fat fell 3.0% to $5,739, while skim…
The EU's antimicrobial mirror measure is now working as a product-by-product gate. Brazil was removed from the list of countries authorised to export food-producing animals and animal products to the EU under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)…
Europe's corn shortfall is larger than it looked in July. USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service puts EU corn production at 48.2 million tonnes for 2026/27, 4% below its July forecast and 15% below last season — the smallest EU crop of the century so…
The US-Canada dairy dispute has changed instrument. Canada answered the July Section 338 duties with counter-tariffs on C$27.6 billion (US$20 billion) of US goods on 8 September (Congressional Research Service, U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Imports…
Peru's El Niño commission has raised its forecast again. ENFEN's latest communiqué, issued on 14 September, says the coastal El Niño in the Niño 1+2 region is most likely to reach extraordinary magnitude between September 2026 and January 2027, and…