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Japan rice auction 2025 starts to stabilise surge prices

**TOKYO:** Japan’s government rice auctions, aimed at curbing soaring rice prices, have delivered 30% of auctioned stock to retailers and restaurants so...

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Pakistan: Grocery merchants protest soaring sugar prices, threaten to halt sales

**Rawalpindi:** The Central Grocery Merchants Association has warned of halting sugar sales amid a worsening price crisis. Wholesale sugar prices have surged...

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Egyptian authorities are curtailing purchases of wheat on the domestic market

Egypt’s domestic wheat procurement is falling short, with only 3.9 million tonnes collected so far—below the 4–5 million tonne target. The Ministry...

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Canada’s wheat planting area expanded by 1%

Canada's wheat sowing area for the 2025 harvest has risen 1% year-on-year to 27.03 million hectares, per Statistics Canada. Durum wheat area...

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IGC raises wheat crop outlook on India, Romania upgrades

The International Grains Council has raised its 2025/26 global wheat production forecast by 2 million tons to 808 million, citing improved outlooks...

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Uttar Pradesh sugarcane department launches pilot project on drip irrigation

Pilibhit: Uttar Pradesh has launched a pilot project to promote drip irrigation across 45 sugarcane-growing districts, aiming to conserve groundwater and improve...

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Pakistan : Farmers threaten to halt wheat and cotton cultivation over rising costs

LAHORE – Pakistan Kisan Ittehad President Khalid Mahmood Khokhar announced farmers will boycott wheat and cotton cultivation next year, citing skyrocketing production...