India set a 46.34 million tonne rice procurement target for 2025-26, 4.45 percent lower than last year’s goal, though 2024-25 procurement reached...
Egypt imported 4.5 million tonnes of wheat worth \$1.2 billion in 2024/25, down 21% from 2023/24, Reuters reports. The government bought 3.9...
Japan’s agriculture ministry reports rice prices fell 0.7% in late August to 3,776 yen (\$26) per 5 kg bag, marking the first...
Government intervention in agriculture can distort markets by limiting trade, raising prices, and reducing efficiency. Zimbabwe has reinstated a maize import ban...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered a 60-day suspension of milled and polished rice imports from September 1 to October 30,...
Canada’s 2025 wheat output is projected to decline 1.1% to 35.5 million tonnes on lower yields and reduced spring wheat area, Statistics...
Pakistan’s federal food security minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said Rs100 billion is being invested to modernize agriculture, ensure wheat availability, and stabilize...
Andhra Pradesh’s Kharif 2025 crop sowing has reached 22.12 lakh ha—71% of the target and nearly 99% of normal progress. Paddy leads...
Ukraine’s sugar refining season starts September 1 with 27 factories, two fewer than last year. Output is projected at 1.5 million tonnes—300,000...
Uzbekistan produced 165.5 thousand tons of sugar in January–June 2025, according to the National Statistics Committee. This marks a sharp decline compared...