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Cheese curds floating in whey in a large stainless steel vat at a specialty cheese plant
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US ban on Canadian dairy covers only whey, a $35mn trade

Ottawa's counter-tariffs hit $524mn of US dairy but spare butter and fluid milk, the two lines where Canada is Washington's biggest customer

Editorial Team
Sep 10, 2026
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Crates of freshly picked strawberries in the foreground of a field in Lower Egypt, with women carrying more crates on their heads along the planted rows behind

Egyptian frozen strawberries hit their cheapest July in Brazil as last Mercosur duty nears zero

Imports rose nearly 35 per cent in the seven months to July, with Egypt supplying 93.5 per cent of the frozen fruit at a price that has fallen every month this year.

Aug 28, 2026
A worker in a cap reaches across a roller grading line covered with in-shell pecans inside a packing shed

China's pecan duties land on Mexico three months before harvest

Provisional deposits of up to 54.3 per cent take effect on a marketing year that has not opened, with American shipments to China already down to near zero

Aug 11, 2026
Crates of freshly picked dark-green Hass avocados stacked in the bed of a pickup truck outside a brick building in Mexico

US halts Michoacán avocado inspections at the thinnest point of Mexico's export year

The market went in oversupplied and Jalisco keeps shipping. The bigger supply story is a rainfall deficit that has run all season.

Aug 7, 2026
A worker in a hairnet and face mask stands beside a conveyor tray heaped with raw cashew nuts inside a processing plant, with stacked jute sacks behind

Nigeria plans cashew value-addition rule for a crop it cannot measure

FAO data show output falling to 80,944 tonnes while the government’s own roadmap cites 300,000–350,000

Aug 3, 2026
Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns

Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns

With fields too cold to seed and too wet to drive, Prairie farmers face a compressed May window — just as China resumes buying Canadian canola.

Apr 29, 2026
Guatemala's $632m US coffee year set up for retreat as arabica eases below $3

Guatemala's $632m US coffee year set up for retreat as arabica eases below $3

Record arabica prices drove a $196m jump in invoice value while supply shrank, with the world's fourth-largest arabica producer riding the global benchmark rather than expanding output

Apr 28, 2026
Kenya's record avocado crop heads to the press as Red Sea freight hits fresh trade

Kenya's record avocado crop heads to the press as Red Sea freight hits fresh trade

Red Sea shipping disruptions 'resulted in delayed delivery periods, impacting the quality on arrival at the destination market and resulting in losses,' said Kenyan agri-business Sasini

Apr 27, 2026
tomato processing line

China targets California’s ‘backyard’ with push into Americas tomato paste market

The world's largest exporter of tomato paste is aggressively courting buyers in the Caribbean, Central America and South America after losing ground in Europe

Nov 10, 2025
EU tariff hikes hit imports of Russian pine nuts, prices surge 30%

EU tariff hikes hit imports of Russian pine nuts, prices surge 30%

European pine nut importers are scrambling to secure alternative supplies after the EU imposed a 50% tariff on Russian agricultural products in July

Oct 15, 2025
Rice prices hit six-year low as global glut prompts import curbs

Rice prices hit six-year low as global glut prompts import curbs

US rough rice futures hit $10.72 per hundredweight as a major importer shields domestic farmers from glut

Oct 8, 2025