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Philippines rice imports shift to broken grains
Manila's ban on premium 5% broken rice is pushing importers toward lower grades, just as China's feed mills compete for the same broken kernels.
Norwegian mackerel season slows as the quota cut bites
Weekly landings fell from 23,000 to 4,082 tonnes as the fleet works a sharply reduced quota and British retailers swap Atlantic mackerel for cheaper jack mackerel in tins.
Ghana's cocoa price rise risks more smuggling
A proposed 6 percent rise in what Ghana pays its cocoa farmers would leave it paying roughly 75 percent more than Ivory Coast, reviving fears of beans crossing the border.
Pomme du Limousin opens harvest as orchards shrink
Growers began picking Pomme du Limousin apples on September 7, in a Haute-Vienne region that has lost more than half its protected orchards in twenty years.
Arabica coffee prices hit a six-month high
A slow Brazilian harvest and patchy Colombian exports squeezed arabica supply through August, pushing prices to their highest level in six months.
France wine harvest 2026 set for lowest level since 1957
Hail, heatwaves and drought have pushed national output below 34 million hectolitres, with Champagne and Burgundy hit hardest while Bordeaux gains.
Uganda signs a coffee export deal with South Korea
Besmark Coffee and South Korea's GVCC sign an exclusive distribution agreement targeting 3,500 tonnes a year, as Uganda looks beyond its usual European buyers.
Austria's 2026 wine harvest shrinks to a decade low
Austria's wine-growers association reports its smallest harvest since 2010, after a hot, dry summer sped up ripening across the country's vineyards.
Chianti Classico Expo brings 64 wineries to Greve
The 54th Expo Chianti Classico fills Greve's main square through 13 September, pouring Sangiovese from every corner of the zone just as the harvest gets under way in the surrounding hills.
Norwegian salmon exports set a new August record
Salmon volumes and prices pushed Norway's seafood exports to 16 billion kroner in August, even as a stronger krone squeezed returns on other species.
World Steak Challenge crowns an Australian wagyu fillet
A Senku Pure Wagyu fillet from Queensland beat more than 450 blind-judged steaks in Amsterdam, but Ireland still left with the most medals: 82 against Australia's 42.
Ghana cocoa price hike of 6% would widen gap with Ivory Coast
The proposal still needs the finance minister's signature, and it lands as Ivory Coast holds its own price at 1,200 CFA francs a kilo, three months after both promised to align.
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