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Andalucia olive oil forecast jumps 29% for 2026/27
Spain's farm ministry puts the region's new campaign at 1.26 million tonnes, recovering most of what a dry spell cost the previous harvest.
Ghana cocoa production beats forecast at 771,000 tonnes
Ghana's 2025/26 cocoa crop came in well above the state board's initial estimate, even as dry weather clouds the outlook for next season.
Pollica, home of the Mediterranean diet, named FAO Food Hero
The Cilento municipality where Ancel and Margaret Keys studied how the south of Italy ate is honoured as a whole community, seven weeks before the first UN day for the diet.
Italian olive oil mills get €40m as origin prices halve
A zero-interest Ismea bill will fund mills that pay for Italian olives, as stocks of Italian extra virgin more than doubled in a year and origin prices fell 46.7%.
Philippine banana exports outgrow available land
The Philippines shipped a record 2.9 million tonnes of bananas in 2025, and growers say buyer demand from Asia now outpaces what farmland can supply.
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.
World Cheese Awards close their entry list on 15 September
The 38th edition moves to Córdoba on 12 November, with more than 5,000 cheeses and about 300 judges expected in a single hall in Andalusia.
Cocoa crop forecasts fall across Ivory Coast and Ghana
The Ivorian main harvest opens this month with early surveys pointing to 1.8 million tonnes, down about 18%, while Ghana's regulator has cut its own range by a third.
Boerenkaas: what the EU raw-milk rule actually protects
A protected name that fixes neither a place nor a recipe, only where the milk came from and the fact that nobody heated it. On a trolley, that is the whole point.
Noord-Hollandse Gouda: reading the label on a cheese trolley
A protected name since 1996, a gold medal at this year's Gouda Cheese Awards and milk prices at their 2026 high: what the label guarantees when the trolley reaches the table.
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