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Kashmir saffron nears flowering after a 31.2°C October day
Growers around Pampore say the soil is too dry for the crocus to flower well. The weather office promises light rain on 10 October, and the last official harvest figure is three years old.
Ardèche chestnut harvest falls to 2,000 tonnes in drought
France's main chestnut region expects less than half a normal crop after a dry summer. Growers also warn that trees weakened by ink disease may not produce again.
Hairy crab season opens on Yangcheng Lake with 10,100 tonnes
The Suzhou lake that gave the Chinese autumn crab its name now supplies only a small share of it. Each crab carries a numbered tag, and the first ones reached Beijing the same afternoon.
Chilean cherries face spring rain ahead of a record crop
The USDA expects Chile to grow 727,000 tonnes of cherries this season, but a strong El Niño is bringing rain and wind to central Chile just as the orchards flower.
Olive oil harvest 2026 starts early in Jaén, Spain
Green picking has begun in the world's biggest olive oil province, eight days before Andalusia publishes its first forecast for the 2026/27 campaign.
Peru blueberry exports cut again as El Niño strengthens
Proarándanos now expects 382,000 tonnes for 2026-27, 6% below its August figure, as Peru's forecasters see an extraordinary coastal El Niño lasting into 2027.
Alba white truffle season opens at record prices
Prices are averaging €1,853 a kilogram this season, setting up an expensive run into the region's 96th truffle fair, which opens in October and runs into December.
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.
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.
Alba white truffle fair runs from 10 October to 6 December
The 96th edition opens the season in Piedmont with nine weekends of market trading, a quality commission on the tables and the charity auction on 8 November.
Olive oil prices sit low as Spain's next crop wobbles
Extra virgin is trading around four euros a kilo at origin while early field data points to a sharp fall in flowering fertility for the 2026/27 harvest.
North Sea in September, sole up and plaice under question
Sole advice is up 16.4% for 2026, skippers say the plaice numbers do not match the nets, and Zeeland mussels are back after the worst season of the century.
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