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South Africa crowns its Top 10 olive oils for 2026
The Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards named its 2026 winners in Cape Farms, days after De Rustica became the first South African producer to top an International Olive Council category.
Greece's olive oil crop rebounds as prices sink below cost
Growers are heading for their biggest harvest in four years, but mill-gate prices in Crete have slipped under €4 a kilo, and some say they are selling at a loss.
Ivory Coast's cocoa crop shrinks as dry weather drags on
Port arrivals in the world's top cocoa producer are tracking up to 17% behind last year, with an EU deforestation deadline adding pressure to ship before year-end.
Morocco's bumper olive harvest could halve oil prices
Growers in Ouezzane, Chefchaouen and Ksar El Kebir expect 40 to 80 percent more fruit this year, with oil prices set to fall below MAD 35 a liter.
France's 2026 wine harvest falls to its lowest in years
A hot, dry summer and a shrinking vineyard pushed France's grape harvest well below average, with Champagne and Beaujolais hit hardest of all.
Istria's white truffle season runs to early November
A run of autumn festivals in Motovun, Livade and Buzet marks Croatia's answer to Alba — the same prized fungus, a lower profile, and a season that peaks this week.
StoneX buys Integra, a Colombian coffee trader, exporter and mill
The US commodities firm is folding a family-run origination business near Medellín into its global coffee arm, the latest trading house to buy its way to the farm gate.
Ireland's fishing quotas still squeeze coastal fleets
Mackerel landings fell sharply and Dublin Bay prawn catches shrank under 2026's EU quota cuts; now Ireland chairs the talks that will set 2027's limits.
Alba white truffle price nears €550 as drought bites
Early Tuber magnatum is trading at €350-550 per 100g as the 96th Alba fair opens, after a dry summer left hunters waiting on rain to boost November's harvest.
Italy's olive oil stocks surge as new harvest floods in
Italian reserves are up 47% on last year just as Spain and Greece start pressing a bigger 2026 crop, pushing early prices down across the Mediterranean.
Nigeria food inflation: food prices fall 1.55% in September
Headline inflation eased to 14.63%, a third monthly decline, while the annual food rate barely moved. In Lagos markets, maize and pepper got cheaper and tomatoes dearer.
Bordeaux's 2026 harvest ends early after a scorching summer
Growers finished one of the earliest Bordeaux harvests on record after a hot, dry summer cut yields, with early tastings pointing to a rich, concentrated style.
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