# Guadeloupe bulletin tracks dry September, livestock and produce prices > DAAF’s 23 October bulletin combines station-level rainfall, cattle and pig slaughter, export bananas, local produce prices and agricultural training indicators for August and September. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/guadeloupe-farm-weather-livestock-and-produce-prices-august-september-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Agriculture - Country: France - Published: 2026-10-26T18:20:41+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-26T18:20:41+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-09 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/guadeloupe-farm-weather-livestock-and-produce-prices-august-september-2026.md) The Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Guadeloupe (DAAF) published its August–September 2026 agricultural outlook on 23 October, bringing together several indicators after a hot and locally dry period. The four-page note uses Météo-France station readings, slaughterhouse records, banana-export monitoring and fruit-and-vegetable price observations. August was hot across much of the archipelago, while September was predominantly very dry. Rainfall nevertheless differed by location: Pointe-Noire was wetter than normal in August, while Le Raizet and Gourbeyre recorded September totals more than 110 millimetres below their respective norms. The report shows that agricultural indicators did not all move in the same direction. Both large cattle and pig slaughter volumes exceeded 80 tonnes in August, but September 2026 was 12% below September 2025. Export banana volumes were above the previous year and the five-year Olympic average in early August, then 16% below 2025 at week 36 in September. Local market and retail prices also diverged by product. Together, the measures help describe agricultural conditions in Guadeloupe, but they do not by themselves prove why weather, livestock output or prices changed. ## Station readings show a September rainfall deficit DAAF’s Météo-France series places August 2026 among Guadeloupe’s four warmest Augusts in the past 75 years, tied with August 2024. The month was unusually dry overall, although tropical storm Dolly brought notable rain to the Soufrière massif and eastern Grande-Terre late in August. At Le Moule, the mean temperature reached 29.7°C and rainfall totalled 202.6 millimetres, 61.5 millimetres above normal. Le Raizet, by contrast, received 132.2 millimetres, 30.6 millimetres below normal. The differences between stations show why island-wide conditions cannot be summarized by a single rainfall figure. September readings point to a more widespread rainfall shortfall. Le Moule received 80.5 millimetres, 77.7 millimetres below its normal. Le Raizet recorded 65.7 millimetres, 132.6 millimetres below normal. Gourbeyre had 227.9 millimetres, a deficit of 110.9 millimetres. Pointe-Noire recorded 226.3 millimetres, only 15.2 millimetres below its norm. DAAF characterizes September as mostly very dry. These contrasts suggest local water conditions can vary with location, exposure and elevation, so farms may experience quite different rainfall even during the same reporting month. Temperatures varied by station as well. Le Moule averaged 29.7°C in August and 28.9°C in September, respectively 1.75°C and 1.4°C above normal. Le Raizet moved from 28.6°C to 28.5°C, while Gourbeyre rose from 25.7°C to 26.2°C. Pointe-Noire averaged 25.5°C in August, 0.8°C below normal, and 26.1°C in September, 0.2°C below normal. The observations capture warmer and relatively cooler microclimates occurring at the same time. They provide station-based weather context for agriculture, but do not substitute for measurements at individual farms or fields. ## Cattle and pig slaughter changed month to month DAAF’s abattoir-based charts compare tonnes of large cattle and pigs in separate 2025 and 2026 series from July through September. The bulletin says slaughter volumes for both categories exceeded 80 tonnes in August. For September 2026, it reports a 12% decrease compared with 2025; the accompanying short text does not specify whether that percentage applies to one series or both. The figure should therefore be reported as the bulletin’s stated slaughter indicator without assigning it to a specific category. The charts show cattle and pig volumes separately. Pig slaughter nevertheless remained above the chart’s line labelled ‘moyenne olympique’. The bulletin does not explain the period or calculation behind this benchmark, so the term is retained as the source’s technical label. That reference allows a comparison with a multi-year baseline as well as with the previous year. The charts show 2025, 2026 and the average together; the accompanying text highlights August volumes over 80 tonnes and September’s year-on-year drop. Such a comparison can help assess whether a one-year movement is unusual relative to a longer pattern. But the slaughter chart does not measure the same thing as animal numbers on farms, liveweight, carcase yield or producer prices, and those measures should not be conflated. Slaughter tonnage is a limited but direct indicator of physical output from the local livestock chain. Monthly tonnage can depend on how many animals are processed and on their weights and category mix. DAAF tracks processed mass from slaughterhouse records; the bulletin does not show how output was divided among sales channels. August’s crossing of the 80-tonne threshold and September’s 12% annual decline should therefore be read as monthly throughput, not as an equivalent percentage change in farm herd size or consumer demand. The figures add a livestock dimension to the report’s weather, export and price indicators. ## Export bananas diverged between August and September The export-banana series, supplied by CIRAD and processed by DAAF, showed stronger volumes in early August and weaker results in September. At week 32, August exports were 5% above both 2025 and the DAAF chart’s ‘moyenne olympique’ reference. The bulletin does not specify that benchmark’s calculation period. By week 36, September 2026 was 16% below 2025. These comparisons are tied to specific weeks; they do not mean that the total volume for each month changed by the same percentage. The chart presents weekly 2025 and 2026 series alongside the historical average, providing a separate view of the export channel from domestic weather readings and market prices. Weekly export monitoring helps track when agricultural products reach markets and how shipment volume shifts over the season. The late-August storm rainfall and September’s dry conditions form part of the agricultural context, but DAAF does not attribute the banana export change to a specific weather event. Harvest timing, farm output, packing and shipping schedules, orders and logistics could also influence exports. Those are possible factors, not separately quantified explanations in this bulletin. The evidence establishes a change in weekly volumes without assigning a cause that the report does not test. For an export-oriented crop, weekly shipments provide a different economic indicator from local retail prices. DAAF credits CIRAD for the export-banana data and its own market surveys for local price observations. Read together, they cover both external sales and the consumer market. Yet a decline in export volume does not establish an equal fall in farm revenue: prices, quality, product mix and contract terms are not captured in the weekly volume comparison. The series is useful as a starting point for further examination, not as a complete account of the economic result for banana growers. ## Fruit and vegetable prices varied by product The bulletin separates produce prices at Gourdeliane’s producer market from those in supermarkets. In September, retail passionfruit reached €13.4 per kilogram, compared with €9.3 in August and €8.0 in July. Retail tomatoes cost €4.4 per kilogram in July, €4.6 in August and €5.1 in September. Those increases provide two examples of different products’ late-summer price movements. DAAF also reports that cucumber, pineapple and tomato prices rose at the Gourdeliane market in September, while yam prices had remained broadly stable since August. Prices did not rise uniformly. At supermarkets, parsley fell from €33.8 per kilogram in August to €20.8 in September, while lettuce held at €8.0 per kilogram. Giraumon rose from €2.4 to €3.2 per kilogram. Other local produce, including peppers and sweet potatoes, followed their own month-to-month paths. These examples show how an overall fruit-and-vegetable average could conceal differences between products and outlets. DAAF describes a general upward trend in prices from July to September across both markets and supermarkets; individual declines within that broader direction do not contradict the summary. Producer-market and retail prices represent different stages of the supply chain. DAAF lists both, but they should not be treated as the same price. Store prices can include transport, handling, losses, commercial margins and product grading, while market observations reflect their own quality and selling conditions. The report does not calculate consumer spending or net farm income. Prices are given in euros per kilogram, and the produce list includes crops and food names familiar to local Guadeloupe markets. Keeping channel and product labels attached to the figures helps readers understand what the comparisons actually represent. ## Training indicators show agricultural skills demand DAAF’s bulletin also follows agricultural education at the start of a new school year. Enrolment at the Alexandre Buffon agricultural lycée in Baie-Mahault reached nearly 300 in September 2026, a 20% increase. Thirty future livestock farmers entered the second year of its professional crop and livestock management programme. The island’s Maisons Familiales Rurales (MFR), by contrast, reported a 13% decline in enrolment, which the bulletin says raised concerns about their long-term viability. The two education networks therefore provide different signals about applications and capacity for the future agricultural workforce. The new BTSA GEMEAU water-management programme attracted 18 candidates in its first year, while more than 20 apprenticeship-contract offers were available. DAAF presents it as an example of training aligned with local water-management needs. From January through September, eight approved organizations trained 576 people in Certiphyto, 80% more than in 2025. Of these, 537 participants were trained for professional use of plant-protection products. Those counts refer to training during a defined period, not to the total number of active farmers or the total number of people holding a certificate. The breakdown of Certiphyto instruction shows different roles in the product chain: 18 people trained in advising on use of plant-protection products, 21 in their sale, and 537 in professional application. DAAF reports that the professional-use group rose 90% year on year. These training statistics indicate skills development and regulatory capacity; they do not measure actual pesticide use or prove that environmental risks declined. By placing education data alongside weather, animal output and market prices, the bulletin describes agricultural infrastructure as well as the products moving through the system. ## How to read the bulletin’s scope The August–September note is the seventh issue in DAAF’s bimonthly regional series. Weather observations come from Météo-France and are processed by DAAF; slaughter indicators use local abattoir records; banana-export monitoring is attributed to CIRAD and DAAF; produce prices come from the directorate’s market and supermarket observations. These sources use different methods and scopes. A weather station measures conditions at one location, the slaughter chart tracks tonnes processed, and the export series records weekly shipment volumes. Combining them gives a broader regional picture without automatically linking one measure as the cause of another. The report’s two-month title does not mean that every indicator covers the same exact time window. Banana comparisons refer to specific weeks, weather totals to calendar months, price observations to monthly values from July to September, and training counts to January through September. The livestock section joins an August threshold with a September year-on-year comparison. Each result needs its own period label. Without it, a September price and a nine-month training count could be mistaken for measurements taken over the same interval. This account preserves the date basis stated for each source series. The note is not a complete farm-income assessment, a farm-level water survey or an island-wide crop-yield forecast. The spread in station rainfall, monthly livestock throughput and produce prices all show why the region’s agriculture cannot be summarized by one indicator. The weekly banana export series and supermarket produce prices track different parts of the market. Student enrolment and professional training provide a further view of skills capacity. Together, these measures give farmers, suppliers and public agencies a period snapshot that can be followed in later issues, while leaving farm-specific and causal questions for more detailed data. ## Data ### Rainfall by station in Guadeloupe, August–September 2026 Monthly Météo-France station rainfall totals processed by DAAF and each station’s difference from its normal. Station readings are not an island-wide average. Methodology: Values are transcribed from the station table in the PDF. Rainfall and departure from normal are both in millimetres; negative departure is below normal and positive is above. Date cells use the first day of each calendar month to identify the monthly total. | Station | Month (monthly total) | Rainfall total (millimetres) | Departure from normal (millimetres) | |---|---|---|---| | Le Moule | 2026-08-01 | 202.6 | 61.5 | | Le Moule | 2026-09-01 | 80.5 | -77.7 | | Le Raizet | 2026-08-01 | 132.2 | -30.6 | | Le Raizet | 2026-09-01 | 65.7 | -132.6 | | Gourbeyre | 2026-08-01 | 326.0 | -15.0 | | Gourbeyre | 2026-09-01 | 227.9 | -110.9 | | Pointe-Noire | 2026-08-01 | 416.0 | 176.7 | | Pointe-Noire | 2026-09-01 | 226.3 | -15.2 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/guadeloupe-farm-weather-livestock-and-produce-prices-august-september-2026/data/guadeloupe-rainfall-by-station-2026-08-09?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/guadeloupe-farm-weather-livestock-and-produce-prices-august-september-2026/data/guadeloupe-rainfall-by-station-2026-08-09?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Direction de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la Forêt de Guadeloupe (DAAF)]() (Source checked: 2026-10-26; Published: 2026-10-23) - [DAAF Guadeloupe / Agreste, N°7 Conjoncture Agricole Août–Septembre 2026, four-page bulletin]() (Source checked: 2026-10-26; Published: 2026-10-23) --- Cite the canonical URL above. 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