Agriculture
USDA amends California raisin marketing order
The final rule reduces the committee and updates governance powers for raisins made from grapes grown in California.
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USDA expands emergency-loan eligibility after freeze in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
The October 9 freeze designation covers eight New Hampshire counties and three in Massachusetts; applications are due by May 25, 2027.
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Piauí buys family-farm watermelons for five social organisations
The Teresina delivery covered five tonnes of fruit purchased from growers in Jatobá do Piauí.
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US peanut prices and marketings rose in week ending October 3
In USDA’s weekly data, all farmer-stock peanuts averaged 22.6 cents per pound, while purchases rose from the previous week.
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US cotton ginnings reached 917,150 running bales by October 1
A USDA report released October 9 compares cotton ginned from the 2026 crop with earlier seasons; 2025 data were unavailable because of a lapse in federal funding.
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US soybean output forecast at record as corn crop set for second-highest level
USDA’s October forecast puts soybean output at 4.56 billion bushels and corn at 16.0 billion, both estimates rather than final harvest totals.
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Conab sets Pronaf price bonus for beans in Rio Grande do Sul
The 0.16% discount is part of a 14-product list valid from 10 October to 9 November.
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Cortona biomethane plant using agricultural waste connected to gas grid
Centria, the gas distribution company in the Estra group, completed a grid connection for a biomethane plant in Cortona; it can distribute up to 3.5 million standard cubic metres a year.
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Global Food Week closes in Abu Dhabi with AED6.9 billion in deals
The three-day event reported 97 agreements worth AED6.9 billion and more than 47,092 attendees, alongside food-security and agritech sessions.
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Brazil business-farm credit reaches 107.1 billion reais in first quarter
MAPA says CPRs accounted for 46.9% of lending in the first three months of the 2026/27 crop year.
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Canadian canola prices rose for a seventh consecutive month
Statistics Canada’s August data track provincial prices for crops, livestock and specialty products.
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Canadian wholesale commodity sales reached C$1.4 trillion in 2024
Statistics Canada’s new annual table highlights petroleum products and agricultural commodities.
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