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In 2025, Brazil experienced milder temperatures and fewer fires compared to 2024, and losses in agricultural productivity were largely limited to fields harvested in the first third of the 2025/26 marketing year (MY).

FAS/Canberra has revised upward its estimate for Australia’s sugar cane production in marketing year (MY) 2025/26 to 29.9-million metric tons (MMT), compared to the previous forecast of 28.5 MMT. The adjustment reflects favorable seasonal conditions in the latter part of the production season.

FAS Pretoria revises MY 2025/26 sugarcane production downward due to quality issues caused by limited sun exposure during the rainy season.

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Zambia’s Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries have agreed upon new Veterinary Health Certificates for export of bovine semen, bovine embryos and live poultry/day-old chicks/hatching eggs from the United States to Zambia.

Post forecasts MY2025/26 China corn production at 298 MMT, up 3 MMT from MY2024/25. MY2025/26 corn imports are projected at 7 MMT, down sharply from 23 MMT in MY2023/24 as Beijing restricts grain imports.

Monsoon flooding since mid-August has inflicted significant damage on Pakistan’s agricultural sector. These floods have adversely impacted farmer’s held wheat stocks and are likely to disrupt the wheat planting schedule for the 2026/27 wheat crop.

This report provides information to U.S. exporters of agricultural and related products on how to do business with the retail food sector in Panama. Important supermarkets, hypermarkets, and independent specialty food store chains dominate the grocery sector.

Turkiye’s beet sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2025/26 is forecast to decline year-over-year to about 2.9 million metric tons due to adverse weather conditions in the country’s beet growing areas.

Brazil recently enacted the law known as Fuel of the Future, aiming at decarbonizing the transport sector through the use of sustainable fuels and the implementation of low carbon programs.

China’s retail sector remained resilient in 2024, with sales reaching $6.8 trillion, up 3.5 percent year-on-year, and continued growing 4.6 percent in Q1 2025. Growth was driven by store innovation and expansion into lower-tier cities.

There is no change in production figures, as the Government of Morocco has released its final wheat and barley production numbers for the 2025 crop, including 2.5 MMT of common wheat, 1 MMT of durum wheat, and 0.95 MMT of barley.

Venezuelan corn production for marketing year 2025/2026 is projected to rise to 1.26 million metric tons (MMT) due to late season planting, despite early losses from severe flooding in Portuguesa, the country’s primary corn-producing state.