Agriculture & Production

USDA cut Indonesia’s 2026/27 palm-oil forecast to 45 million tonnes after dry weather. Global output is set to fall and stocks are projected at their lowest since 2017/18.

Australia’s 2026–27 chickpea crop is forecast to fall 52% as drought cuts northern plantings, while southern lentil output heads for a record 2.3 million tonnes.

A new FAO policy brief published during World Forest Week in October 2026 argues that organizations representing small-scale farmers, forest users and agroforestry producers can deliver practical benefits at relatively low co

Australia's official September agricultural outlook projects beef production to fall by 5% to 2.9 million tonnes in 2026–27. Despite the forecast decline, that would still represent the country's second-highest beef production on record, according to

Australia's September 2026 Crop Report forecasts national winter-crop production at 61 million tonnes in 2026–27, a fall of 12% from the previous season. Summer-crop output is forecast at 3.4 million tonnes, down 25%, according to official ABARES est

An international assessment supported by FAO examined 10 billion fishing hooks and almost 10,000 observed seabird captures to estimate the scale of accidental catches by Southern Hemisphere pelagic longline fleets. The study estimates that at least 3

The UK government urged poultry owners on October 9 to strengthen biosecurity as migratory waterfowl return and the risk of avian influenza increases. Officials reported a confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza case in Scotland during the previo

England's first official estimate of the 2026 cereal harvest puts wheat production at 10.8 million tonnes, up 0.8% on 2025, while barley production dropped 11% to 3.7 million tonnes. The Department for Environment,