Grains

The transaction brings Aberdeen Grain’s 65,000-tonne storage and drying facility Frontier’s ownership and expands the company’s infrastructure in one of Scotland’s key cereal-producing regions.

The sharp decline comes at the peak of Ukraine’s harvest season and has renewed concerns over global food security, particularly for grain-importing countries in Africa and the Middle East.

The Nigerian market continues to shape grain prices and food flows across West Africa as experts urge countries to build stronger local rice industries.

Fresh Treasury correspondence shows Zimbabwe will maintain grain import levies despite an ongoing legal challenge from millers.

The government plans new grain and oilseed import levies as it pushes local sourcing and expands irrigation projects ahead of possible El Niño conditions in the 2026/27 farming season.