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Latvia has confirmed its first cases of bluetongue disease after laboratory tests detected the BTV-3 virus in two cattle at a small farm in South Kurzeme, the Food and Veterinary…
Lithuania’s government has endorsed proposed changes to natural gas supply rules that would give additional protection to agricultural and food-processing businesses during an energy crisis. The proposal would expand the…
Source: Government of LithuaniaLithuanian agricultural and food group Akola has increased its ownership of OMG Bubble Tea to 51%, gaining control of a fast-growing beverage producer whose sales are overwhelmingly concentrated in export…
Lithuania has allocated an additional €15 million to concessional loans for agricultural and aquaculture businesses, while easing borrowing conditions for farms affected by adverse weather and difficult market conditions. The…
Estonia has decided to prohibit the transit of grain originating from Russia and Belarus, closing the possibility of Estonian ports becoming an alternative export route.The national sanction covers grain classified…
Latvia is tightening controls on grain shipments from Russia and Belarus just as the Baltic route is becoming increasingly important for Russian exports. The Saeima has introduced border controls allowing…
Latvia has declared a nationwide agricultural emergency after prolonged rainfall disrupted harvesting and autumn field work. The immediate problem is not only the crop still remaining in fields. Wet soils…
Estonia exported 74,648 tonnes of domestically caught fish and Estonian-origin fish products in 2025, with frozen Baltic herring and sprat forming the core of the trade. Frozen fish alone accounted…
Beekeepers in both Latvia and Estonia are reporting a good honey season in 2026 after a much weaker harvest last year. In Latvia, the Beekeepers’ Association describes this year as…
Vilniaus Duona, part of Sweden’s Lantmännen Unibake group, has started producing three new portion-bread products in Vilnius for export to Denmark.
Latvia · Agriculture & Food · 13 September 2026 Latvia’s potato season has turned from optimism about yields to concern about whether part of the crop can be harvested at…
Lithuania / Estonia · Agriculture & Investment · 8 September 2026 Estonian investment group Infortar has agreed to acquire 100% of Lithuanian agricultural group Litagra through its subsidiary Infortar Agro.…
.Estonia’s Agrone is moving downstream just as Baltic dairy processing enters a new round of consolidation. The RPK deal shows why timing — and financing — now matter.
Source: AS Rīgas piena kombināts
On 26 October 2026, EU fisheries ministers reached a political agreement to increase Baltic sprat catches by 44% next year. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are set…
Shrimp alone accounted for more than 12% of Estonia’s fish and seafood export volume in 2025. According to Statistics Estonia, the country exported 9,406 tonnes of…
