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FisheriesBangladesh produced 5.119 million tonnes of fish in FY2024-25, but growth fell to 1.85 percent, the lowest in five years, as reliance on commercial farming, rising costs and degraded open waters weigh on the sector.
AgrotechUniversity of Guelph breeder Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi says an AI model trained on years of dry bean data narrows tens of thousands of possible crosses to a few hundred, and the first variety selected with it should reach growers in about two years.
AgribusinessA Farm Journal survey of 1,200 growers for the National Corn Growers Association and the American Soybean Association found nearly two-thirds still concerned about the farm economy despite the recent rise in grain prices.
AgribusinessThe union's five-point Budget submission seeks tax and loan measures to cut food production costs, protection from the carbon border levy and a reversal of the farm inheritance tax changes.
CropsThe declaration brings land-revenue waivers, crop-loan restructuring and a stay on farm-loan recovery, while GPS-tagged crop surveys will decide cash aid for farmers hit by an 18.8% rainfall deficit.
EnvironmentAn analysis of 422 studies found reduced and zero tillage the most reliable conservation practices for lowering greenhouse gases, while mulching and fertiliser strategies gave mixed results depending on climate and soil.
AgribusinessIn a letter to Andy Burnham, the alliance's chairman Lord Herbert puts the reforms to agricultural and business property relief at the top of a list of rural grievances, backed by polling on rural voters.
AgribusinessPoultry and vegetable farmers describe lay-offs and smaller harvests, and the National African Farmers Union calls for a temporary cut in the fuel levy before another fuel price rise in October.
AgrotechHarvestPath, built by fourth-generation rancher Carrie Richards, tracks every cost between the pasture and the shelf, while Agco's Adrian Crawford argues farm AI must start from a farmer's real problem.
EnvironmentAfter a summer of drought and wildfires left slurry stores fuller than usual, the Welsh Government will let farmers spread until 15 November and pay 80% of SFS and BPS claims in advance.
AgrotechAn automated biotelemetry system built by Stellenbosch University researcher Megan le Roux records night-time video of black-backed jackals on farms and uploads it without human help, to study a predator culling has failed to control.
CropsEarly Aman is yielding 14-18 maunds a bigha in Kishoreganj, Nilphamari, but with paddy at Tk 500-600 a maund against costs of Tk 14,000-15,000 a bigha, farmers are losing up to Tk 5,000-6,000 a bigha.
Market ManagementAn analysis on FarmingPortal warns that costs locked in during 2026, from diesel to imported fertiliser and finance, could meet a very strong El Niño and turn next year's crop into an expensive, lower-yielding one.
EnvironmentAmanda and Adrian Currie, accountants who bought a 750-hectare sheep and beef farm in 2012, now spray home-bred microbes, rest paddocks and use dung beetles instead of buying fertiliser.
Market ManagementLove British Food wants retailers, caterers and public buyers to back British farmers during the fortnight from 26 September to 11 October, with Red Tractor joining as lead assurance partner.
LivestockA training day at Taaibosch Piggery brought NSPCA inspectors, the pork producers' body SAPPO and vets together; group housing and batch traceability won ground, but farrowing crates and tail docking remain in dispute.
FisheriesThe first auction of Gotaura Haorkhal, the largest water body in Moulvibazar's Hakaluki haor, drew a top bid of Tk 50.5 lakh after fishers' cooperatives colluded; the administration halted it and a re-auction fetched Tk 80 lakh.
FruitsA hali of satkora has risen from Tk 80 to Tk 180-200 in a week in Nabiganj, Habiganj; with four fruit costing GBP 20-25 in London, expatriates are buying the citrus at home and drying it to take back.
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VideoShykh Seraj examines the government's first 180 days in agriculture, from farm loan waivers and farmer cards to crop insurance and canal excavation.
VideoAfter leaving a garment job, H M Forwardi Palash planted an acre of year-round guava in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, and is working towards GAP certification to supply supershops.
VideoIn Trishal, Mymensingh, two brothers combine ducks and fish to cut commercial feed costs, while struggling with invasive sucker fish in their ponds.
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GalleryBangladesh's traditional native fish, in pictures8 photos
FlowersGrow Roses from a Potato12 photos
EnvironmentThe Sad Tale of People 'Coloured' by Yarn Dye6 photos
FlowersSunflower14 photos
FlowersThe Young Man Earning 50,000 a Month Growing Flowers in Trays and Pots12 photos
FisheriesIn Pictures: Fishing in the Canals and Beels of Rural Bengal5 photos
FlowersSunflower Smiles in PatuakhaliSection
New Zealand's Rural Co-ordination Group says silage is very tight and transport is stretched, and urges farmers to plan feed early and seek support.
EnvironmentThe Natural Resources Conservation Service will fund partner organisations to restore, steward and assess wetland and floodplain easements on agricultural land, with applications due on 19 November.
EnvironmentPile fields, fenced banks and effluent reuse on farms now keep an estimated 27,000 tonnes of fine sediment a year from reaching the southern Great Barrier Reef.
CropsHagen Hunt, president of the Texas Corn Producers Association, says this year's drought in the northwest of the state is worse than 2011, while diesel and input costs rule out breaking even.
The Advancing Markets for Producers money from NRCS will go out as direct grants of $20,000 to $300,000 to help growers sell crops raised with soil-health practices.
OrganicSolidaridad says 50 to 60 Indian tea gardens, 10 in the south, have joined, and that cotton farmers in Maharashtra under the scheme saw yields rise 10–20%.
