AgrotechUS farm statistics agency opens AgInsights, a new way into its data
The National Agricultural Statistics Service has launched AgInsights, an interactive application meant to make survey and commodity data easier for growers to find and use.
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FisheriesJashore wholesaler fined for selling Indian hilsa as local fish
The consumer rights directorate fined a wholesaler Tk5,000 at Jashore Boro Bazar for passing off imported Indian hilsa as local catch.
FisheriesA 2.1kg hilsa sells for Tk7,200 at the Kuakata auction
The fish fetched Tk3,625 a kilogram at a Patuakhali auction, while researchers warn that large hilsa are becoming scarce.
EnvironmentThe panda lives on bamboo, and that is why it lives only in China
An adult giant panda must eat between 12 and 38 kilograms of bamboo a day, and the loss of a bamboo forest puts the species directly at risk.
FisheriesHilsa catch down 30pc as the season ends, a third straight year of decline
The Department of Fisheries estimates the July-August catch fell 30 to 40 per cent year on year; a 22-day fishing ban runs from 8 to 29 October.
Market Management216 sacks of government rice found in a Tangail trader's warehouse
A mobile court fined the warehouse owner Tk30,000 at Kalihati, and locals are asking how rice allocated to the food-friendly programme reached a trader's store.
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EnvironmentPadma and Jamuna rise, swallowing cropland across three districts
The Padma is running 74cm below danger level at Pabna, while 206 hectares of crops are under water in Chapainawabganj and 1,050 hectares in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
EnvironmentThe snakes a Bangladeshi farmer meets most often, and which are venomous
Professor Farid Ahsan of Chittagong University says 80 percent of the snakes found in Bangladesh are not venomous.
EnvironmentForests feed five billion people, but farm policy still ignores them, FAO says
A new FAO report says forests and trees supply food, medicine, fuel and income to more than five billion people, yet their contribution is missing from most national agrifood policies.
EnvironmentHimalayan glaciers now shrinking 65% faster than a decade ago
A new report estimates that Himalayan water underpins about 20 percent of India's GDP and sustains its wheat, rice and tea economies.
LivestockColombia's new law ties its cattle trade to forest monitoring
Ley 2585, enacted on 4 June 2026, links Colombia's livestock traceability to forest monitoring and land records; three of its articles were shaped by work from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
EnvironmentClimate change will make solar irrigation dearer, African study finds
A new IFPRI study projects that farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa will need solar pumping systems up to 30 per cent larger by 2050-70, narrowing solar's cost advantage over diesel — though falling panel prices should more than cover the difference.