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LivestockVeterinary Council guidance coming into force next year will require cow-by-cow evidence for antibiotic dry cow therapy, and in-line milk sensors are emerging as the record that supplies it.
LivestockAt least 47 people have been treated for anthrax at the Daulatpur upazila health complex in Kushtia in the first 23 days of September, most of them after slaughtering sick cattle or handling raw meat.
CropsA Water Development Board contract at Parbatipur in Dinajpur set aside Tk 2,38,83,000 to bring about 59,708 cubic metres of earth from outside the project area to rebuild an irrigation canal bank. Instead, cropland on both banks is being dug 10 to 12 feet deep; the board confirmed the irregularity o
LivestockChandipur in Dumuria upazila of Khulna and neighbouring Jeyala in Tala upazila of Satkhira keep about 2,100 cows between 200 households and produce an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 litres of milk a day. With no cold storage, no easy bank credit and no paved road, farmers are often forced to sell at a lo
Market ManagementRefiners had been preparing to raise retail prices by about 8% as landed costs climbed 8-11%; the lower import duties give them room to hold prices through the festive months instead.
AgribusinessTraders in Rajarhat, Kurigram, buy about 50 tonnes a month of dried, rotten betel nuts at Tk 60-100 a kilogram and send them to paint and chemical factories, giving seasonal work to more than a hundred mostly women workers.
Market ManagementAbsa's AgriTrends report shows potato volumes up 8% but market value down about 12% in the first half of 2026, while onions absorbed a 10% rise in volume and averaged 8% more per bag.
FruitsA 28-year-old agri-entrepreneur in Patiya, Chattogram, has grown the small yellow 'Suryadim' watermelon on 40 decimals of trellised land this monsoon and is selling it at Tk 120 a kilogram.
Market ManagementAfter diesel went up by Tk 20 a litre, several vegetables in Dhaka's markets rose by Tk 5-20 a kilogram and fish by Tk 20-50, while one- and two-litre bottles of soybean oil grew hard to find.
AgrotechGallagher is supplying remotely monitored electric fencing for a 14km elephant corridor in Tanzania's Kilombero Valley, where migrating elephants destroy sugarcane and rice crops.
FisheriesLate-season hilsa landings have lowered prices in Chandpur, but Department of Fisheries figures show two straight years of falling production, a 22 percent drop in the sea catch, and smaller fish with far fewer carrying eggs.
FisheriesWith signal No. 3 hoisted for a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal, hundreds of trawlers from across the coast have taken shelter at the Alipur and Mahipur fish landing centres in Patuakhali, and fishermen back from the 65-day ban are losing money ashore.
Market ManagementWith cold-stored potatoes fetching only Rs 6 a kilogram wholesale in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, farmers are leaving them in storage, and a Falakata petrol pump is giving 2 kg of potatoes free with every Rs 2,000 of fuel.
VegetablesManajir Rahman Mamun of Gomostapur, Chapainawabganj, grew the 'Behula' sweet pumpkin on 26 bighas through summer and the monsoon and has already sold Tk 920,000 worth against costs of about Tk 500,000.
AgribusinessGovernor Jim Pillen has signed two executive orders letting Nebraska farmers and haulers use untaxed dyed diesel on the highway and run up to 25% over legal weight limits while the harvest is moving.
FruitsAfter spring frost and freeze caused severe losses, Virginia's ABC authority granted automatic waivers so farm wineries can source more fruit from vineyards they do not own or lease.
LivestockA rural co-ordination group says supplementary feed is still available but silage is very tight and transport is stretched, and urges farmers to budget feed weeks ahead and ask for help early.
AgribusinessUSDA is making its fast-track direct-loan process permanent and cutting paperwork for guaranteed loans, while Farm Bureau says the loan caps themselves need Congress to act.
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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
EnvironmentMost saplings planted in Sunamganj under the government's plan to plant 250 million trees in five years are dying from poor planting and no aftercare, and fewer were planted than recorded.
LivestockSpeakers at an Environmental Defense Fund event said the methane-cutting feed additive is well researched and safe, and that misinformation is unsettling consumers.
CropsJerry and Valerie Bingham, whose rights date to 1950, say curtailment orders since July 2025 left their 1,000-acre Blackfoot farm dry while junior users with mitigation plans kept pumping.
AgrotechA USDA-funded project is collecting more than 13,000 soil samples from about 6,000 fields to rebuild the free SHAPE online tool so it gives farmers local soil-health benchmarks and practice recommendations.
AgrotechThe three-year ROOTS project, funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, will use a planned AI tool, RootGPT, and Midwest field trials to test whether deeper roots store more soil carbon and resist drought.
CropsThe Weed Science Society of America says well-timed fall cover crops can suppress herbicide-resistant weeds and cut herbicide and nitrogen costs, if they build enough biomass.
