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A detector dog led US Customs and Border Protection to corn and seeds in luggage from Ghana carrying a non-native moth never before intercepted at a US port of entry.
CropsUniversity of Lleida researchers grew two modern wheat varieties under heat tents over two seasons and found pre-flowering heat cut grain number, post-flowering heat cut grain weight, and an early wave softened the damage of a later one.
State veterinarian Mendel Miller says the disease surfaced after a producer moved animals between pastures in a dry year; anthrax spores persist in soil for decades, and he urges annual vaccination in known areas and testing of any sudden, unexplained deaths.
USDA confirmed the Grant County case on Thursday, the state's second since June, hours after Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that the Santa Teresa port of entry would reopen to Mexican livestock on 24 September; the port is about 150 miles away.
August 2026 tied July 2023 as the hottest month ever measured globally, with Utah, Colorado and New Mexico recording their hottest summers in 132 years; AccuWeather says a 'Super El Niño' is near-certain, peaking around December, favouring a wetter southern US and a drier northern Plains.
Cameras and algorithms continuously adjust ground speed, head speed, head pinch and belt and fan speeds towards goals the operator sets with two sliders; the system is available on 2027 Oxbo blueberry harvesters.
Governor Abigail Spanberger's 45-day order lets wider truck loads move hay from 1 October, unlocks emergency funds and activates price-gouging protections; hay yields are down 35% statewide and up to 70% in places, and producers began feeding hay on 30 of the first 90 grazing days.
One herd was traced from an earlier positive herd and the other found in routine whole-herd testing; Iosco lies outside the four-county Modified Accredited Zone but has had infected wild deer and an infected herd in May, and whole-genome sequencing is under way to find the source.
Led by California, the states, Puerto Rico and Washington DC seek a restraining order in South Carolina against the 1 October separation into seed company Vylor and New Corteva; Corteva calls the claims speculative and says it has never made or sold PFOA or PFOS.
One Texas producer lost about $70,000, Commissioner Sid Miller says; officials list the tells, odd ears, eyes and tails, missing brands and tags, repeated animals, warped fences, and tell buyers to demand video, references and independent inspection before sending money.
The Global Farmer Insights 2026 survey of 5,500 farmers in ten countries shows adoption up only 4 points since 2024 (2% in the US), generative AI used by 17% but paid for by 4%, agronomists trusted by 56% and AI by 6%, and input costs the top risk for two-thirds of North American farmers.
The Omaha-based, employee-owned farm-management firm, active in more than 30 states, says the platform's valuation tools, listings and leasing workflows answer a question that volatile prices, rates and input costs have made harder: what should farmland rent for?
Market ManagementDeputy Secretary Stephen Vaden told corn and wheat growers gathered in Ogden, Iowa, on 11 September that a hundred farmers' accounts of unfair fertilizer pricing would be hard for any lawyer to explain away, and pointed them to an anonymous submission site while the Federal Trade Commission investig
