LivestockMeeting the poultry sector at the Secretariat, commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir warned against excess profit and artificial shortages; traders said feed costs have pushed the cost of an egg to about Tk 11 and prices should ease within two weeks.
CropsUSDA's Grain and Feed Update shows Bangladesh imported over 1.74 million tonnes of maize in marketing year 2026, about 111,000 tonnes of it from the United States; Brazil supplied 68 percent and India 24 percent.
CropsGrowing, cold storage and transport cost Tk 23-24 a kilo, but potatoes fetch Tk 14-15; with cold stores to be emptied by 10 November, farmers and traders face mounting losses.
AgribusinessThe Commission wants €300bn for agriculture in 2028-2034, against €386.6bn now, and to fold CAP money into national plans; a majority of MEPs opposes ending the standalone budget.
OpinionShariful Islam Roni argues that, as in Italy, New Zealand and Australia, agritourism could give Bangladeshi farmers several incomes from the same land, provided farming comes first and tourism second.
FruitsEntrepreneur Harunur Rashid Musa's 11-year-old orchard in Kakbaria, Jhenaidah, grows 14 to 15 avocado varieties, yielding about 60 kg a tree, with bagging and pheromone traps against pests.
Sharabangla Down Products in Akkelpur, Joypurhat, collects about 22 tonnes of duck feathers a month from across Bangladesh and ships processed down and feather to China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
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.
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.
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.
CropsA CIMMYT policy note by Ravi Nandi and former BARC chief Wais Kabir says fertiliser subsidies take nearly 80% of the agriculture ministry's budget, favour large farms and should be reformed gradually, not removed.
OrganicThe grain trader's fourth annual report says its 2025 programmes across 11 countries and 10 crops cut about 946,000 tonnes of CO2e against regional benchmarks.
