LivestockFarmers and traders from neighbouring districts come to Bhangura's Sharatnagar market on Saturdays and Wednesdays for local cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep; cattle once came by boat on the Baral, now by minitruck and pickup.
On International Coffee Day, FAO describes how washing stations in Rwanda and a reformed cooperative in Kenya's Baringo County are raising the quality of smallholder coffee and the earnings that come with it.
CropsAbout 25 million households, most of them smallholders in developing countries, grow around 80 per cent of the world's coffee; the value chain from picking the cherries to green coffee, export and roasting.
CropsDepartment of Agricultural Extension figures show coffee imports rising from 264 tonnes in 2012 to 1,745 tonnes in 2025, while commercial coffee farming has spread from the three hill districts to Tangail, Rangpur and Nilphamari.
American Vanguard's AMVAC is acquiring the US registrations and trademarks for Caparol, Evik, Prime+ and Agri-Flex, which it expects to add more than $7 million in annual net sales.
A Department of Fertilisers official says the bill could exceed ₹3 lakh crore this fiscal year against ₹1.71 lakh crore budgeted if supply disruptions tied to the West Asia crisis continue.
At the South African Future of Food Conference, lenders and funders said capital exists for farmers but unmanaged risk, missing collateral and business readiness keep it from reaching them.
GalleryWith dengue patients' families buying malta, imported malta sells for Tk 480 to Tk 500 and local malta for Tk 120 to Tk 130 in Chattogram's retail markets; a photo story from the fruit shops of Kadamtali, Station Road and New Market.
An anonymous memo from staff at major UK food companies says retailers and manufacturers switch sources instead of investing in farms, leaving producers to absorb the cost of extreme weather and lower yields.
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority's draft labelling regulations propose mandatory black-octagon warnings on ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt or saturated fat.
CropsSoybeans were left off the list of goods offered easier treatment after President Trump met President Xi Jinping, and futures fell 31 cents a bushel, costing growers about $20 an acre, an Iowa farmer says.
FisheriesHundreds of farmers and traders from Pabna, Natore and Kushtia bring fish to Muladuli at dawn for wholesalers from Dhaka, Sylhet, Rangpur and Khulna; traders complain of monsoon waterlogging and a highway ban on fish vehicles.
FisheriesAbu Raihan bought 10 ornamental fish for Tk 500 in 2020; he now breeds 30 species in 36 concrete tanks in his yard, sells across the country through a Facebook page and earns about Tk 40,000 a month.
