LivestockThe Boston start-up is developing a vaccine that trains a cow's immune system to curb the rumen microbes that make methane, and aims to sell its first product in New Zealand from 2028.
FruitsFarmers in Jhalokathi's four upazilas grew hog plum (amra) on 605 hectares this year for 4,590 tonnes; at the Bhimruli floating market it sells for Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,600 a maund, and growers say it pays better than guava, BSS reports.
AgribusinessSARS has opened a standalone diesel refund registration system separate from VAT; no existing registration carries over, and a farmer's claims will depend on each fuel supplier registering too.
CropsA Grain SA economist told an NAMC webinar that a large maize surplus could blunt any El Nino price rise, while input costs have outpaced crop prices.
AgrotechFrance's Biotech Open Platform, founded by Danone, Michelin and partners with over EUR 20 million, has opened a 15-cubic-metre fermentation facility to help start-ups scale food and material ingredients from lab to industry.
AgribusinessThe National Farmers' Federation told the Safeguard Mechanism review that carbon offsets can take farmland out of production and that lower thresholds could pull grain and fertiliser sites into the scheme.
LivestockIndustry leaders at BeefEx said more grainfed beef and growing feedlot capacity are Australia's answer to cheap South American beef, with Southeast Asia and the Middle East the markets to win.
A mobile court seized 150 sacks of urea and fined a pesticide trader Tk 5,000 at Kamarjani port in Gaibandha Sadar for bringing in and stocking fertiliser without authorisation.
CropsA BADC-approved low-lift pump irrigation scheme in Ullapara, Sirajganj was sanctioned on land not owned by the applicant, and the pump was built on neighbouring railway property.
AgribusinessA University of the Free State team surveyed 132 small-scale farming households in two former homelands and found labour, infrastructure and aspirations limit farming more than land does.
FruitsIn Madhupur, Tangail, traders now pack pineapple trucks with weeds such as jagatber and German lata (Mikania) instead of straw, and cutters sell them at Tk 300 to 450 a van-load.
CropsExecutives from IKEA, Royal Canin and Yara told a forum in Beijing that regenerative agriculture has proved itself in pilots, but no one has settled who carries the cost and risk of scaling it up.
OpinionJournalist and columnist Hasan Mamun writes in Samakal that falling domestic gas output has deepened reliance on LNG and LPG imports; fertiliser factories cannot run properly for want of gas, with the input-hungry boro season approaching.
