After a bumper potato harvest, farmers in Lalmonirhat face prices below their production cost and sudden rain that has left harvested potatoes lying in the mud.
The forest department rescued a wild junglefowl from a local market in Dighinala, Khagrachhari, and later released it into the hill forest.
Pineapples are pouring into Rangamati's floating Samataghat market, but prices have fallen by about half in a week, worrying farmers and leaving traders from afar with losses.
Fruit of all kinds is selling at high prices in Mymensingh's markets during Ramadan, with buyers blaming weak monitoring for rises of Tk 50-250 a kg.
Sunflower has been grown on more land than targeted in Dinajpur, where farmers and the agriculture department hope for a bumper yield if the weather holds.
AgribusinessMore than two million American landowners rent out 348 million acres of farmland, and 79% of it belongs to landlords who do not farm, a USDA survey has found.
With green mangoes now in the market, a glass of cold green mango sherbet is an easy way to beat the heat.
Thousands of watermelons arrive by trawler at Chandpur's river ghat every day for dispatch around the country, and buyers complain that many are not yet ripe.
Raw mangoes have appeared in Rangamati's market ahead of the season, with sellers asking Tk 400 a kg.
Sunflowers are in full bloom on 178 hectares across Tangail, and the agriculture office says farmers will profit if the weather stays favourable.
The UN trade and development agency UNCTAD has warned that a closure of the Strait of Hormuz could raise food prices and living costs worldwide, with Asia most affected.
The Burkina Faso Agricultural Transformation Project, approved by the World Bank, will raise productivity, modernise processing and open markets for rice and maize in four of the country's seventeen regions.
Mango orchards in Meherpur are full of blossom and a bumper crop is expected, but growers are worried about the export market and the harvesting deadline.
