CropsWest Texas cotton heads for a hard harvest after heat and drought
Plains Cotton Growers says dryland fields suffered most after a promising start, in a region that grows about 35% of US cotton.
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FAO warns of long recovery for Nepal farmers after August floods
Flash floods and landslides damaged about 1,800 hectares of farmland, mostly paddy near harvest, and killed 5–10% of livestock in eleven municipalities.
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EPA agrees to decide by April 2027 on five neonicotinoid insecticides
A proposed settlement with NRDC sets a firm date for ruling on food tolerances for acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.
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Heat before flowering costs wheat most, but can prime it for the next heat wave
Field trials at the University of Lleida found pre-flowering heat cut grain numbers most, while plants hit early suffered less from a second heat wave.
AgribusinessIrish fertiliser sales fall 5.5% as government readies support for farmers
Department figures show 1.14 million tonnes sold in the first nine months of the fertiliser year, while the Tánaiste promises fertiliser, fodder and fuel supports.
Agribusiness
Maryland's first new dry-mix fertilizer plant in 15 years triples loading speed
The Mill in White Hall opened a 2,000-ton facility with a computer-run blender, but dealers and analysts warn fertilizer prices are not coming down soon.
CropsMaharashtra to pay drought relief without waiting for the Centre, says Fadnavis
After walking through dried-up soybean and tur fields in Washim district, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said a government order releasing relief under 'Trigger 1' of the state's drought code would be issued the next day.
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Will a crop that succeeds in the lab survive in the field? Plant scientist Shirin Akter explains
The Bangladeshi researcher at Lanzhou University says tolerant genes matter, but new varieties need multi-site field trials, drainage and irrigation, weather data and farmers' knowledge to be useful.
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Tk 2.38 crore budgeted for outside soil, but Dinajpur canal bank is built from farmland
A Water Development Board contract at Parbatipur in Dinajpur set aside Tk 2,38,83,000 to bring about 59,708 cubic metres of earth from outside the project area to rebuild an irrigation canal bank. Instead, cropland on both banks is being dug 10 to 12 feet deep; the board confirmed the irregularity o
Agribusiness
Rotten fallen betel nuts become factory raw material in Kurigram's Rajarhat
Traders in Rajarhat, Kurigram, buy about 50 tonnes a month of dried, rotten betel nuts at Tk 60-100 a kilogram and send them to paint and chemical factories, giving seasonal work to more than a hundred mostly women workers.
CropsDhanuka launches Polin, a new-mode fungicide against rice leaf and neck blast
Developed with Japan's Nippon Soda, the FRAC 52 fungicide is being rolled out in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh at 100 ml an acre.
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Potato at Rs 6 a kilo: a Falakata petrol pump gives free potatoes to back growers
With cold-stored potatoes fetching only Rs 6 a kilogram wholesale in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, farmers are leaving them in storage, and a Falakata petrol pump is giving 2 kg of potatoes free with every Rs 2,000 of fuel.
CropsIRRI and Nottingham team up to breed rice that keeps yielding in the heat
The BBSRC-funded Temp-Resist Rice project will search traditional varieties and wild relatives for traits that protect pollen and grain formation at high temperatures.