CropsTexas crop reports describe a season split in two, with dryland cotton and sorghum failing under heat above 100F in the High and Rolling Plains while rice growers on the coast lost yield to cloud and rain, and ranchers everywhere feeding hay early.
CropsA Penn State and AGROSAVIA greenhouse study in Plant and Soil found a low-cadmium cacao variety switches on detoxification genes and restricts the metal's movement, giving breeders targets for safer beans from naturally cadmium-rich soils in Latin America.
A BNP leader who holds the Rajibpur dealership is accused of holding back 500 sacks of government urea to sell above the fixed price; officials distributed the stock and are moving against a second dealer.
CropsManitoba's crop report says winter cereals are done and spring cereals nearly so in the east, but frequent rain, cool days and heavy dew are sprouting late barley, dropping test weights, and leaving canola below average while soybeans and pastures look good.
Demand for the four main fertilisers is 5.8 million tonnes this year; 1.219 million tonnes have been distributed since July and 1.2579 million tonnes are in stock, the ministry told the standing committee, where at least three members reported local scarcity.
UK November feed wheat fell 1.3% to £209.75/t after the USDA lifted its global wheat stock forecast to 276.3 million tonnes and trimmed the US maize crop less than traders expected; Brent crude topped $100 for the first time since May.
Two weeks before its 1 October separation from Corteva, the seed company says its proprietary, non-GMO hybridisation system works in every wheat line tested, lifts yield potential about 10% and holds up better in drought; Hard Red Winter comes first, with $500 million of wheat revenue targeted by 20
The Hunt Michigan Collaborative and the National Deer Association ran seven 'farm tour hunts' across five counties on 12 September with nearly 100 participants, using state Deer Management Assistance Program permits for antlerless deer; Croswell grower Shawn Petersen, who once counted 50 deer a nigh
The FAO 160 variety, a first choice on the Maize Descriptive List, combines rapid maturity with 38.4% dry matter, 57.2% cell-wall digestibility and 36.3% starch, giving livestock farmers who need an early harvest a high-energy forage option.
A Science Bulletin analysis of 48 traits, 539 varieties and 1,709 field observations finds 'green and efficient' maize already yields 10% more, but commercial varieties rarely stack three or more traits and nitrogen-use efficiency stays underused; full adoption would add 146 million tonnes of grain
Receiving a delegation from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University at Bangabhaban, President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called on agricultural universities and extension services to work together to make farmers aware.
As farmers in Moulvibazar switch to high-yielding rice for bigger harvests, local varieties are disappearing for lack of seed conservation and research.
Syed Mazarul Islam Rubel argues that successful tree planting depends not on numbers but on planting the right species in the right place.
