Vegetable growers working with WASSAN in Andhra Pradesh's dry Rayalaseema are rebuilding the habitat that pollinators, spiders, ladybirds and soil fungi need — zinnia strips along fields, companion crops, staggered planting, farm ponds, trees on bunds and cloth ground cover that keeps soil cool and
At least 15 farmer protests in a month, 204 mobile courts and 1,700 sacks recovered: why fertiliser in store is not reaching the field.
The fungal disease tar spot has been found in corn in Randolph County, North Carolina, the state's first confirmed case, bringing to 19 the number of US states reporting it this year; a state pathologist says late-season infections rarely cut yield but scouting matters if wet weather continues.
Corn ending stocks fall to 1.567 billion bushels and the farm price rises 30 cents to $4.80; soybean prices dropped double digits on the day even as USDA raised its season-average forecast to $12; wheat was unchanged at 717 million bushels of stocks.
The September WASDE lowers the 2026/27 US corn yield by 2.2 bushels to 178.5 an acre and production by 213 million bushels to 15.8 billion, trims corn ending stocks to 1.6 billion, raises soybean output to 4.5 billion bushels with exports up 25 million, and leaves wheat unchanged.
Two InnerPlant scientists argue that drones, cameras and AI all detect fungal disease in soybeans only after symptoms appear, when the spray window has passed, and make the case for plants engineered to signal infection about ten days earlier.
CropsThe federal order of 21 August takes 760,000 acre-feet a year from Arizona through 2028, but senior water rights spare the Yuma growers who supply about 90 per cent of North America's winter leafy greens — unless another poor snowpack brings deeper cuts.
New-crop commitments stood at 16.3 million tonnes in late August, 7.76 million of them to China, about 31% of the 25 million-tonne truce target; the US share of world soybean exports fell to 22% last year and exports plunged 34% to $16.2 billion in 2025.
A venomous monocled cobra found by tea pickers at Bhurbhuria tea garden in Sreemangal was rescued and handed to the forest department for release into the forest.
Continuous rain and upstream water have pushed the Padma above danger level at Hardinge Bridge, stranding about 50,000 people in Daulatpur, Kushtia, and submerging roads and farmland.
Perilla, a short-duration oilseed rich in omega-3, can be grown on land left fallow after Aus rice and could help reduce Bangladesh's dependence on imported edible oil.
Aus paddy has slipped to Tk 700–800 a maund from Tk 1,000–1,050 a year ago; millers blame excess rice imports for weak demand and want government procurement in the Aus season too.
With farmers blocking roads and raiding dealers' warehouses despite official claims of surplus stocks, a columnist warns that the gap between the warehouse ledger and the field must close before history repeats itself.
