EnvironmentA technical clash with its existing SFI23 agreement stopped the GWCT's Allerton Project submitting an £85,000-a-year application before the £253m window closed in under six hours.
FruitsHerdade das Servas in Portugal tested night picking in 2024 and made it standard last year; its winemaker expects more of the region's producers to follow.
CropsThe Chemical Review Committee adopted a decision guidance document on the organophosphate, citing bans in Brazil and the EU; the parties will take a final decision in April 2027.
Where the Bay of Bengal meets the Sundarbans mangroves, Kochikhali is home to deer, birds, butterflies and forests of golpata and gewa.
EnvironmentA two-year FarmGate Nutrient Balance Programme on 145 farms found an average phosphorus balance of -0.5 kg/ha, against modelled surpluses of 6.2 kg/ha, while nitrogen stayed in surplus.
LivestockA USDA FAS report warns a strengthening El Niño could cut broiler weights, egg output and hatchability and tighten corn supplies, while ventilated commercial farms are better placed than smallholders.
LivestockThe Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that state farm regulators need not write a water-quality plan specific to Tillamook Bay, ending for now Hayes Oyster Co.'s decade-long fight over dairy manure runoff.
After weeks of heavy Midwest rain, forecasters expect fewer prolonged downpours and a warmer autumn, which could add fieldwork days in October to December and ease the race against winter.
EnvironmentA new global assessment finds about 20% of land and 10% of the ocean protected, short of the 30x30 goal agreed in Montreal, and a study suggests only a quarter of marine protected areas deliver real conservation.
CropsA memorandum of understanding sets up a joint working group to share research on glyphosate formulations, exposure and cancer evidence ahead of an EPA risk assessment due early next year.
A new IPC analysis projects 5.4 million Somalis in crisis hunger or worse from October to December, with El Niño flooding set to hit riverine and agropastoral farming communities hardest.
LivestockHydrological modelling for three Manitoba watersheds projects warming of about 2.5 C by 2050 and nearly 5 C by 2100, drier pastures and falling groundwater for dugouts and livestock water.
CropsA University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute study found varieties such as Optic suppress ammonia-oxidising microbes by up to 30%, a heritable trait breeders could select to cut nitrogen losses.
