Livestock
Rising Transport Costs Cast Doubt on Taking Eid Cattle to Dhaka Markets
High feed prices and fuel-driven rises in truck fares have left farmers in south-western Bangladesh unsure whether they can take cattle to Dhaka's Eid-ul-Azha markets.
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Livestock
Fisheries
Have You Ever Eaten Fried Egg With Shrimp?
Fried egg and shrimp, two favourites, combine into a distinctive dish that is quick to make at home.
Crops
Paddy Fields Drying Up as Farmers Go From Pump to Pump in Search of Diesel
A diesel shortage across Bogura at the height of the boro season has left farmers queuing for hours at filling stations to keep their irrigation pumps running.
Fruits
A Summer Treat: Make Green Jackfruit With Beef
A little beef can lift a curry of green jackfruit, or echor, which is now in the markets.
Agribusiness
Recipe for Soybean Vegetarian Omelette Curry
Soybean can stand in for egg in this crisp-outside, soft-inside vegetarian omelette, simmered in a spicy curry.
Fruits
For a Pohela Boishakh Feast, Add Three Mango Desserts
Green mango pudding, mango sandesh and mango doi round off a Pohela Boishakh meal and can be made quickly at home.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Prices High, Broiler Chicken Cheaper
Broiler and Sonali chicken prices have fallen in Dhaka's markets, but hilsa, the Pohela Boishakh favourite, remains as expensive as before.
Livestock
24 Temporary Cattle Markets to Be Set Up in the Capital, Aftabnagar 'Uncertain'
Dhaka's two city corporations plan 24 temporary markets for sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but whether one will be held at Aftabnagar is uncertain.
Environment
New aqueduct and canal works secure water for Argentina's herds and orchards
A livestock aqueduct in southern Córdoba has brought 50,000 hectares back into production and a rebuilt irrigation system in the Río Negro Valley has added 4,000 hectares, both under the World Bank-supported GIRSAR programme.
Agribusiness
When Cattle or Horses Turned the Kolus' Oil Mills
The kolu community's wooden ghani, an oil mill turned by oxen or horses, is disappearing as cheaper machine-pressed and adulterated mustard oil takes over.
Crops
Hilsa Must Be Brought Within Reach of Ordinary People by Raising Production
The minister for fisheries, livestock and agriculture has urged scientists to find ways to raise hilsa production and protect jatka so that the fish comes within reach of ordinary people.
Agribusiness
'I Have Never Bought Chicken at Such a Price'
Sonali and local chicken are selling at record prices in Dhaka after Eid as disease on farms and higher transport costs cut supply.
LivestockWhole milk climbs to 39 percent of US fluid sales as the total falls 22 percent
US fluid milk sales fell from about 55,433 million pounds in 2009 to 43,179 million pounds in 2024, yet whole milk's share of the shrinking market rose from a low of 26 percent in 2012 to 39 percent.