CropsOn 25 June 2026 the US Department of Agriculture announced a final Regenerative Feedstock Rule linking soil-friendly practices on corn, soybeans, sorghum and spring canola to biofuel supply chains, as President Donald Trump signed an executive order on regenerative agriculture.
LivestockThere were 73.7 million hogs and pigs on US farms on 1 June 2026, slightly fewer than a year earlier and than on 1 March, USDA's statistics service reported on 25 June.
AgrotechIn June 2026 the World Bank reported that 35,000 smallholders in Cameroon were obtaining improved seed and fertilizer through the e-voucher system of PATNUC, a project it backs, while a national challenge matched agritech startups with farmer groups.
AgribusinessUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 23 June 2026 that per capita honey consumption in the United States has nearly doubled since 1990, and that imports made up 78 percent of the US honey supply in 2025.
EnvironmentIn June 2026, Mawsynram in India's Meghalaya state recorded 530 millimetres of rain in 24 hours. Experts warned that such upstream rain could quickly raise rivers and haors in north-eastern Bangladesh.
Ube, a purple yam long used in Philippine sweets, has taken Western menus by storm, leaving farmers in the Philippines struggling to keep up.
A new El Nino declared by NOAA on 11 June could break all records, raising the risk of floods, droughts, heatwaves and food crises across the world.
EnvironmentUSDA's Economic Research Service reported in June 2026 that 36 percent of US corn, soybean, cotton and wheat acres with water-driven erosion received technical assistance, more than for any other field problem.
EnvironmentThe World Bank-backed Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Project (IDIP-2) rehabilitated canals and hydraulic structures in four southern regions, improving irrigation and drainage on more than 100,000 hectares and bringing remote pump control.
AgribusinessA World Bank report released in Dhaka on 15 June 2026 found that Bangladesh spends about a tenth of its public budget on agriculture but concentrates it on fertilizer subsidies and rice, leaving research, advice, irrigation and market access underfunded.
China says foreign intelligence agencies are fitting sea turtles and fish with tracking and monitoring devices to gather information on weaknesses in its coastal defences.
EnvironmentOn 12 June 2026 the World Bank approved $95.75 million for the Kyrgyz Republic National Irrigation Investment Program, which was expected to improve irrigation services on about 82,000 hectares and benefit more than 450,000 people.
AgrotechAn analysis published on 9 June 2026 by USDA's Economic Research Service found that American dairies using robotic milking earned net returns $3.15 per hundredweight of milk higher, on average, than dairies that had not adopted it.
