Crops
After Japan, Nepal Bans Indian Mangoes
Nepal has banned Indian mango imports after excessive chemical pesticide was found in shipments, following a similar ban by Japan last month.
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Fruits
Japan Stops Buying Indian Mangoes, Opening a Door for Bangladesh
Japan's new ban on Indian mangoes after pest-control failures gives Bangladesh, already in talks with Tokyo, a chance to enter a premium market.
LivestockUS meat and egg supply per person projected to keep rising through 2027
In a 4 June 2026 chart, USDA's Economic Research Service projected 228.8 pounds of beef, pork, broiler and turkey meat and 22.5 dozen eggs per American consumer in 2026, rising to 229.4 pounds and 22.9 dozen in 2027.
Agribusiness
Ghana's AgriConnect Compact puts $3.5 billion behind cocoa, rice, maize and poultry
The national framework aims to improve food and nutrition security for close to three million people by 2030 and to support the creation of more than 2.6 million jobs by 2035.
AgrotechRobots milked 6 percent of US milk in 2021, with midsized dairies leading
Cows milked by robots produced 6 percent of U.S. milk in 2021, up from 4 percent in 2016, USDA's Economic Research Service reported. Thirteen percent of dairies with 150 to 499 cows used the technology, more than either smaller or larger farms.
Crops
Crowds of Foreigners Turn Out for Free Mangoes in San Francisco
Hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco to taste famous Indian mango varieties for free at an annual mango celebration.
EnvironmentUSDA surveys nearly 23,000 farms on how they conserve soil and water
USDA said on 29 May 2026 that nearly 23,000 American farmers, ranchers and landowners would be asked about tillage, fertiliser, manure, irrigation and installed conservation practices for the Conservation Effects Assessment Project survey.
Crops
Japan's Move Worries India's Mango Traders
Japan has again banned mango imports from India, nearly two decades after lifting its last ban, after finding flaws in Indian pest control earlier this year.
AgribusinessSmall family farms are 86 percent of US farms but produce 17 percent of value
Large-scale family farms, only 5 percent of American farms, produced half the value of agricultural output in 2024, while the 86 percent that are small family farms produced 17 percent.
Livestock
Israeli Settlers Steal Sheep Meant for Eid, Leaving Palestinian Farmer in Distress
A Palestinian woman farmer says Jewish settlers in the West Bank raided her farm before dawn and stole the sheep she had prepared for Eid-ul-Azha.
Fruits
The Town Called the World's 'Mango Capital'
Malihabad, a small town near Lucknow famed for the Dasheri mango, is affectionately known as the world's mango capital.
Livestock
Which Animals Are Sacrificed at Eid in Which Countries?
The animals Muslims sacrifice at Eid-ul-Azha vary from country to country, from camels and dumbas in Saudi Arabia to sheep in Nigeria and cows in Bangladesh.
AgrotechRobotic milking cuts dairy labour costs, but the saving depends on herd size
Small dairies with robots valued their unpaid family labour at $5.30 per hundredweight against $9.22 without, while midsized adopters paid $1.17 per hundredweight for hired labour against $2.10.