AgrotechInstead of adding new resistance genes that blight soon overcomes, a Crop Science Centre team is reinforcing the potato's NRC helper proteins, using gene editing among other tools, for broader and more durable protection.
LivestockAn MSD Animal Health survey finds 66.2% of British dairy farmers now test colostrum quality, yet only 31.7% test calves for failed transfer of passive immunity, down from 41.1% in 2022.
AgrotechHalderman Real Estate & Farm Management says an in-house AI tool built with Margin AI works out combination bids in seconds at farmland auctions and prepares most of an appraisal, while keeping clients' farm records private.
LivestockA working group recommends building on existing manifests and brand inspection, linked to the national system, rather than a new scheme, to cut disease and market risk.
LivestockThe 52nd tour on the Hi-Line showed contrasting breeding philosophies, a $2,700 average for a 600-pound steer and ranchers still culling heifers because of drought.
OpinionTim Gibbons and Dena Hoff say investors buying land to rent back to farmers are creating a non-farming landlord class, and back the Farmland for Farmers Act.
FruitsProcessors will pay at least 75 to 90 cents a pound for the 2026 crop, down from $1.05 to $1.30, with final prices unlikely before spring.
CropsConservation, careful diversions and 60,000 acre-feet of mitigation water from groundwater pumpers kept deliveries going toward mid-October despite a one-third cut in May.
LivestockA side letter promised talks if India opened bulk dairy to a comparable exporter, but the EU got the same exclusions and a US deal would not qualify, exporters say.
CropsThe US Department of Agriculture is raising assistance under its Regenerative Pilot Program from $700 million to $1 billion in fiscal 2027 and making it easier for farmers to qualify.
LivestockThe State Water Board's Dairy Remand Order tells the Central Valley regional board to test lagoons against shallow groundwater, meter nitrogen and set new loading limits.
LivestockThe state agriculture department will award $25,000 of federal money, reimbursing 80% of approved prevention costs for producers in the wolf range.
AgrotechFarmers Business Network will get early access to Google frontier models to build a system that tailors AI advice to each farm's soil, crops, weather, equipment and finances.
