LivestockThe Quebec meat processor's rebuilt Trois-Rivières plant can turn out 50 million kilograms a year of pork and poultry products and adds about 100 jobs.
CropsThe regional council's TANK plan would cut Heretaunga aquifer allocations from 160 to 90 million cubic metres; growers warn of unviable businesses and a worst-case $4 billion hit.
CropsA University of Missouri study of soil samples kept since 1888 finds average sulfur levels fell from 807 to 232 pounds per acre, and says growers can no longer count on the air to supply it.
AgribusinessThe New Zealand dairy processor returned to a small profit in the second half as its plants stabilised, cut net debt to $215m and paid farmers a total average of $10.07/kg MS for 2025-26.
AgribusinessUSDA's 2026 land values survey puts Virginia farm real estate at $6,300 an acre, up 3.3%, above the national average, and Farm Bureau economists warn the rise raises the bar for new farmers.
CropsMaryland and USDA's plant health service have added Harford County to the box tree moth quarantine, putting nine counties under movement rules for boxwoods.
AgribusinessA public meeting in Co. Westmeath heard farmers, contractors and hauliers demand lower fuel taxes, as the Irish government says it will extend its fuel support scheme for farmers.
EnvironmentA tigress from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve will be fitted with a satellite radio collar and moved via Gorakhpur and Hasimara to the Buxa forest, for release on 2 October.
Under a Bangladesh-Maldives Green Initiative, Mianz College School of Agriculture will test how guava, neem, flame tree and other Bangladeshi species adapt to Maldivian soil and climate.
AgribusinessWillie Aucamp says the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan needs more momentum, from 10,000 trained extension officers to secure land tenure, faster input registrations and new export markets.
LivestockIreland's agriculture minister says removing internal slurry agitation points stays a condition of TAMS 3 building grants, and points farmers to 60% safety grant aid for the work.
IslamIn the first half of 2026 Indonesia's halal industry contributed $61.60 billion to non-oil-and-gas manufacturing, 50.55 per cent of the sector's output; halal exports were about $35.72 billion.
LivestockAHDB says European finished pig prices have firmed after summer heat cut supply, but higher production, weaker Chinese demand and African swine fever may keep the market difficult into 2027.
