AgribusinessCorteva, BASF, Bayer and Syngenta are separating seed, trait and crop-protection businesses a decade after the megamergers, reshaping how farmers buy inputs.
The first phase, costing about Rs 1,250 crore, should reach 45–50 lakh farmers while the state seeks central aid for drought losses it puts above Rs 40,000 crore.
Market ManagementA bipartisan House group asks US trade officials to use the USMCA review to win Mexican protections like PACA for growers when a buyer defaults.
AgribusinessInterviews with 15 businesses that grow food on salt-affected land, from halophyte farms to salt-tolerant seed and desalination firms, find weak demand rather than money holding the sector back.
The 2026–2027 campaign covers all 18 states and 1.2 million livestock-owning households, after the conflict destroyed Sudan's only veterinary vaccine laboratory.
About 50 farmers from the Indian Sundarbans tested draft rules and business models for integrated mangrove aquaculture at a WorldFish and IWMI workshop in West Bengal.
AgrotechThe UC ANR and AIFS competition, which drew nearly 100 teams from 13 countries in 2026, now has three divisions and more than $200,000 in prizes and startup support.
The 3,782-metric-ton quota, assigned to 98 bidders, keeps US oranges duty-free during Korea's September-to-February high-tariff season.
EnvironmentSix producer groups told Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada that its national soil health strategy needs farmer-led research, regional metrics and room for small and unconventional farms.
The Canadian-made DF5, first tested on an Agco header during Brazil's soybean harvest, is meant to cut header losses and feed combines more evenly.
CropsPlains Cotton Growers says dryland fields suffered most after a promising start, in a region that grows about 35% of US cotton.
CSO figures show 1.1 million cattle slaughtered from January to August, sheep down 3.4% and pigs up 4%, with weekly factory supplies now above last year.
AgrotechComparing two 2026 producer surveys, researchers found 52% of US farmers say AI and data tools bring no meaningful benefit, against 21% in Argentina.
