CropsDhanuka launches Polin, a new-mode fungicide against rice leaf and neck blast
Developed with Japan's Nippon Soda, the FRAC 52 fungicide is being rolled out in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh at 100 ml an acre.
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AgrotechNZ-made electric fencing to keep elephants out of Tanzanian sugarcane and rice
Gallagher is supplying remotely monitored electric fencing for a 14km elephant corridor in Tanzania's Kilombero Valley, where migrating elephants destroy sugarcane and rice crops.
Market Management
Potato at Rs 6 a kilo: a Falakata petrol pump gives free potatoes to back growers
With cold-stored potatoes fetching only Rs 6 a kilogram wholesale in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, farmers are leaving them in storage, and a Falakata petrol pump is giving 2 kg of potatoes free with every Rs 2,000 of fuel.
AgribusinessNebraska lifts dyed-diesel penalties and truck weight limits for harvest
Governor Jim Pillen has signed two executive orders letting Nebraska farmers and haulers use untaxed dyed diesel on the highway and run up to 25% over legal weight limits while the harvest is moving.
Crops
Heat-tolerant lentils bred with AI and speed breeding reach field trials in Australia
About 200 lines from a GRDC-funded Agriculture Victoria project are being tested at three main sites, with 50 more at hotter satellite sites.
CropsIRRI and Nottingham team up to breed rice that keeps yielding in the heat
The BBSRC-funded Temp-Resist Rice project will search traditional varieties and wild relatives for traits that protect pollen and grain formation at high temperatures.
AgrotechPlantArcBio's drought-tolerance genes more than double cob weight in a field trial
The Israeli gene-discovery firm says corn carrying its lead genes outperformed controls under both normal irrigation and severe drought across 200 plots.
CropsEurope's processing-potato heartland harvests almost a quarter less
DCA Market Intelligence puts the 2026 crop in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany at about 20.8 million tonnes after acreage cuts and a hot, dry season.
LivestockFonterra doubles operating profit and forecasts $9.50 milk price, watching El Niño
The co-operative reports NZ$3.4bn operating profit and expects collections just above 1.6 billion kg of milk solids, while its chair says the El Niño's severity is unknown.
CropsIndian seed industry targets 10% of global seed trade by 2035
The Federation of Seed Industry of India, valuing the sector at $3.6bn, asks for one national regulatory framework, faster approvals and stronger IP protection for oilseeds and pulses.
FruitsVirginia lets 169 frost-hit wineries buy more outside grapes while vineyards recover
After spring frost and freeze caused severe losses, Virginia's ABC authority granted automatic waivers so farm wineries can source more fruit from vineyards they do not own or lease.
LivestockProlonged rain squeezes feed and stock on Southland and South Otago farms
A rural co-ordination group says supplementary feed is still available but silage is very tight and transport is stretched, and urges farmers to budget feed weeks ahead and ask for help early.
AgribusinessUSDA speeds up farm loans, but only a farm bill can lift borrowing limits
USDA is making its fast-track direct-loan process permanent and cutting paperwork for guaranteed loans, while Farm Bureau says the loan caps themselves need Congress to act.