AgribusinessThe Iowa Realtors Land Institute's September survey puts tillable land up 0.6% over six months and about 1.9% on the year, with pasture and timber ground gaining more.
AgribusinessThe snack maker's impact-investment platform put money into Area One Farms Fund V, which co-invests with family farms that want to expand and supports regenerative practices.
AgrotechA USDA-funded project is collecting more than 13,000 soil samples from about 6,000 fields to rebuild the free SHAPE online tool so it gives farmers local soil-health benchmarks and practice recommendations.
Market ManagementNew Assisting Specialty Crop Exports awards include $10 million for the IR-4 Project, $3 million for the Codex Alimentarius Commission and $500,000 for a biopesticide rules study.
CropsThe disease resembles Phaeosphaeria leaf spot or maize white spot, but DNA sequencing has not yet identified the fungus; reports have also come from New York and Pennsylvania.
The framework, signed at UNGA81, moves the two lenders from project-by-project deals to joint investment in the first mile of food systems.
Market ManagementChinese sulphur fell 7.2% in a week as phosphate makers resisted record costs, but prices remain about triple a year ago and phosphate fertiliser is still about 30% above pre-war levels.
INFLECT, a powder of two bacteria and one fungus applied to corn seed at planting, is designed to protect roots and yields where fields get anhydrous ammonia or heavy manure.
AgrotechA study in Plants, People, Planet found precision irrigation and non-destructive field testing saved water while improving yields and fruit quality.
CropsThe BBSRC-backed Temp-Resist Rice project will search traditional varieties and wild relatives for heat-tolerance traits, focusing on pollen failure at flowering.
AgrotechThe battery-powered robot films the undersides of soybean leaves where drones cannot see, feeding AI models meant to map frogeye leaf spot hot spots for targeted fungicide.
The three-year ROOTS project, funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, will use a planned AI tool, RootGPT, and Midwest field trials to test whether deeper roots store more soil carbon and resist drought.
AgribusinessTánaiste Simon Harris announced the extension in the Dáil and promised help with fodder and fertiliser; contractors' body FCI welcomed it after green diesel peaked in August.
