At a government grower imbizo, the deputy trade minister promised talks with lenders on finance suited to cane growers, and more predictable reviews of the sugar import tariff.
CropsThe NASS wheat and barley variety survey shows MSU's solid-stem Dagmar and Bobcat leading Montana spring and winter wheat, while barley area rose by 100,000 acres.
Market ManagementNebraska's Public Service Commission dismissed a complaint that The Andersons failed to pay a producer for 17 grain loads, after the company settled and agreed to a fine, letting it keep its grain dealer licence.
LivestockThe 9th Circuit has found that Idaho's 2017 water-rights forfeiture process unconstitutionally targets federal stockwater rights on grazing allotments leased to ranchers.
Market ManagementEx-mill sugar prices in India have dropped sharply from their August peak, but retail prices are falling more slowly, the Food Ministry and the co-operative mills' federation say.
An EY analysis released by Protein Industries Canada finds that shifting 10 per cent of raw crop exports into domestic processing could add $5.4 billion to GDP and about 34,000 jobs.
AgrotechThe Xpedite system raised yield potential by 10% in trials and up to 20% in water-stressed conditions; Hard Red Winter comes first, Soft Red Winter in 2029 and Hard Red Spring in 2030.
LivestockA European Commission audit found Uruguay's controls fit for beef exports to the EU but uncovered traceability weaknesses in a cold store and cutting plants, prompting new procedures.
CropsBASF has launched Zidua Prime, a two-ingredient burndown and residual herbicide that Ontario soybean growers can use from the 2027 season.
EnvironmentDefra closed Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive on the afternoon it opened after the whole £233m budget was allocated, leaving many farmers without an agreement.
EnvironmentUniversity of Arkansas scientists found that soil health indicators shift markedly with the season and depth of sampling, and urge farmers to keep their sampling consistent.
LivestockBritain's APHA has asked pig vets to watch for a new disease syndrome, tied to a novel parvovirus variant, found on farms in the Netherlands and on one breeding farm in Denmark.
LivestockThe Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the University of Notre Dame are putting $140,389 into a rapid study of an FDA-approved drug as a new weapon against New World screwworm.
