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.
Ohio State University and Emergent Connext have wired the Molly Caren Agricultural Center to test wide-area LoRaWAN against faster short-range networks for connected farm equipment.
CropsAt the UPASI Tea Research Foundation's centenary conference in Coonoor, industry panellists said commoditisation and climate change are squeezing producers and premium, speciality teas are the way out.
EnvironmentFarm families in Oconee County, Georgia, are fighting four proposed routes for a Watkinsville truck bypass that would cut through pasture, ponds and generational farmland.
CropsAgriculture minister Andrew Muir has extended the pilot Protein Crop Scheme for peas, beans and lupins to the end of the 2027 scheme year, while a study of its benefits concludes.
A detector dog led US Customs and Border Protection to corn and seeds in luggage from Ghana carrying a non-native moth never before intercepted at a US port of entry.
EnvironmentA study from the €10m Palus Demos project says paludiculture can keep peat carbon locked up while earning farmers an income, but needs long-term trials, suitable machinery and markets.
A North Dakota start-up has raised $2.3 million to breed rhizobial inoculants that can outcompete native soil bacteria on pulse crops.
A new FAO assessment says livestock systems provide a third of global protein, and that most meat, milk and eggs never cross a border.
LivestockA Western College of Veterinary Medicine trial found calves given an intranasal vaccine at birth and a systemic booster at turnout fared better against respiratory disease than calves given the systemic shot alone.
CropsA hybrid wheatgrass bred at the University of Saskatchewan is out-competing herbicide-resistant kochia on saline ground, and a new trial is testing how to grow it for seed.
LivestockBritish Wool's first four sales of the season averaged £1.70/kg, and core wool types could pay farmers more than £1/kg for the 2026 clip, enough to cover shearing costs.
CropsJohn Innes Centre and Ethiopian scientists have field-trialled a LAMP test that detects the wheat blast fungus on simple equipment, a tool aimed at countries such as Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Zambia.
