Enrolment for the 2026 crop year runs from 16 September to 11 December after the largest expansion of the US farm safety net in two decades; new base acres were trimmed 3.69% because requests exceeded the 30-million-acre cap.
CropsA Penn State and AGROSAVIA greenhouse study in Plant and Soil found a low-cadmium cacao variety switches on detoxification genes and restricts the metal's movement, giving breeders targets for safer beans from naturally cadmium-rich soils in Latin America.
FisheriesGrants of $50,000 to $2 million under the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program will help independent processors of wild-caught invasive catfish build, modernise and staff plants; applications close on 7 December 2026 with a 20% match required.
The Women in Agricultural Innovation Award, which began in 2025 as the Women in AgRobotics of the Year Award won by Arha Padman of Niqo Robotics, now covers precision agriculture, data and AI, biotech, sensors, software and irrigation, with the winner honoured at FIRA USA in Yakima on 20–22 October.
CropsManitoba's crop report says winter cereals are done and spring cereals nearly so in the east, but frequent rain, cool days and heavy dew are sprouting late barley, dropping test weights, and leaving canola below average while soybeans and pastures look good.
UK November feed wheat fell 1.3% to £209.75/t after the USDA lifted its global wheat stock forecast to 276.3 million tonnes and trimmed the US maize crop less than traders expected; Brent crude topped $100 for the first time since May.
ALC chair Jennifer Dyson told agriculture minister Lana Popham the proposal, which would let processors on Class 4–7 soils in the Agricultural Land Reserve source up to 95% of inputs from outside BC, lacks evidence and would keep shrinking the land base; Popham sees a market for hazelnut growers and
The FAO 160 variety, a first choice on the Maize Descriptive List, combines rapid maturity with 38.4% dry matter, 57.2% cell-wall digestibility and 36.3% starch, giving livestock farmers who need an early harvest a high-energy forage option.
A Science Bulletin analysis of 48 traits, 539 varieties and 1,709 field observations finds 'green and efficient' maize already yields 10% more, but commercial varieties rarely stack three or more traits and nitrogen-use efficiency stays underused; full adoption would add 146 million tonnes of grain
The Hunt Michigan Collaborative and the National Deer Association ran seven 'farm tour hunts' across five counties on 12 September with nearly 100 participants, using state Deer Management Assistance Program permits for antlerless deer; Croswell grower Shawn Petersen, who once counted 50 deer a nigh
Two weeks before its 1 October separation from Corteva, the seed company says its proprietary, non-GMO hybridisation system works in every wheat line tested, lifts yield potential about 10% and holds up better in drought; Hard Red Winter comes first, with $500 million of wheat revenue targeted by 20
The MLT 625 e matches its diesel twin on size, capacity and performance, carries three 3kW on-board chargers and can recover 10–25% of charge in an hour's break, which Manitou says makes it cheaper to own over time.
Led by California, the states, Puerto Rico and Washington DC seek a restraining order in South Carolina against the 1 October separation into seed company Vylor and New Corteva; Corteva calls the claims speculative and says it has never made or sold PFOA or PFOS.
