CropsAscribe Bio's Phytalix switches on the plant's own defences rather than poisoning the fungus, giving growers a new rotation option against resistant diseases; efficacy data are company-reported.
CropsThe Swedish company's arginine-phosphate seed coating was tested by contract researchers in Europe and Brazil; the results are company-released.
FruitsThe All India Kisan Sabha says Kashmir apple prices have fallen sharply at harvest and calls a protest day on 19 October, before lower duties on New Zealand apples take effect.
EnvironmentWest Bengal has sought Rs 1,350 crore from the ADB and World Bank backing for a Rs 4,100 crore project to protect the Indian Sundarbans, and both lenders have reportedly agreed in principle; expanding mangroves, keeping out salt water and fish-based livelihoods are part of the plan.
CropsA Syngenta agronomist tells South African growers of maize, soya beans and sunflower that weed control has to start after the previous harvest and be complete before crops reach their critical early stages.
LivestockJeremiah Jotham built Basadi Agribusiness around a leased abattoir, adding rabbit production and spinach and kale that use its water and by-products.
CropsAfter the wettest August on record, Ohio's state climatologist and growers say soybeans may benefit from more moisture while standing corn faces stalk and ear rot.
AgrotechVenture firm Omnivore's 2026 impact reports say its agrifood start-ups have reached 20.81 million smallholders and 61,711 rural small businesses, generating $5.64 billion in value for farmers.
Duttaphrynus phawngpui lives in leaf litter above 2,000 metres in Phawngpui National Park and, like its relatives, depends on cool, humid sky-island habitat that is shrinking.
Daily lifeAfter a restaurant charged Rs 1,050-1,100 a head for a buffet listed online at Rs 1,500 'cost for two', a Delhi consumer commission ordered it and an online booking platform to pay a diner Rs 100,000 in compensation.
HealthThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation's food safety department will inspect the pop-up food stalls of the festival season for adulterated, artificially coloured, stale and substandard food; of 3,363 samples it took in the same season last year, more than 200 were substandard.
HealthOf 92.4 million US adults without an approved indication, 1.13 million were prescribed GLP-1 drugs, a third of them with a normal BMI; doctors warn the benefits for them are unclear.
AgribusinessFrom corn and broccoli to cocoa and sugar, extreme weather is pushing manufacturers to change suppliers, specifications and stock levels, industry leaders told FoodNavigator.
