LivestockThe Senate Agriculture Committee left Proposition 12 out of its farm bill, but the National Pork Producers Council says the House bill's provision could survive when the two versions are merged in conference.
At a meeting by Dhaka Ahsania Mission and ISSUP Bangladesh, psychiatrist Professor Dr M A Mohit Kamal said lasting recovery needs family support, aftercare and jobs as well as treatment.
AgribusinessPractical Farmers of Iowa's two-year Savings Incentive Program pairs mentoring and business training with a dollar-for-dollar match for farm investment, as land access remains the biggest hurdle for beginners.
The bus fare from Madinah airport to the city has been cut to 3.45 Saudi riyals, and new routes and stops have opened.
VegetablesWith 300,000 farmers in its supply chains facing drought, extreme weather and higher costs, PepsiCo is bringing growers together from 35 countries to share what works, its global agriculture procurement chief told AgNavigator.
AgrotechThe Swiss climate-tech start-up turns crop residues into biochar in small reactors near where they are produced and returns it to soils, and will use the money to make its system a repeatable hardware and software product.
CropsA parliamentary committee heard that the Ashuganj plant has also been shut for 19 months, and urged more fertiliser production at home and self-sufficiency in seed.
EnvironmentDNA analysis by researchers from UC Berkeley and Chile has identified the gentoo penguins of the Kerguelen Islands as a separate species, Pygoscelis kerguelensis.
EnvironmentChinese AI forecasting models such as Fengniao, Pangu-Weather, Fuxi and the CMA's Mazu warning system predict in minutes, but experts say they still miss sudden local downpours where data is thin.
A 50 kg bag of the state-owned sugar company's Sonar Dana organic fertiliser costs Tk 900, while farmers are paying Tk 2,500 to 3,000 for a bag of chemical fertiliser.
Daily lifeFourteen production wells supply 10,332 cubic metres a day to 9,482 customers; with the water table falling and old tube wells dead, new wells, tanks and pipelines have been proposed.
AgrotechResearchers tested Ecorobotix's ARA sprayer, which treats a 2.4-inch square only where it sees a weed, and found strong residual programmes plus targeted spraying saved 64% to 83% of post-emergence herbicide with little crop injury.
The crack appeared before dawn on Wednesday at the Sureshwar fish landing in Shariatpur; the UNO and Water Development Board officials have inspected the site.
HealthLaunched by the college's gynaecological oncology unit, the drive came with a reminder from specialists that the vaccine is the main protection against cervical cancer but does not replace regular screening.
Upholding President Javier Milei's move, the ruling lets foreign people, companies or states buy rural land without a cap; foreigners were previously limited to 15 percent of the country's land.
CropsAman was planted on 46,774 hectares against a target of 46,772; high-yielding varieties fell 246 hectares short while local varieties exceeded their target by 248.
A TIB-backed Active Citizens Group meeting heard that waste dumped in drains and canals causes waterlogging and a temporary riverside dump is polluting water, soil and air.
OpinionEthiopia's former deputy prime minister argues that nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life should be built into the way the UN measures development, using survey data countries already collect.
CookingBrought from Central Asia in the 14th century, the royal mutton feast now runs to about 20 dishes, though the wooden mallets and slow wood fires have not changed.
VegetablesA two-year field study in Georgia found that poultry-based soil amendments and extreme weather affect how long E. coli persists in soils used to grow sweet onions.
