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BSS9 September 20262 min read

Nilphamari meets its 113,000-hectare Aman target on time with fertiliser supply normal; dealer points see few buyers

Against a target of 113,220 hectares, 113,205 hectares of Aman had been transplanted by Tuesday; the district received 100 per cent of its August and September fertiliser demand through 206 dealers and still holds 1,916 tonnes of urea, though a dealer notes allocations have not kept pace with more i

Jagonews249 September 20265 min read

Fertiliser Turmoil Across the Country, but Government Says There Is No Shortage

While farmers protest, loot depots and pay above the official price for fertiliser, the agriculture ministry insists supplies are ample through the coming Boro season.

Ittefaq8 September 20262 min read

Load shedding puts 77,000 tonnes of potatoes in Nilphamari's cold stores at risk, 40,000 tonnes of it seed

With Nilphamari receiving only 50-60 per cent of its 153 MW daily power demand, the district's 11 cold stores cannot hold temperature; some 77,000 tonnes of potatoes are at risk, including about 40,000 tonnes of seed potato for the coming season.

Fisheries

Four Arrested for Online Fraud Selling Hilsa in Chandpur's Name

Police have arrested four members of a ring that defrauded people online for a long time by selling hilsa and other goods in Chandpur's name.

Jagonews248 September 20261 min read

One in five small Canadian exporters says three more months of trade war would sink it

A CFIB survey finds 18% of small exporters and 11% of importers hit by the Canada-US tariffs would no longer be viable after three months; 46% of exporters and 49% of importers say their products are directly affected, and a customs broker whose clients are 55% agricultural says the uncertainty is h

Canada's new tariffs on US goods hit milk at 50%, cheese and honey at 25%, parts at 15%

Counter-tariffs of 15 to 50 percent took effect at midnight on 8 September in response to US duties on about C$28bn of Canadian products; farmers on both sides of the border say the levies on machinery parts, steel and aluminium will raise their repair bills.

Successful Farming8 September 20262 min read

US corn harvest begins at 5% as crop condition slips to a season low

USDA's 23rd Crop Progress report of the season records the first corn harvest of 2026, 5% across seven states, while the share of the crop rated good to excellent fell to 56%, the lowest of the year and 12 points below last year.

AgFunderNews8 September 20262 min read

NoFence launches N3 cattle collar and a herd management platform built on it

Norwegian virtual-fencing company NoFence has released its third-generation cattle collar, the N3, with satellite backup and a software platform that writes grazing records, moves herds on a schedule and flags cows coming into heat.

Jagonews248 September 20262 min read

A Single Hilsa Sells for Tk 15,000 in Bhola

A giant hilsa weighing 2kg 560g caught in the Meghna river sold for Tk 15,000 at auction in Monpura, Bhola.

AGDAILY8 September 20262 min read

Oklahoma State sites a US$330 million veterinary hospital to ease rural vet shortages

The 275,000-square-foot teaching hospital in Stillwater, backed by a US$250 million state appropriation, will replace a facility built for classes of 70 in a state where more than 80 per cent of counties report a shortage of veterinarians.

Successful Farming8 September 20262 min read

US cattle futures snap a five-week slide as Washington moves on beef prices

October feeder cattle closed the week of 31 August up $3.63 at $320.15 per hundredweight, ending five straight weekly losses, and October live cattle rose $1.23 to $212.95, as traders weighed expanded beef imports, USDA's Ranchers First initiative and two presidential executive orders against a firm

Agrotech

Alberta rebuilds Chin Reservoir's dam as a Montana failure shows the cost of neglect

The St. Mary River Irrigation District is replacing the 1950s west dam of its largest reservoir, with a 50% capacity expansion planned, general manager David Westwood told Alberta Crop Diagnostic Day; since 1969 districts, the province and the Canada Infrastructure Bank have put over $1 billion into

AG Canada8 September 20262 min read

BBC Bangla8 September 20262 min read

No fertiliser at the counter, 1.3 million tonnes in the government's books

Growers from Kurigram to Jashore say they cannot buy fertiliser at any price, while the agriculture ministry reports stocks higher than last year.

Market Management

Kurigram's August urea allocation nearly doubles to 5,875 tonnes; farmers told not to stockpile on rumours

After attempts to stir disorder at distribution points in Roumari and Bhurungamari, Kurigram's agriculture department says allocations are at record levels, 5,875 tonnes of urea in August against 3,253 last year, plus 1,572 tonnes of DAP, 1,648 of MOP and 924 of TSP, that Aman top-dressing is near

BSS8 September 20262 min read

Environment

Farm Bureau welcomes a proposed WOTUS rule built on the Sackett ruling

The American Farm Bureau Federation says the EPA and Army Corps proposal for defining Waters of the United States follows the Supreme Court's limits on federal jurisdiction and could end a decade of shifting rules that left farmers unsure which waters were regulated.

US net farm income to slip to $158.4bn as costs hit a record and egg receipts fall

USDA's latest forecast puts 2026 net farm income at $158.4bn, down from 2025, with cash receipts of $540.3bn, crop receipts up to $253bn, animal receipts down to $287.3bn, government payments up to $47.4bn and production expenses at $492.8bn, where livestock purchases overtake feed as the largest li

CGIAR8 September 20262 min read

Agrotech

Ghana trial uses geophysics to watch rainwater move beneath maize fields

A Ghanaian-British research team is using electrical resistivity tomography on maize plots at CSIR-CRI to see how crop residues and cover crops change the way water moves and is stored in the soil.