FruitsEmbrapa pinpoints a banana gene that could be edited to resist Panama disease
Researchers in Bahia found the susceptibility gene MusaDMR6 surges after Fusarium infection, making it a candidate target for breeding or CRISPR editing.
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LivestockUS reopens Santa Teresa port to Mexican cattle despite screwworm
The border crossing that handled about 43% of cattle imports will take 750 to 1,600 head a day under treatment rules, but experts say beef prices will not fall soon.
AgrotechSolinftec's solar field robots cut chemical use 83–89%, company says
More than 100 Solix robots now scout and spot-spray crops plant by plant in 13 US states and Puerto Rico, backed by an autonomous refill station.
EnvironmentAbandoned exotic pets are becoming an ecological problem in India
More than 40,000 Indians declared exotic pets in 2020, and as red-eared sliders, iguanas and snakes are released or escape, experts warn of invasive species and call for rescue centres and a national surrender policy.
Crops
Heat before flowering costs wheat most, but can prime it for the next heat wave
Field trials at the University of Lleida found pre-flowering heat cut grain numbers most, while plants hit early suffered less from a second heat wave.
LivestockScottish pilot gives livestock farms yearly antibiotic-use reports
Fifteen vet practices produce standardised antimicrobial use reports for cattle and sheep clients, and early results suggest use is lower than expected.
AgribusinessIrish fertiliser sales fall 5.5% as government readies support for farmers
Department figures show 1.14 million tonnes sold in the first nine months of the fertiliser year, while the Tánaiste promises fertiliser, fodder and fuel supports.
OpinionWhy Kerala's fishers found a cooler sea in an El Nino year: a commentary by John Kurien
In a Mongabay India commentary, fisheries researcher John Kurien explains why fishers near Thiruvananthapuram felt a colder sea this July despite El Nino: local monsoon-driven upwelling, not the Pacific, cools the coast.
Agribusiness
Maryland's first new dry-mix fertilizer plant in 15 years triples loading speed
The Mill in White Hall opened a 2,000-ton facility with a computer-run blender, but dealers and analysts warn fertilizer prices are not coming down soon.
Vegetables
Plastic mulch puts 40-45 maunds of cucumber on a bigha in Sirajganj
Sixty per cent of Sirajganj's 130 hectares of cucumber has been grown on plastic mulch as demonstration plots this season, and extension officers put the yield at 40 to 45 maunds a bigha.
OpinionOpinion: Africa must measure the quality of youth farm jobs, not just their number
AGRA president Alice Ruhweza and IFPRI director general Johan Swinnen argue that the new Youth in Agrifood Systems Performance Index, which scored 11 pilot countries at just 1.55 out of 5, should guide policy and investment.
EnvironmentEngland paid £65m for farm soil assessments but never collected the results
A Freedom of Information answer shows the soil assessments, management plans and organic-matter tests paid for under the Sustainable Farming Incentive were not routinely gathered, a gap campaigners say cost England a national soil dataset.
FisheriesICAR-CIFA pushes improved carp seed at a Bankura hatchery hub in West Bengal
A workshop at Ramsagar, Bankura, a major carp seed centre, released Bengali leaflets on Jayanti rohu, CIFA-Amrit catla and the CIFABROOD broodstock diet and promoted genetically improved fish seed.
LivestockA 200,000-head Nebraska feedyard runs its feedmill with one worker
Blackshirt Feeders' greenfield yard, presented at BeefEx 2026, uses roller-compacted concrete pens and cost about US$1,250 per head of capacity to build.
Livestock
Australian feedlots warn Canberra that running out of fuel is a food-security risk
At BeefEx 2026, lotfeeders recalled fuel deliveries halting during the Strait of Hormuz closure and urged peacetime plans for access to fuel and inputs.
Fisheries
Hilsa at Tk 1,500 a kilo for an 800g fish, and Dhaka buyers walk away
At the North Badda and Middle Badda kitchen markets in Dhaka, hilsa weighing 800 to 900 grams sold at Tk 1,500 a kilogram on Friday and fish of a kilogram or more at Tk 2,200. Sellers say many shoppers ask the price and leave without buying.
CropsMaharashtra to pay drought relief without waiting for the Centre, says Fadnavis
After walking through dried-up soybean and tur fields in Washim district, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said a government order releasing relief under 'Trigger 1' of the state's drought code would be issued the next day.
EnvironmentFonterra says its own 2030 emissions cut is in the capital plan; the farm one is harder
Fonterra's chair and chief executive told the co-operative's annual result that the 2030 targets for its factories are funded and on track, while the on-farm goal depends on technologies that have yet to clear regulators.
Crops
Will a crop that succeeds in the lab survive in the field? Plant scientist Shirin Akter explains
The Bangladeshi researcher at Lanzhou University says tolerant genes matter, but new varieties need multi-site field trials, drainage and irrigation, weather data and farmers' knowledge to be useful.
Market Management
Palm and soybean oil cheaper on the world market, Tk 300 a maund dearer at Khatunganj
World Bank Pink Sheet figures show the June-August average price of palm oil down 1.9 per cent and soybean oil down 2.5 per cent on the previous three months. At Khatunganj in Chattogram, the country's largest edible-oil wholesale market, both have risen by about Tk 300 a maund in six weeks, which t