CropsThe Federation of Seed Industry of India says quicker, science-based approvals for varieties, GM traits and genome editing are needed to lift cotton, oilseed and pulse yields and cut imports.
AgribusinessThe Iowa Realtors Land Institute's September survey puts tillable land up 0.6% over six months and about 1.9% on the year, with pasture and timber ground gaining more.
AgribusinessThe snack maker's impact-investment platform put money into Area One Farms Fund V, which co-invests with family farms that want to expand and supports regenerative practices.
AgrotechA USDA-funded project is collecting more than 13,000 soil samples from about 6,000 fields to rebuild the free SHAPE online tool so it gives farmers local soil-health benchmarks and practice recommendations.
Market ManagementNew Assisting Specialty Crop Exports awards include $10 million for the IR-4 Project, $3 million for the Codex Alimentarius Commission and $500,000 for a biopesticide rules study.
CropsThe disease resembles Phaeosphaeria leaf spot or maize white spot, but DNA sequencing has not yet identified the fungus; reports have also come from New York and Pennsylvania.
The framework, signed at UNGA81, moves the two lenders from project-by-project deals to joint investment in the first mile of food systems.
Market ManagementChinese sulphur fell 7.2% in a week as phosphate makers resisted record costs, but prices remain about triple a year ago and phosphate fertiliser is still about 30% above pre-war levels.
INFLECT, a powder of two bacteria and one fungus applied to corn seed at planting, is designed to protect roots and yields where fields get anhydrous ammonia or heavy manure.
AgrotechA study in Plants, People, Planet found precision irrigation and non-destructive field testing saved water while improving yields and fruit quality.
CropsThe BBSRC-backed Temp-Resist Rice project will search traditional varieties and wild relatives for heat-tolerance traits, focusing on pollen failure at flowering.
AgrotechThe battery-powered robot films the undersides of soybean leaves where drones cannot see, feeding AI models meant to map frogeye leaf spot hot spots for targeted fungicide.
The three-year ROOTS project, funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, will use a planned AI tool, RootGPT, and Midwest field trials to test whether deeper roots store more soil carbon and resist drought.
A trawler skippered by Abdur Rahim of Hatiya, Noakhali, returned to Chairman Ghat with about 60 maunds of hilsa after six days in the Bay of Bengal; the catch sold for about Tk 20 lakh in three rounds of auction at Saiful fish depot.
AgribusinessTánaiste Simon Harris announced the extension in the Dáil and promised help with fodder and fertiliser; contractors' body FCI welcomed it after green diesel peaked in August.
Between 1971 and 2023 Bangladesh's cultivated land shrank by 30 per cent while rice output rose 3.8 times and wheat 17.27 times, a BARC workshop for agriculture reporters was told.
Farmers in Shayestaganj, Habiganj, say they are paying more than the fixed price for urea, TSP, DAP and MoP as some dealers create an artificial shortage; they want regular market monitoring.
The online portal gathers herd health, reproduction and milking data in one place, with AI that flags early signs of mastitis or ketosis and alerts for DeLaval equipment.
A trawler from Hatiya in Noakhali returned from six days in the Bay of Bengal with about 60 maunds of hilsa, auctioned in three rounds for nearly Tk 20 lakh at Chairman Ghat.
CropsThe Weed Science Society of America says well-timed fall cover crops can suppress herbicide-resistant weeds and cut herbicide and nitrogen costs, if they build enough biomass.
