AgrotechAt an AWS Cloud and AI Day, NZ Young Farmers' Cheyne Gillooly said AI will speed dairy, sheep and plant genetics research to market, while farmers described the shift to per-animal and in-paddock data.
The Mixing Bowl's 2026 Crop Robotics landscape counts 400 companies making weeding, spraying, harvesting and autonomy machines, with heavy churn and a wave of acquisitions by equipment makers.
LivestockTen of 11 cattle sampled on a commercial farm in the Karasburg district tested positive for FMD inside Namibia's recognised disease-free zone, stopping red meat exports and all cloven-hoofed animal movement.
A €5.5 million, five-year Horizon Europe project with 20 partners will build regional hubs linking legume growers, processors and livestock farmers, as a quarter of EU feed protein is still imported.
AgribusinessThe Liberal government's first bill of the fall session would continue the 160 km extended interswitching radius on the Prairies for four years and set rules for ending disruptive labour disputes.
AgribusinessScammers posing as farm and heavy equipment sellers have taken tens of thousands of dollars from farmers in several states, and the Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer alert.
Market ManagementAhead of the festive season, India cut basic customs duty on crude soybean and palm oil to 5%, scrapped it on crude sunflower oil and lowered duties on refined oils, as retail prices run 8-16% above last year.
LivestockCattleFax analyst Holden Ramey says the highs are in after fall-delivered calves lost more than $400 a head, with drought, feed costs and packing capacity keeping herd expansion gradual.
AgrotechCU Boulder engineers have shown a cheap, battery-powered electronic sensor using the dye alizarin can monitor soil pH continuously across soil types, helping farmers spot problems before it is too late.
After fuel prices rose Tk 20 a litre, truck fares into Chattogram climbed by Tk 6,000-10,000; onion in the Chaktai-Khatunganj wholesale market went from Tk 32-33 to Tk 38-40 a kilo and rice rose Tk 20 a sack.
EnvironmentA new global assessment finds about 20% of land and 10% of the ocean protected, short of the 30x30 goal agreed in Montreal, and a study suggests only a quarter of marine protected areas deliver real conservation.
The national hilsa task force decided that the Mother Hilsa Conservation Drive 2026 will run from 8 to 29 October, with catching, transporting, storing and selling hilsa banned across the country.
CropsA multi-university project with Clemson researchers will grow about 1,000 corn inbred lines to find the genetic markers behind strong stalks, using machine learning and automated sensing at harvest.
Market ManagementThe latest outlook puts the US soybean yield at 52.8 bushels an acre and production near 4.5 billion bushels, with exports of 1.69 billion bushels and a $12.00 season-average price.
CropsA memorandum of understanding sets up a joint working group to share research on glyphosate formulations, exposure and cancer evidence ahead of an EPA risk assessment due early next year.
Falling catches, dearer fuel, repeated fishing bans and loans from NGOs and moneylenders are driving many fishermen in Charfasson and Monpura, Bhola, to look for other work.
LivestockA USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report says high milk and beef prices slowed the EU herd's contraction last year, but costs, regulation, succession gaps and disease keep up the long-term decline.
The bank has stopped new applications for its loan-plus-grant scheme for historically disadvantaged farmers for the rest of 2026/27, after demand outstripped the R325 million annual grant.
The cabinet committee on government purchase approved four proposals to import muriate of potash and DAP worth about Tk 983 crore, to be paid from the agricultural subsidy budget.
At a Gazipur workshop on the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute's progress and plans, agriculture secretary Md Selim Khan said the government would give talented agricultural scientists their due.
