AgrotechThe Carbon Autonomy Ready programme sets specifications so implements can connect directly to Carbon's autonomous tractors; Great Plains' HT1100 Terra-Max tillage tool is the first.
CropsA University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute study found varieties such as Optic suppress ammonia-oxidising microbes by up to 30%, a heritable trait breeders could select to cut nitrogen losses.
FisheriesThe Department of Fisheries cancelled 103 no-objection certificates for hilsa imports on 22 September, stopping imports through Benapole; 535 tonnes of the 1,739.50 tonnes allowed this fiscal year had arrived.
Residents of Koyra, Khulna, say blocks for the Water Development Board's Polder 14/1 embankment are made with saline river sand instead of the specified silica sand; the contractor's site engineer admits it was used.
EnvironmentIIT Gandhinagar's drought monitor puts 52% of India under dry or drought conditions, scientists say the spell is worse than 2015-16, and kharif paddy area is down 17 lakh hectares.
EnvironmentA Natural Resources Conservation Service cost-share pays for basic or advanced soil health tests, and a University of Missouri specialist urges farmers to use it and to sample consistently.
Floods, a late-August dry spell and more intense storms marked Indiana's 2026 season; a regional climatologist sees more variability, and a Purdue specialist suggests testing short corn and earlier planting.
AgribusinessPine Creek Seed Farm revives the Doebler name for 2027, Corteva folds its regional brands into Hoegemeyer, and GDM merges LG Seeds into AgriGold and Mustang, changing what US growers will find on seed lists.
LivestockAt the BeefEx feedlot conference, Saul Eslake said China's shrinking population and slowing economy mean exporters should look to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Mexico and Africa.
Commerce, industries, textiles and jute minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said work on a packing house-cum-cold storage in Sylhet would start quickly after a feasibility study modelled on the Shyampur facility.
FruitsAbsa's AgriTrends spring report says citrus exports have grown to about US$2.5bn but need more markets, while port delays in Cape Town cost the table grape chain more than R3bn.
EnvironmentAt AgForce roadshow days in Queensland, the National EPA said most grazing and cropping can carry on under the reformed EPBC Act, while AgForce said the narrowed exemptions leave producers with legal risk.
LivestockThe Defra-funded UK Dairy Carbon Network, led by AFBI, is testing nutrition, breeding, animal health and nutrient measures on farms across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, increasingly in combination.
A fishing trawler from Char Fasson in Bhola has drifted 80–100 km off Rangabali, Patuakhali, since its engine failed early on Saturday, and local agencies say they lack a vessel to reach it.
AgribusinessCiting the worst drought in 50 years and the largest bluetongue outbreak, the NFU's Treasury submission sets out five demands, from a £5m investment allowance to reversing inheritance tax changes.
Tight margins, high land values, GLP-1-driven protein demand, shrinking export populations and new biofuel markets are reshaping US agriculture, CoBank's Jacqui Fatka told a Women in Agribusiness summit.
With the Bay of Bengal depression now a deep depression and signal 3 hoisted at four sea ports, a fishing trawler sank off Rangabali on Tuesday evening; all nine aboard were rescued.
EnvironmentThe Welsh Government will allow slurry spreading until 15 November 2026 on all soils, with limits, and raise advance SFS and BPS payments from 70% to 80% of claim values.
A decision to sell fertiliser through registered ward-level retailers has not reached the field in Kurigram, where crowds at single dealer points have led to road blockades and attacks on agriculture officials.
At the Rooibos Tea Producers Association AGM, panellists said sampling, drift and handling — not laboratories — drive residue detections that delay shipments and threaten premium export markets.
