Environment
Five thousand palm seeds go out on the Padma chars to blunt lightning
Faridpur zila parishad has distributed five thousand palm seeds and assorted saplings across the chars of ten unions in three Padma-side upazilas.
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Vegetables
A village bitter gourd market saves Joypurhat farmers the trek to the haat
The bitter gourd wholesale market at Bakhera Komolgari village in Khetlal, running for about 15 years, is paying growers well.
Livestock
Livestock minister pledges proper recognition for research and innovation
At the 49th board meeting of BLRI, fisheries, livestock and agriculture minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said the innovations of scientists will be properly recognised.
Agrotech
Young Bogura agronomists grow soilless seedlings and vegetables under polyshade and drip
At Mokamtala in Bogura's Shibganj, young agriculture graduates raise disease-free seedlings in soilless cocopeat trays and grow chemical-free vegetables under polyshade with mulch film, fogging and drip irrigation, and offer hydroponics services.
Livestock
Staff shortage keeps a Gaibandha animal clinic shut for eight years
Both posts at the Taluk Jamira animal welfare centre in Palashbari, Gaibandha have been vacant for eight years, leaving cattle without treatment.
Environment
Forest department to replant 98 rare native tree species in the hills
The forest department is raising 98 rare and endangered native tree species in Rangamati and Khagrachhari; 55 species are protected under the 2012 law.
Fisheries
Bangladesh seeks deeper fisheries and livestock cooperation with Italy
Bangladesh has expressed interest in stronger bilateral cooperation with Italy in aquaculture, livestock, marine fisheries and the blue economy.
Vegetables
Early bean crop pays off for Jhenaidah growers
Early vegetables cover 41 hectares in Harinakunda upazila of Jhenaidah, where growers are selling beans at good prices for a modest outlay.
Vegetables
Joypurhat farmers lift income by putting fallow land under vegetables
Summer vegetables cover 130 hectares in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat this season, 60 hectares of it bitter gourd.
Vegetables
Dinajpur growers rush the early winter vegetable crop
Fulbari upazila in Dinajpur has set a target of 150 hectares of early winter vegetables, with output put at about 3,375 tonnes.
LivestockUSDA trims US beef output forecasts as cattle slaughter stays historically low
USDA's Economic Research Service cut its 2026 beef production forecast by 90 million pounds and its 2027 forecast by 145 million pounds on weak slaughter and a tight herd.
AgribusinessEurobarometer: 95% of Europeans say farming and rural areas matter for the EU's future
A European Commission Eurobarometer survey finds near-universal support for agriculture, 70% who say the CAP benefits all Europeans, and food quality and origin topping shoppers' concerns.
Environment
Giant scale insects on medicinal pine bark are a first catch for US border inspectors
Agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport found Aspidoproctus giant scale insects, never before intercepted at a US port of entry, on bark carried by a traveller from Cameroon.
Agribusiness
South Africa plans a new funding framework for sugar cane growers
At a government grower imbizo, the deputy trade minister promised talks with lenders on finance suited to cane growers, and more predictable reviews of the sugar import tariff.
Bangladesh
Agriculture, health and education buildings escape the construction freeze
The finance ministry has exempted the education, health and agriculture ministries from its freeze on new government building work.
CropsMontana State wheat varieties top the state's 2026 variety survey
The NASS wheat and barley variety survey shows MSU's solid-stem Dagmar and Bobcat leading Montana spring and winter wheat, while barley area rose by 100,000 acres.
Fisheries
Two fishermen missing after a trawler sinks in the Bay of Bengal
The trawler FB Jannat-Junayed of Taltali, Barguna sank 25km off Kuakata; eleven of the thirteen fishermen aboard were rescued alive.
Opinion
The fertiliser crisis needs deeper scrutiny, not reassurance
The government says there is no fertiliser shortage, yet farmers are protesting and smuggling is reported at the border: that gap is the question.
Market ManagementNebraska closes unpaid-grain case against The Andersons with a $5,000 fine
Nebraska's Public Service Commission dismissed a complaint that The Andersons failed to pay a producer for 17 grain loads, after the company settled and agreed to a fine, letting it keep its grain dealer licence.
LivestockAppeals court rules Idaho's stockwater forfeiture law discriminates against federal government
The 9th Circuit has found that Idaho's 2017 water-rights forfeiture process unconstitutionally targets federal stockwater rights on grazing allotments leased to ranchers.