Market ManagementEx-mill sugar prices in India have dropped sharply from their August peak, but retail prices are falling more slowly, the Food Ministry and the co-operative mills' federation say.
At the FAO headquarters in Rome, Bangladesh environment minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said One Health must move from paper policy to field action.
An EY analysis released by Protein Industries Canada finds that shifting 10 per cent of raw crop exports into domestic processing could add $5.4 billion to GDP and about 34,000 jobs.
AgrotechThe Xpedite system raised yield potential by 10% in trials and up to 20% in water-stressed conditions; Hard Red Winter comes first, Soft Red Winter in 2029 and Hard Red Spring in 2030.
LivestockA European Commission audit found Uruguay's controls fit for beef exports to the EU but uncovered traceability weaknesses in a cold store and cutting plants, prompting new procedures.
CropsBASF has launched Zidua Prime, a two-ingredient burndown and residual herbicide that Ontario soybean growers can use from the 2027 season.
EnvironmentDefra closed Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive on the afternoon it opened after the whole £233m budget was allocated, leaving many farmers without an agreement.
EnvironmentUniversity of Arkansas scientists found that soil health indicators shift markedly with the season and depth of sampling, and urge farmers to keep their sampling consistent.
LivestockBritain's APHA has asked pig vets to watch for a new disease syndrome, tied to a novel parvovirus variant, found on farms in the Netherlands and on one breeding farm in Denmark.
LivestockThe Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the University of Notre Dame are putting $140,389 into a rapid study of an FDA-approved drug as a new weapon against New World screwworm.
Ohio State University and Emergent Connext have wired the Molly Caren Agricultural Center to test wide-area LoRaWAN against faster short-range networks for connected farm equipment.
A Sherpur court has sent fifteen fertiliser dealers to jail over the alleged black-market sale of Tk 140 million worth of state-allocated fertiliser.
CropsAt the UPASI Tea Research Foundation's centenary conference in Coonoor, industry panellists said commoditisation and climate change are squeezing producers and premium, speciality teas are the way out.
EnvironmentFarm families in Oconee County, Georgia, are fighting four proposed routes for a Watkinsville truck bypass that would cut through pasture, ponds and generational farmland.
CropsAgriculture minister Andrew Muir has extended the pilot Protein Crop Scheme for peas, beans and lupins to the end of the 2027 scheme year, while a study of its benefits concludes.
A detector dog led US Customs and Border Protection to corn and seeds in luggage from Ghana carrying a non-native moth never before intercepted at a US port of entry.
EnvironmentA study from the €10m Palus Demos project says paludiculture can keep peat carbon locked up while earning farmers an income, but needs long-term trials, suitable machinery and markets.
In Rajarhat, Kurigram, farmer Zaman Mia is growing off-season and year-round watermelon under polytunnels with mulching and pheromone traps.
A North Dakota start-up has raised $2.3 million to breed rhizobial inoculants that can outcompete native soil bacteria on pulse crops.
A new FAO assessment says livestock systems provide a third of global protein, and that most meat, milk and eggs never cross a border.
