CropsA hybrid wheatgrass bred at the University of Saskatchewan is out-competing herbicide-resistant kochia on saline ground, and a new trial is testing how to grow it for seed.
LivestockA Western College of Veterinary Medicine trial found calves given an intranasal vaccine at birth and a systemic booster at turnout fared better against respiratory disease than calves given the systemic shot alone.
LivestockBritish Wool's first four sales of the season averaged £1.70/kg, and core wool types could pay farmers more than £1/kg for the 2026 clip, enough to cover shearing costs.
CropsJohn Innes Centre and Ethiopian scientists have field-trialled a LAMP test that detects the wheat blast fungus on simple equipment, a tool aimed at countries such as Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Zambia.
VegetablesA John Innes Centre tomato edited to accumulate provitamin D3 has been entered on England's precision breeding register, though it still needs Food Standards Agency approval before sale.
FruitsBred over twenty years for southern Brazil, the new pear resists leaf spot, scab and fruit fly and needs little winter chill, in a country that imports 90–95% of its pears.
CropsA Texas A&M and UC Berkeley study of four decades of county data finds genetically engineered crop adoption raised yields, cut volatility and slowed the northward drift of US cropping.
LivestockVirginia's governor has eased hay-hauling limits and USDA fast-tracked disaster status for four Florida counties as drought tightens feed supplies across the US Southeast.
LivestockCommerce ministry data show India exported $3.132 billion of livestock products from April to August 2026, against $2.177 billion a year earlier.
Market ManagementGlufosinate-ammonium technical reached 55,000 yuan a tonne in China while glyphosate stayed flat, as low stocks, lost export rebates and a 'one license, one product' rule tighten supply.
LivestockJuly population data show Scottish prime cattle aged 12 to 30 months up 1.8% on a year earlier, which Quality Meat Scotland calls the most stable supply position in several years.
Of an annual seed demand of about 1.3 million tonnes, only 30 per cent reaches Bangladeshi farmers through the formal, quality-controlled system.
Vegetable plots on the chars of Pabna upazila in Rajshahi are under water, ruining crops before they could be harvested.
LivestockA six-week Red Tractor consultation would cut dairy requirements by 25% and beef and sheep requirements by 33%, while adding heat shade, feed safety checks and tighter nutrient rules.
The Wolfe family's 1,500-acre Fairfield County farm, run on no-till, strip-till and cover crops, has won an Ohio Conservation Farm Family Award.
LivestockA Land O'Lakes adviser expects Dairy Margin Coverage payouts from September to November as feed costs squeeze milk margins, and urges farmers to layer protection tools on known breakevens.
With diesel up from Tk 115 to Tk 135 a litre, irrigation and haulage costs are rising in the Aman season and casting doubt over the coming Boro crop.
FisheriesA hatchery at Matsyafed's Palaikari fish farm, set up with technical advice from ICAR's brackish-water aquaculture institute, aims to raise the supply of quality pearlspot seed in Kerala.
Willie Aucamp says damage from May's floods, which hit more than 10% of the valley's citrus, runs into hundreds of millions of rand, as farmers also count the cost of foot-and-mouth disease.
A purple potato from the University of Minnesota's breeding programme that keeps its colour when cooked is being grown for farmers markets and local restaurants.
