LivestockThe freeze on new conventional pig farms and expansions, part of a reform to cut production and live exports, is due on 26 October; the Danish Agriculture and Food Council warns of compensation claims.
CropsArata Takebe pledged to keep agricultural reform moving, naming farmland protection, farm succession and productivity as priorities and Japan's JPY5 trillion export target for 2030.
Agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo and broadcaster Lourensa Eckard told AgriSA's congress that farmers cannot keep making up for failing roads, ports and services, and that public money must be judged by results.
AgribusinessWith the US Farm Bill expired since 30 September, Agricultural Retailers Association chief Daren Coppock puts the chance of a new bill this year at somewhat less than 50-50, blaming the SNAP dispute.
South Africa's farm lobby endorsed mandates on land, water, labour, rural safety and trade at its 14 October congress, citing 30% irrigation losses, a record $15.1bn in exports and R4.2bn lost to port inefficiency.
LivestockAfter the 'Pig Election', Denmark's government wants fewer live pig exports, a tail-docking phase-out by 2030, a 12-month freeze on new units and far stricter nitrate limits, while prices sit near £1/kg.
CropsA joint committee vote planned for 5 October did not happen. The Omnibus X plan would stretch approvals for most pesticide active substances from 10-15 years to as long as 25, by one NGO's estimate.
The Appellate Division chamber court has stayed a High Court order that put a status quo on the integrated policy for appointing fertiliser dealers and distributing fertiliser, under which more than one member of a family may not hold a dealership.
CropsWith the 2018 farm law expired on 30 September, USDA's Farm Service Agency has stopped approving new Conservation Reserve Program contracts while Congress has yet to agree a new bill.
The Council's negotiating position on the Omnibus X package allows unlimited approval only for low-risk substances and sets 15 years for first approvals and 25 for renewals, ahead of talks with Parliament.
OpinionAGRA communications chief Aggie Konde argues that African institutions should be organised and judged by whether they jointly raise the returns of farming enterprises, not by roads built or budgets spent one by one.
AgribusinessWillie Aucamp says the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan needs more momentum, from 10,000 trained extension officers to secure land tenure, faster input registrations and new export markets.
AgribusinessIn a letter to Andy Burnham, the alliance's chairman Lord Herbert puts the reforms to agricultural and business property relief at the top of a list of rural grievances, backed by polling on rural voters.
