Farmers in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, accuse a BCIC dealer at Shobhaganj bazar of citing a shortage to sell fertiliser above the government price and of discrepancies in his stock register. The dealer denies it; the upazila agriculture officer says he will investigate.
VegetablesFavourable weather has given Teknaf a bumper cucumber crop and early cucumbers are fetching good prices. Growers say fertiliser came late and pesticides cost too much; the upazila agriculture officer says there is no fertiliser shortage.
CropsA soil analysis costing a few hundred rand guides one of the biggest cost decisions of a grain season, a South African crop nutrition specialist says.
AgribusinessThe farm cooperative's minority investment in Wabash Valley Resources unlocks the first advance on a US Department of Energy loan for a West Terre Haute facility due to start commercial operation in 2029.
CropsThe parliamentary standing committee on the agriculture ministry says fertiliser stocks are ample, formed a three-member team to inspect distribution and illegal hoarding, and asked for disputed dealer contracts to be held back.
Urea sales fell 4.1% to 18.52 million tonnes and NPK sales 22.2%, while domestic urea output rose 4.3% and NPK output dropped 35.5%; urea and MOP imports rose by more than 40%.
AgribusinessA joint drive by the upazila administration, the agriculture department and police in Damurhuda, Chuadanga, seized 370 bags of TSP, 1,120 of DAP and 10 of MOP hoarded in a seed shop's godown, which was then sealed.
AgribusinessJamuna Fertilizer Factory in Jamalpur, restarted on 6 October after about eight months without gas and stopped the next night by a boiler fault, resumed urea production on the morning of 23 October.
AgribusinessThe eight projects add up to more than $1.34 billion of proposed investment in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulfur fertilizer, and USDA estimates they could cut nitrogen prices by 4.4% and potash by 5.3%.
Vermont-founded IMIO applies concentrated, freeze-dried microbes to crop residue so that the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium locked in stalks are released in time for the next crop.
AgribusinessHMRC's illustrative rates suggest about £3.77 a tonne on ammonium nitrate in the first year, far below earlier estimates, but a farmer warns the charge rises steeply from 2030.
CropsStoneX's Josh Linville says disruption in the Strait of Hormuz threatens urea, ammonia, phosphate and sulfur supplies, while about 90% of US potash imports depend on trade with Canada.
CropsA 98-day IFDC soil incubation study for Midwestern BioAg found its dairy-manure-derived TerraNu fertilizers delayed peak phosphorus availability to about day 35 and gave about 15% more available potassium than muriate of potash in alkaline soil.
