CropsGujarat and Rajasthan declare drought in 18 districts after poor monsoon
Rajasthan declared drought in 14 districts and Gujarat in four, with Gujarat paying Rs 8,500 a hectare to farmers whose crops failed and selling fodder at Rs 2 a kg.
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Maharashtra to pay Rs 5,000 advance relief to 1.5 crore drought-hit farmers
Maharashtra will pay Rs 5,000 to each of 1.5 crore farmers in 304 drought-hit talukas before Diwali, ahead of a wider relief package.
LivestockStraw at Tk 30 a bundle, bran at Tk 2,500 a sack: Nawabganj farmers squeezed
In Nawabganj, Dinajpur, the prices of straw, bran and green fodder have risen while milk and cattle prices have not kept pace, and dairy, goat and sheep farmers fear losses.
LivestockLower-nitrogen diets with isoacids lift milk protein in Cornell dairy trial
In a study with 144 Holstein cows on low-nitrogen diets, cows given isoacid supplements produced more energy-corrected milk, protein and lactose, worth about 22 cents per cow per day in preliminary analysis.
LivestockAfter a dry year, beef and sheep farmers told to count silage now and protect spring grass
Grass yields were 16% down by mid-August, and consultant James Daniel expects a 10-15% end-of-year shortfall; he advises a forage budget now and buffer feeding rather than late grazing.
LivestockIllinois dairy farm Berning Acres adds farm tours as feed costs squeeze milk margins
A 500-cow family dairy near Galena, Illinois, is earning extra income from farm tours, cheese and merchandise while higher corn prices and summer cooling bills squeeze its milk margins.
LivestockNorthern Ireland study to test clover, chicory and plantain swards on eight farms
AFBI's three-year Forage-S project will compare mixed swards with perennial ryegrass across soils and weather, and feed the results into its GrazeGro growth model.
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Autumn reseeding could double grass yields and ease spring forage shortage, adviser says
With many dairy herds already feeding winter forage after the dry summer, Massey Harpers Feeds' Imogen Ward says a new ley can give 15.5 t of dry matter a hectare against 7 t from a tired sward, each extra tonne worth about 2,000 litres of milk or 234 kg of beef or lamb.
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Indian start-up releases FodrPulse, a free AI app guiding hydroponic fodder growers
Built with ICAR's Indian Institute of Maize Research and two years of data from Shunya Agritech's own growing centres, the app reads fodder quality from a photo at every stage from grain to mat, answers growers' questions with an AI trained on the company's protocols and recommends pest and fungus t
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RAGT launches RGT Duxxford, an ultra-early forage maize yielding 17.6 t/ha on the List
The FAO 160 variety, a first choice on the Maize Descriptive List, combines rapid maturity with 38.4% dry matter, 57.2% cell-wall digestibility and 36.3% starch, giving livestock farmers who need an early harvest a high-energy forage option.
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Very strong El Niño could lift NZ breakeven milk price to $9.07/kg MS, DairyNZ models
DairyNZ's EconTracker scenarios put farm working expenses at $6.57-6.78/kg milksolids against a $6.18 baseline, feed costs up to $2.02/kg, pasture deficits of 2-4.2 t DM/ha in Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and the East Coast, and milk production down 2.1-3.3%; the sector is financially strong, b
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Australian almond hulls trialled as dairy cow feed in New Zealand to cut methane and costs
Olam Food Ingredients, which owns almond orchards in Victoria and a milk plant at Tokoroa, has had pilot supplier farms feeding hulls and shells for two seasons alongside the Agolin Ruminant additive; early results on methane are 'very positive', says COO dairy Naval Sabri, though he calls it one to
AgribusinessMoulvibazar Flood Leaves Cattle Owners Facing a Fodder Crisis
July 2026 floods across about 28 unions of Moulvibazar submerged grazing land and fodder, leaving many cattle sick and their owners unable even to sell them cheaply; the district livestock office was still assessing the losses.