VegetablesVietnam, reliant on imports and short of data on its own garlic crop, proposes cooperation with China on cultivation, joint breeding and processing, while promoting premium Ly Son garlic.
AgribusinessThe Agricultural Land Commission, the BC Agriculture Council and meat producers oppose dropping the rule that processors in the Agricultural Land Reserve source half their inputs from BC, warning of higher land prices and biosecurity risks.
AgribusinessFarm Credit Canada says food and beverage manufacturing sales rose 4% to $88.1 billion in the first half of 2026, but real sales were flat and US trade restrictions and counter-tariffs are pressing on margins.
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.
Of 15,790 tonnes produced in 2023-24, 9,947 tonnes were exported to about 15 countries including Japan, China, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea; researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University have produced a safe, shelf-stable canned kuchia product on a trial basis.
AgrotechEditing the lachrymatory factor synthase gene cut enzyme activity to under 40 percent of controls in leaves and bulbs, but the edited plants were stunted and set no seed, so a commercial low-tear onion is still some way off.
Milk output has risen from 146.3 million tonnes in 2014-15 to an estimated 248 million in 2024-25 and per-head availability to 471 g a day, but the growth is now in value-added lines, Mother Dairy's curd, paneer, cheese and ice cream volumes up 30% in April-June, Amul the first Indian FMCG brand pa
ALC chair Jennifer Dyson told agriculture minister Lana Popham the proposal, which would let processors on Class 4-7 soils in the Agricultural Land Reserve source up to 95% of inputs from outside BC, lacks evidence and would keep shrinking the land base; Popham sees a market for hazelnut growers and
AgribusinessFCC's new Agri-food Project Finance programme has a 60-day expression-of-interest window for construction-ready processing and manufacturing projects too large or complex for ordinary lenders, part of Ottawa's National Food Security Strategy alongside C$150m for Velocity Agri-Capital Partners.
VegetablesThe CITT sent its six-month inquiry report on frozen and canned corn, peas, beans and chickpeas to cabinet on 9 September without publishing its finding; the finance minister says the 10% surtax on canned vegetable imports imposed on 10 June stays for its 200-day term or until final measures replace
FERN and Offrange report from the world's largest salmon run, where Trident, Canfisco and Silver Bay now dominate after a decade of consolidation; base prices have barely moved since the 1980s, collapsing from US$1.15 a pound in 2022 to 50 cents in 2023, and small operators such as Kvichak Fish pay
FruitsBangladesh's national fruit was being sold in the US, UK, Australia and Europe as a plant-based meat substitute; a Jagonews24 feature on 4 July 2026 put it down to the fibrous texture and mild flavour of unripe jackfruit.
FruitsAbout a third of the watermelon grown in southern Bangladesh is rind that is thrown away; researchers said in June 2026 that rind and seeds could be made into pickles, jam, oil, feed and citrulline.
