AgribusinessA bipartisan House letter asks the EPA and Energy Department for a supplemental Renewable Fuel Standard rule by 15 October, warning that delay could weaken demand for corn and soybean oil.
LivestockUSDA's Beijing office says Chinese feed mills are swapping corn for wheat, barley and sorghum as hog losses push buyers toward cheaper rations.
CropsCoBank says higher corn and soybean prices are not enough to cover diesel nearly 80% above last year and a record $40 billion US fertiliser bill for 2026.
CropsUp to six times normal September rain across parts of Iowa has encouraged ear rot in corn and seed problems such as purple seed stain in soybeans, and Iowa State's grain quality specialist urges farmers to harvest affected fields first and dry grain quickly.
AgribusinessThe Farms and Fuels Alliance has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to finalise a minimum 1.4-times credit multiplier for Canadian-made ethanol under the Clean Fuel Regulations, saying US imports backed by the 45Z credit are taking market share.
CropsProFarm's newly EPA-registered Neovo, made from fermentation compounds of the bacterium Burkholderia rinojensis, controls corn rootworm, wireworm and grubs and suppresses nematodes, and will be sold in the Midwest for 2027.
CropsSupplies are strong, says the Propane Education & Research Council, but delivery is the pinch point if drying demand peaks across the US at once, so farmers are urged to plan ahead.
AgribusinessThe Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell from 135 to 123, and only 48% of farmers said the country was heading in the right direction, the lowest since the question was first asked in July 2025.
AgrotechA first-of-its-kind workshop in Hyderabad took 33 breeders from ICAR institutes, state universities, CIMMYT and BISA through data collection, drone phenotyping, data management and AI-assisted analysis.
CropsAgbiz expects no major cut in South Africa's 4.6 million hectares of summer crops despite a strong El Nino and higher fertiliser and fuel costs, after a record maize harvest.
A National Lab of the Rockies report finds ethanol a viable low-carbon fuel for ocean-going ships and estimates the existing methanol dual-fuel fleet alone could use about two billion gallons a year.
OpinionFour writers in an AGRA commentary say sub-Saharan Africa loses about 23% of its food between harvest and market, that the 2035 target to halve losses has no baseline, and that storage technology spreads only when markets make it pay.
CropsGEOGLAM's Crop Monitor reports rainfall deficits of 100 to 300 mm and record heat across parts of East Africa, and a Kenyan forecast puts western maize yields up to 36 percent below average.
