CropsTwenty-two specialists spent two weeks in Mexico learning to identify, monitor and manage wheat blast, rusts, Fusarium head blight, tar spot and maize lethal necrosis.
CropsA study in Scientific Reports screened plant extracts on maize and found a field weed extract at 1:50 raised cob density by 64.6 percent and grain yield by 54.3 percent against untreated plots.
CropsUSDA data show 528 million bushels of corn used for alcohol and other products and 210 million bushels of soybeans crushed in August, both up on a year earlier.
Market ManagementThe FAO Food Price Index averaged 136.0 points in September, up 1.5 percent on August, as cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices climbed while FAO cut its forecast for world cereal output and trade.
CropsStoneX expects corn to supply a third of Brazil's ethanol by 2027/28, and Inpasa, the world's second-largest producer, turns second-crop corn into fuel, cattle feed and oil for other biofuels.
CropsThe new deposit extends the safety backup of the genebank in Mexico, which holds about 28,630 maize and more than 124,000 wheat accessions conserved as global public goods for research and breeding.
CropsOld-crop US corn stocks reached 2.10 billion bushels on 1 September 2026, up 35% on a year earlier, while soybean stocks fell 3% and all wheat stocks 13%, and the 2026 wheat crop came in 23% smaller.
CropsAscribe Bio's Phytalix switches on the plant's own defences rather than poisoning the fungus, giving growers a new rotation option against resistant diseases; efficacy data are company-reported.
CropsThe Swedish company's arginine-phosphate seed coating was tested by contract researchers in Europe and Brazil; the results are company-released.
CropsA Syngenta agronomist tells South African growers of maize, soya beans and sunflower that weed control has to start after the previous harvest and be complete before crops reach their critical early stages.
CropsAfter the wettest August on record, Ohio's state climatologist and growers say soybeans may benefit from more moisture while standing corn faces stalk and ear rot.
AgribusinessFrom corn and broccoli to cocoa and sugar, extreme weather is pushing manufacturers to change suppliers, specifications and stock levels, industry leaders told FoodNavigator.
CropsA Grain SA economist told an NAMC webinar that a large maize surplus could blunt any El Nino price rise, while input costs have outpaced crop prices.
