VegetablesFaridpur's murikata onion, which keeps winter supply steady, is being planted amid a DAP fertiliser shortage and rising costs. Onion sets cost Tk 2,800-3,000 a maund; the district's target is 5,885 hectares.
VegetablesTaylor Grant, who runs a 30,000-acre potato farm in Rupert, Idaho, faces low prices and rising diesel, fertilizer and machinery costs, and says AI reports, alerts and dashboards are the next technology step for his farm.
LivestockThe fisheries and livestock ministry told a parliamentary committee that a kilo of beef costs Tk 587.50 to produce and an egg Tk 10.81, and the committee asked for checks on how far market prices exceed those costs.
VegetablesPabna aims for 8,930 hectares of early muri-kata onion this season. Seed, fertiliser, irrigation and tillage all cost more, adding Tk 5,000-10,000 a bigha, and growers fear they will not get a fair price.
LivestockAt Town Barton Farm near Crediton, Jack and David Munday cut costs by grazing up to 280 days a year, calving in an autumn block and breeding robust crossbred cows that give 118% of bodyweight in milk solids.
VegetablesEarly winter vegetables cover about 6,050 hectares in Jhenaidah, above the 5,785-hectare target; yields and prices are good, but fertiliser, pesticide and fuel costs have climbed.
CropsA USDA Economic Research Service study comparing the US Heartland with Brazil's Mato Grosso finds Brazilian costs per acre far lower, mainly on land and double cropping, while US corn yields are nearly double.
AgribusinessIrish agriculture minister Martin Heydon has confirmed a €46.2 million scheme, combining EU exceptional aid with a 200 percent national top-up, to pay farmers €40 a tonne on fertiliser bought in the 2025 season, without any application, before the end of 2026.
AgribusinessThe Federal Reserve's quarter-point rise in September, its first in three years, will push up variable-rate farm credit lines as farmers already face high costs and thin margins; Idaho economists advise fixing some rates and buying part of next year's fertiliser now.
At the Royal Show, farmers Tom Turner and Andrew Morphew said producers must keep expanding to survive while milk buys ever less diesel, and only the top fifth of one study group beat bank returns.
VegetablesAgainst a target of 1,290 hectares, about 480 hectares fewer have gone under beans in Ishwardi this season, as farmers cite costs, poor prices, fertiliser shortages and absent extension officers.
CropsSouth Africa's Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy says fuel and electricity inflation is raising costs across farming and the food chain, while a strong El Niño could cut summer crops heading into 2027.
A shortage of fertiliser and higher pesticide and fuel prices have pushed up production costs, yet Meherpur growers are working long hours to plant aman paddy and winter vegetables.
