CookingA new twist on pulao: soya chunks with vegetables, cashews and raisins
Ingredients and method for a soya chunk pulao made with fragrant rice, soft soya, potato, capsicum, cashews and raisins.
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CropsUS corn up 20% but fuel and fertiliser costs rise faster, CoBank warns
CoBank 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.
CropsWet September brings mould, ear rot and stained soybeans to Iowa's harvest
Up 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.
CropsBrazil eyes a record 181.6 million tonne soybean crop despite slow planting
Conab projects a record 2026/27 Brazilian soybean harvest of about 181.6 million tonnes on 49.3 million hectares, while AgRural says only 7.3 percent of the area was planted by early October against 9.0 percent a year earlier.
AgribusinessBrazil's soybean crushing capacity rises 13% to 86.4 million tonnes a year
Industry group Abiove says demand for soybean oil for biodiesel and for soymeal for animal feed drove the expansion, and it expects a record crush of 63.5 million tonnes in 2026.
AgribusinessUS farmer sentiment drops in September as input costs top growers' worries
The 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.
CropsBrazil keeps its soybean cost edge over US shipments into China
USDA estimates put Brazilian soybeans landed in Shanghai at about $479 to $507 a tonne in the second quarter, below US Gulf and Pacific Northwest routes, and Brazil shipped about ten times as much.
CropsEU aims to lift home-grown protein in livestock feed to 35% by 2035
The European Commission wants more pulses and soya grown inside the bloc as it imports 94% of its soya protein; AHDB analysts say the plan opens room for arable growers, and Ireland targets 130,000 tonnes of legumes by 2030.
AgrotechMachine learning helps Canadian scientists hunt white mould resistance genes in soybeans
An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Carleton University team combines genomic, gene-expression and protein-interaction data with machine learning to find the many small-effect genes behind resistance to Sclerotinia.
CropsEl Nino raises whitefly risk for Brazil's soybeans in Matopiba, expert warns
Hot, dry weather could fuel severe Bemisia tabaci outbreaks in the 2026/27 season; a consultant says unmanaged infestations can cut yields by 10 to 70 percent and urges treatment at the first nymphs.
CropsUS ethanol corn use and soybean crush ran above last year in August
USDA 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.
CropsDelayed Iowa soybean harvest pulls rare rail shipments into the state
With only 3 percent of Iowa's soybeans harvested by 27 September against a 17 percent average, processors brought in beans by rail and Bunge's Council Bluffs plant bid $1 over futures for prompt delivery.
CropsRed crown rot reaches Iowa as the soybean disease spreads across the Midwest
Iowa confirmed its first two cases of the soilborne soybean disease this year; pathologists say losses can reach 50 to 70 percent in bad patches and urge farmers to scout, test and stop soil moving between fields.