HealthNew York declares a measles emergency as US cases spread; Pennsylvania passes 1,000
Governor Kathy Hochul declared the emergency on Monday and let more trained health workers give MMR shots; experts blame falling vaccination rates.
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AgribusinessUS farm exports set to rise in 2026 as Mexico grows and China stays below its peak
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says US farm exports to China rose nearly 50% in the first half of 2026 but remain far below 2022, while Mexico is providing the strongest growth.
CropsUS Farm Bill lapses again, halting new conservation contracts
With the 2018 farm law expired on 30 September, USDA's Farm Service Agency has stopped approving new Conservation Reserve Program contracts while Congress has yet to agree a new bill.
OpinionOpinion: Dealers, not direct sales, will carry autonomous machines to farms
In the third part of his series on the economics of farm autonomy, adviser Graham Gleed argues that the dealer channel is how driverless technology reaches farmers, citing U.S. Sugar's deployment and Monarch Tractor's collapse.
HealthHealth minister orders nationwide rollout of 500,000 US-funded dengue test kits
Half a million dengue NS1 rapid tests from the US-funded STRIDES programme will go through the Central Medical Stores Depot to every district and upazila hospital; talks on a dengue vaccine are under way with WHO, UNICEF and Gavi, the minister said.
CropsUS sets a permanent residue limit for acifluorfen on sugar beet
The EPA rule, requested by UPL, ends the need for yearly emergency exemptions for the broadleaf weed herbicide in sugar beet.
HealthMore weight-loss drug prescriptions going to people without obesity, US study finds
Of 92.4 million US adults without an approved indication, 1.13 million were prescribed GLP-1 drugs, a third of them with a normal BMI; doctors warn the benefits for them are unclear.
HealthUS scraps tariffs on rare-disease and gene-therapy drugs from Bangladesh and 19 others
The United States has set a zero tariff on certain rare-disease, fertility, cell and gene therapy, antibody-drug conjugate and veterinary medicines, and their ingredients, from 20 partners including Bangladesh and India.
Homestead farmingGrowing apples in a cold climate: a city forester's advice for home trees
After wind and a late frost cost her apple harvest, a South Dakota columnist asked a city forester how to choose, plant and protect backyard fruit trees.
Livestock
NZ bull beef prices face pressure as US opens 300,000 tonnes of tariff-free imports
US imported 95CL beef has fallen from about US$4/lb at the start of the year to $3.42/lb, and AgriHQ analyst Mel Croad says the 90-day tariff-free window, mainly for Brazil and Paraguay, adds confusion as US demand eases seasonally; North Island bull beef has slipped from a $9.95/kg August peak to
Environment
Could a Nile Crocodile Case Decide Trump's Washington Building Projects?
A Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump's White House ballroom is being used against challenges to his other Washington projects, reviving debate over the right to sue on aesthetic grounds.
Fisheries
US Ambassador Delighted by Hilsa and Rasmalai at Information Minister's Village Home
US Ambassador Brent T Christensen was treated to Barishal's fried hilsa and Gournadi's famous rasmalai at the information minister's village home.
Environment
Snake Hunter Wins Tk 12 Lakh Prize for Catching Pythons
Python hunter Tom Rahill caught 96 Burmese pythons in 10 days to win this year's Florida Python Challenge and a $10,000 prize.