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India’s textile ministry wants temporary lower duties on raw cotton imports to help garment exporters. The agriculture ministry is resisting for now, citing potential fallout for cotton farmers and the political sensitivity of the market.

The EU-Mercosur agreement entered into force provisionally on May 1. It opens wider market access for industrial and farm goods alike, but it also deepens the confrontation between export interests and European farmers.

Commercial farmland in San Diego County has fallen by nearly 23% in ten years. California FarmLink is expanding a land-matching program meant to connect landowners with small and beginning farmers and keep more acreage in production.

USDA’s New Delhi office expects India’s sugar output to reach 33.6 million tonnes in 2026-27. Better water availability, healthy cane stands and stronger recovery rates are driving the outlook.

Bangladesh's potato exports have risen by more than 10%, but bigger harvests, swollen storage stocks and high production costs are still crushing farmgate returns.

A new Indonesian trade rule expands the list of restricted agricultural imports in an effort to protect local producer prices, cut import dependence and reinforce food security.

A draft water law prepared by Türkiye's Agriculture and Forestry Ministry would introduce criminal penalties, large fines and new efficiency rules as water stress intensifies.

A European Commission plan to suspend part of the EU's duty-free sugar import regime has sharpened a conflict between beet growers, cane refiners and major food manufacturers.

Higher fuel and fertilizer costs linked to the Iran war, combined with an emerging El Nino, are raising new risks for Asian rice production and global food security.

Nigeria has extended its raw shea export ban as it tries to move more value into domestic processing, jobs and higher-margin agri-exports.

Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating Mekong tributaries, threatening fisheries, farmland and export food chains across Southeast Asia.

Belgian agtech company Biotalys said EVOCA moved ahead with key U.S. and European approvals while the group narrowed its portfolio and reported 8 million euros in year-end cash.

Heavy pre-monsoon rain and upstream flows from India are flooding northeastern Bangladesh during the Boro rice harvest, putting crops, farm incomes and food supply at risk.

The European Parliament backed a larger 2028–2034 EU budget and new revenue streams, arguing that agriculture and poorer regions should not lose out as the bloc funds new priorities.

An underground vertical farming center in Istanbul is preparing to grow pesticide-free strawberries year-round while sharply reducing water use and transport costs for fresh produce.

Turkey’s farm sector has entered the new season cautiously after last year’s frost damage hit 16 products across 65 provinces, with recovery now varying sharply by crop and region.

India has allowed another 2.5 million tonnes of wheat exports, taking the permitted total to 5 million tonnes as officials point to comfortable stocks and the likelihood of another strong harvest.

Cherry growers in Kashmir are counting on rail shipments to Mumbai to reduce spoilage, improve price realization and ease distress sales during the peak of the harvest season.

China has stepped up customs checks on fertilizer exports, especially ammonium sulphate, after misdeclaration cases emerged and global prices jumped amid disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz.

Amazon will act as the primary buyer of carbon credits generated by Bayer’s TGRA program to cut methane emissions from rice farming in India.

FAO and WMO say intensifying heatwaves are threatening crops, livestock, fisheries, and the livelihoods of more than one billion people tied to agrifood systems.

MIT engineers found that the sound of falling droplets can shake rice seeds out of dormancy and speed up germination.

China has added eight Australian facilities to its approved beef export list, giving processors more room to work within a tight quota regime but not removing the risk of steep tariffs once the cap is reached.

Türkiye is tightening oversight of foods marketed as village-style, natural, or organic after inspections found repeated cases of adulteration and misleading claims.

Researchers in Australia warn that extreme weather, fuel and fertiliser shortages, water stress and concentrated retail power are eroding the resilience of the country’s food system.

India is being urged to strengthen its global horticulture position through tighter quality standards, stronger branding, better traceability and upgraded supply chains.

India’s Meghalaya state is widening farmer support through seed distribution, vegetable kits, vermicompost assistance and processing investment, with a strong focus on timely access to quality inputs.

Indonesia and Poland are discussing wider farm cooperation, including market access for beef, dairy, wheat and berries, as well as a technical working group to move trade protocols forward.

African cocoa and coffee farmers say booming global markets are not translating into better farm incomes and are calling for value-chain reforms, more processing investment and more stable purchasing arrangements.

India has approved the purchase of 2 million tonnes of potatoes in Uttar Pradesh at a market intervention price and broadened support measures for gram and tur in other states. The package is aimed at shielding farmers from distress sales during peak arrivals.

India says a possible El Niño in 2026 should be less damaging to agriculture than in earlier episodes. Officials are pointing to higher reservoir levels, wider micro-irrigation coverage and contingency plans down to district level.

Australia is assessing whether domestic SAF production based on canola, sorghum, sugar cane and agricultural residues can reduce its dependence on imported jet fuel. The feedstock base looks large, but the refining build-out required would be substantial.

Indonesia says its government rice reserves have climbed to a record 4.8 million tonnes. Officials link the increase to stronger production, expanded rice area and a larger procurement role for Bulog.

India’s Nipha Group has launched the OneHorn brand and says it will use the platform to grow farm machinery sales across 20 Indian states and 10 foreign markets. The company is targeting mechanisation in smaller farms, local manufacturing and dealer-led expansion.

Researchers in Kashmir say they have standardized cultivation methods for Gucchi mushroom under controlled conditions, even as wild output has fallen from about 2,000 quintals in 1991 to just 88 quintals in 2018.

Australia's tea tree oil industry says a proposed EU reclassification of the product as a Category 1B reproductive toxin could wipe out a market that accounts for about 30% of exports.

Farm advocates in Newfoundland and Labrador say the province needs stronger support measures as farmers face wildfire and drought fallout, fertilizer inflation and the long-term loss of agricultural land.

Bank of Baroda says India's first 2026 monsoon forecast of 92% of the long-period average, combined with gas disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict, creates a double risk for crops, input costs and rural incomes.

Bio Voltex is seeking approval for a plant in Penobsquis, New Brunswick, that would turn farm and fish waste into natural gas and fertilizer. The company says construction could begin this fall and gas could start flowing in the first quarter of 2028.

Below-normal precipitation since January is leaving New Brunswick farms short of forage and raising fresh concern over dry wells and rural water security.

The US cattle herd has fallen to 86 million head, its smallest in more than 75 years, while drought and pasture stress continue to limit herd rebuilding.

India’s new cocoa roadmap calls for a national mission, seed gardens, regional hubs and full digital traceability as the country tries to cut import dependence by 2040.

India is developing a mobile system for urea sales with Aadhaar-based authentication to reduce hoarding, diversion and supply bottlenecks during peak sowing periods.

India is replacing one-size-fits-all farm policy with state-specific roadmaps designed to raise productivity, strengthen climate resilience and support farm incomes ahead of a weaker monsoon outlook.

Nigeria is stepping up sanitary and phytosanitary compliance work in sesame and cowpea exports to cut rejections and strengthen market access.

Authorities and farmers in Central Java are accelerating rice planting and water planning as El Niño raises the risk of a longer, drier 2026 season.

Rising fertilizer prices and supply disruptions are pushing Australia back toward a more serious discussion about domestic fertilizer capacity and phosphate processing.

French startup Agriodor has raised €15 million to expand its olfactory biocontrol platform, including a sugar beet product that reduced green aphid pressure in field trials.

More than a year after Hurricane Helene, farms in Tennessee and North Carolina are still rebuilding the topsoil that floodwater stripped away or buried under sand and silt.

Nepal’s Banke district is producing more wheat even as the planted area keeps falling, helped by better seed, wider irrigation and favorable weather.