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EPA's Zeldin Unveils 'American Farmer First' Policy in Iowa and Wisconsin
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces a proposal to reallocate 100% of additional 2025 small refinery exemption volumes...
USDA Boosts Funding for Research on Invasive Pasture Mealybug in Louisiana Sugarcane
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is directing an additional $500,000 to Louisiana State University to support res...
Dairy Margin Protection Payments Seen Returning as Feed Costs Bite
Land O'Lakes adviser says DMC indemnities may resume within weeks, but only producers who match coverage to Class III an...
New Zealand's $2bn Agtech Unicorn Halter Starts Uruguay Virtual-Fencing Trial
The $2 billion agtech unicorn is running a six-month INIA pilot on 100 Hereford cattle in Colonia, testing GPS collars t...
Minnesota Cow-Calf Producer Ties Beef Imports to Broken Heifer Retention Signal
Ellie Trout says tariff-free beef imports are keeping her from rebuilding the herd as the U.S. cattle inventory sits at ...
China's Agricultural Drone Work Is Running 30 Times the U.S. Total
New 2025 data puts China's plant-protection drone fleet at 309,000 aircraft and 203 million hectare-treatments, exposing...
France's 47% Pesticide Cut Is Largely a Change of Yardstick, Not Real Use
Paris says the Ecophyto strategy is nearly at its 50% target, but the figure rests on a new EU toxic-load indicator that...
Serbia's Unpaved Rural Roads and Weak Irrigation Are Driving Food Costs Higher
A Fiscal Council analysis shows more than 40% of Serbia's municipal roads are unpaved and field-road spending is minimal...
Russia's 2026 Wine Grape Harvest Poised to Be Decade's Best, Roskachestvo Says
Ample winter moisture and delayed ripening are setting up high-quality grapes in Krasnodar, Crimea and Dagestan, with fi...
Portugal Opens €5 Million Support Window for Weather-Hit Winegrowers
Portugal has opened an exceptional €5 million application window for winegrowers hit by early-2026 storms, with priority...
São Paulo Orange Harvest Grows, but Juice Demand Slump Sends Grower Prices Below Cost
A stronger crop for some São Paulo citrus farms meets a 30–40% drop in juice demand, leaving growers selling 40 kg boxes...
Farm Tech’s Real Edge Is Season-Long Consistency, RDO Equipment Manager Says
At Farm Progress Show, RDO Equipment’s Tony Kramer argues automation earns its keep by working without fatigue and trimm...
Trump’s 90-Day Beef Tariff Waiver Alarms Cattle Producers as Imports Hit Record
The plan to allow 300,000 metric tons of below-market imported grinding beef adds roughly 12% to record import volumes a...
Weather Damage Puts Corn, Soybean and Wheat Prices on Upside Alert Ahead of USDA Report
Weather losses in Europe and the US have tightened grain supply cushions, with lower stocks-to-use ratios shifting corn ...
Sorghum Growers Ask CFTC to Halt CBOT Basis Futures Launch Over Delivery Gaps and Liquidity Risk
National Sorghum Producers wants the CFTC to pause Monday's planned CBOT sorghum basis futures listing and review whethe...
USDA Corn Outlook: Heat Cuts Yields, Surprise Acres Cloud Rally
A lower U.S. corn yield and stronger exports point to tighter supplies, but 1.39 million unexplained additional acres le...
Southeastern Hay Contest Returns: Entries Due Sept. 1 Amid Drought Recovery
The Southeastern Hay Contest seeks entries through Sept. 1, while drought recovery advice urges hay testing and early wi...
HHS Launches STREAM Program for Next-Generation Weed Management
The ARPA-H initiative will fund AI-discovered herbicides, laser weeding, drone spraying and low-cost residue sensing as ...
Juan Cúneo's Low-Profile Hazelnut Bet: Supplying Ferrero from Chile's South
Through family office Liguria, the Falabella co-owner has quietly built a hazelnut operation in Los Ríos that now feeds ...
NCGA Targets 30 Billion Bushels of New Corn Demand as Ethanol, COOL and Farm Bill Shape Outlook
A 20-cent corn rally, Senate beef COOL passage and record ethanol use are giving corn and cattle markets new direction, ...
China’s Durian Boom Turns Pingxiang Into a High-Stakes Border Trade Hub
China imported one million tonnes of durians in the first half of 2026, up 51.6%, reshaping small Guangxi border town Pi...
China's Food Self-Sufficiency Plan Forces Brazil to Rethink Soy, Corn and Beef Exports
Beijing's 15th Five-Year Plan aims to lift domestic production of beef, lamb and milk, and Chinese import quotas are alr...
EU Pesticide Plan Could Push Coffee and Citrus Prices Sharply Higher
Brussels is weighing a 'technical zero' residue rule for imports. New modelling warns of sharply higher coffee, citrus a...
Egypt Takes In 4.72 Million Tonnes of Local Wheat as Season Nears Close
State buyers have collected 4.719 million tonnes of Egyptian wheat, up 780,823 tonnes on 2025, leaving a narrow gap to t...
Gates Foundation Renews Livestock Antibody Hub for Five More Years
Pirbright and Roslin institutes begin a second phase of antibody research for cattle, pigs and poultry, aiming to accele...
Iowa Farmland Auction Outlook: Stable Prices, More Sellers This Fall
Iowa's farmland market is flat but liquid, and Hertz Farm Management expects stable values and $4.50 corn could coax mor...
Claas Positions Precision Ag Beyond Data Collection as Decision Speed Becomes the Selling Point
The equipment maker is pitching CLAAS connect as a single operational view; its argument is that today's farms lack deci...
UK Announces £65 Million Drought Support for Farmers as England Wilts
Defra's package relaxes grassland-feed rules, funds on-farm reservoirs and eases water access as drought covers about th...
EU Zero-Tolerance Pesticide Plan Could Cut Food Imports 41% and Spike Coffee 332%
A new JRC analysis maps three scenarios for an EU clampdown on pesticide residues in imported food, with coffee, citrus ...
EU Pesticide Residue Plan Could Lift Coffee Prices 332% and Cut Farm Imports 41%
Brussels is weighing “technical zero” limits on banned pesticides in imported food. A Commission study says coffee could...