3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (939+ words) - Shipping disruptions in the Middle East have significantly reduced the flow of essential energy and fertiliser supplies to Asia, threatening the region's agricultural productivity. - Rising input costs of 50 to 80 per cent, combined with stagnant output prices, are forcing many Asian…...

23+ hour, 41+ min ago  (648+ words) - Avio Smart Market Stack (ASMS) and UAL Biotech seek to address last-mile distribution challenges that hinder the adoption of bio-based agricultural inputs among India's smallholder farmers. - ASMS's digital rural network covers over 5, 000 villages, providing access to approximately 40 million farmers and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1026+ words) - Zero Foodprint Asia (ZFPA) has launched its 1% Pledge model in Malaysia to directly channel funds from the food industry to farmers. - The 1% Pledge involves restaurants, caf's, bars, hotels, and food retailers contributing 1% of customer spending to provide a consistent funding…...

23+ hour, 2+ min ago  (720+ words) Lake County Farm Bureau President and fifth-generation Indiana farmer Dan Sutton does not have many pet peeves when it comes to managing his 1, 200 acres of mixed-use farmland, but he has two " traffic and trash. Bordering Illinois, Lake County, Indiana, represents…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (877+ words) Spring fungicide decisions have always been a balancing act for growers: protect crops early and thoroughly or hold back inputs and risk disease pressure building later. But with commodity prices under pressure, tighter margins and changing disease dynamics, that decision…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (174+ words) Sumitomo Forestry is conducting a feasibility study in Vietnam on producing sugars for bioethanol from agricultural waste, in this case, cashew apples....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (516+ words) - Vietnam's Vinachem has signed an Mo U with Egypt's Kayan to secure a stable supply of apatite ore, a critical input for phosphate fertilisers. - The agreement is designed to mitigate risks from geopolitical tensions, trade restrictions, energy costs, and supply…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (496+ words) Researchers in Tunisia have successfully sequenced the full genomes of the ancient durum wheat landraces Mahmoudi and Chili, a breakthrough expected to accelerate the development of climate'resilient wheat varieties at a time when global production is under mounting pressure. The…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (733+ words) Bayer's virtual AGM was dominated by shareholder frustration over the long'running Roundup litigation in the US and the legacy of its 2016 Monsanto acquisition. While investors acknowledged operational improvements under CEO Bill Anderson, many made clear that trust has not yet…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (599+ words) A new study reports the synthesis of a targeted peptide that attacks Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans) " the pathogen responsible for late blight " in potatoes and tomatoes, without harming other plants. The research was led by scientists at KTH Royal Institute of…...