Farm-tech at scale: Maharashtra’s Agri-AI shows India the way

India has the AI (artificial intelligence) money, models, and national infrastructure. Maharashtra, a major agricultural state, provides the operating manual: data exchange, geospatial intelligence, farmer-focused advice, traceability, and...

Some Midwest soybeans are headed to China. But farmers still need other buyers

After a months-long standoff, China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year – less than half of what the country has historically purchased. U.S. soybean farmers this fall had faced the grim reality of losing their...

Avocado exports hurt by immature harvests

Avocado Exporters Association of Kenya chairman Anthony Nderitu during an AGM in Kabati, Murang'a, on October 30, 2025./ALICE WAITHERAAvocado exporters say the harvesting of immature fruits is the main challenge facing the sector. The trend has...

Feedgrain Focus: Rain mixed blessing as harvest accelerates

Harvesting wheat in the Mungindi district on the NSW-Qld border last week. Photo: BB Harvesting PATCHY rain across eastern Australia has slowed harvest in some areas, and bolstered the yield and quality outlook for later crops. Unimpressive bids...

Naogaon farmers face uncertainty as unseasonal rain hits early crops

Farmers in the northern district of Naogaon are struggling with fresh uncertainty as unseasonal rain, triggered by a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, has damaged prepared seedbeds for early winter vegetables and partially ripe Aman...

NE China's Jilin sees bumper grain harvest

Photo shows ripe crops in a field in northeast China's Jilin Province. (People's Daily Online/Wang Haiyue) Northeast China's Jilin Province has experienced relatively few natural disasters in 2025, with crops in their best condition in years and...

'Gen Zs Are Not Interested In Farming'

'They are totally disconnected with farm activities which their families have been involved in for years.' IMAGE: Labourers plant paddy saplings in a farm at a village on the outskirts of Amritsar. Photograph: ANI Photo While large farms are the...

China’s advanced crawler-type rice harvester tested at DIK

DERA ISMAIL KHAN - The Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Dera Ismail Khan inaugurated the Crawler-Type Rice Combine Harvester imported from China, marking a significant move toward advancing modern agricultural mechanization in the region. The...

Rollins harvests corn on Indiana farm visit: Highlights trade wins, hears from Hoosier farmers

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana agriculture took center stage as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Everett Farms and Seed LLC in Lebanon ahead of her keynote address to the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. The visit,...

Heartland harvest underscores difficulties ahead for Nebraska farmers

The season of reaping lays bare Nebraska's fields, but this year, it's also revealing the cracks in the farm economy."I think we're in 1981 where could be starting," farmer and state Sen. Tom Brandt said two weeks ago. "We'll just have to see what...

Spotlight on soaring farm input costs

Q: Why did you hold a Judiciary Committee hearing to examine consolidation in the farm sector? A: As the only grain farmer in the United States Senate, I’m honored to advocate on behalf of family farmers who are wrapping up the harvest season and...

Kuruvai Paddy Procurement Nears Completion In TN's Delta Farmers Seek Compensation For Rain Damage

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) As the Kuruvai harvest draws to a close across the Cauvery Delta, the paddy procurement process too is nearing completion under the close supervision of District Collectors. Officials said over 90 per cent of...

India News | Bihar: Heavy Rains and Strong Winds Devastate Paddy Crops in Danapur

Danapur (Bihar) [India], November 3 (ANI): Heavy rains and strong winds in Bihar's Danapur on Monday caused extensive damage to paddy crops, leaving local farmers distressed. Hence, the farmers have demanded clarification and compensation from the...

Franklin County launches Frontier Harvest Fund to boost small farms

SARANAC LAKE — The Franklin County Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with Franklin County, announced the launch of the Frontier Harvest Fund — a new $300,000 grant program designed to cultivate growth for the region’s small farms,...

Kirinyaga coffee farmers want coffee thieves arrested

Kirinyaga Central MP Gachoki Gitari while meeting his constituents on October 30,2025Kirinyaga residents have raised an alarm over the escalating theft of coffee in their farms, occasioning them huge losses. The theft is being driven by the rising...

Heavy rain floods croplands in Rajshahi, raising fears of lower harvest

Heavy rains over the past few days have flooded vast stretches of croplands in Tanore, Paba, Mohonpur, and Godagari upazilas of Rajshahi, leaving farmers worried that their crops will yield far less than expected. According to the Department of...

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Assures Swift Relief For Farmers Hit By Unseasonal Rains

(MENAFN- IANS) Gandhinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has expressed deep concern over the extensive damage caused to standing crops across the state due to unseasonal rains and sudden weather changes. In a post on social...

Seed starters: Cultra simplifies soil testing, so farmers and agronomists can make better fertilizer decisions

* Company: Cultra * Founders: Ethan Poliner, Jack Washburn, Jesus Miranda and Cooper Martin * Website: cultra.us *Year Founded: 2025 * Key Focus: Agriculture data analytics What is Cultra? Cultra is a software start-up that allows farmers and...

MP: Organic And Natural Farming Spikes Up Income Of Guna Farmers

(MENAFN- IANS) Bhopal, Nov 2 (IANS) The organic and natural farming, adopted by Guna farmers in Madhya Pradesh, has turned out to be a boon for farmers. Organic farming has turned the agricultural enterprises into profitable ones and is proving to...

Drones bring peace between farmers and elephants in Kenya

New technology helps communities protect crops, wildlife, through a balance of sound, flight, coexistence As dawn breaks over the rolling hills of Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, a low hum rises above the fields, not from tractors or generators, but...