The government of the United States was having a shutdown of key services starting October 1, 2025, testing payments at peak fall harvest. Lapses in governmental funding preempt temporary closures of select services, including those by important agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA processes farmers’ harvest payments for crops it directly...
The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) has brought relief by delaying the enactment of rope-less lobster fishing regulations in Maine’s federal waters. According to the council on September 25, 2025, the decision allows lobstermen to continue using their current roped traps or pots. Local congressman Jared Golden had beforehand on September 23 persuaded the...
A mega agro-industrial plant for processing cassava, rice and maize is beginning in western the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The joint public-private project got clearance on October 1, 2025 at Mbanza-Ngungu, Kongo Central province, costing $1 billion. With a land lease for 99 years, the plant will cover 104,000 hectares with an annual output of...
Drastically declining cattle inventories have made ground beef retail prices in the U.S. 13% dearer August 2025 than a year back. This is according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report. By August, prices of steak and minced beef had surged by 16.6% and 12.8%, respectively, year-on-year (y-o-y). The two figures excel the annual inflation climbs...
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Safety Authority (ADAFSA) on September 30, 2025 banned cryptocurrency mining activities on farm land. All services that ADAFSA extends to farms in the UAE capital will cease for unheeding landlords, alongside a 100,000-dirham ($27,230) fine. Landowners or tenants that continue the activity will suffer confiscation of their cryptocurrency hardware and...
The first beet deliveries for the 2025-26 UK sugar processing campaign have reached a newly revamped sustainability factory at Newark, east-central England. According to the Newark Advertiser, initial beets arrived on September 30, 2025 at the upgraded £1-million ($1.347 million) eco-friendly premises. After belatedly closing the 2024-25 season in March, the factory is readying for another annual sugar...
Soy farmers in the American Midwest are experiencing softened prices due to a China boycott that has sent ripple effects globally. As of September 29, 2025, cash prices at the U.S. CmdtyView were US¢3.5 down day-on-day, to $9.34 1/4 a bushel. The prices faltered after a brief rally occasioned by a diplomatic call between President Trump of the United...
Relative market steadiness informs tomato supplies across the United States end September 2025, with deliveries hovering from light to moderate. According to the Tomato Fax Report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on September 29, most terminals were espousing ‘about steady’ trade. In central California, conventional tomato deliveries at 4,625 units (each 40,000 pounds) were slightly...
China on September 28, 2025 sentenced former Minister of Agriculture & Rural Affairs Tang Renjian to a suspended death for embezzlement, invoking Ag spending focus. According to Reuters, the minister got a death sentence with reprieve at a court in the northeast province of Jilin. The ex-minister apparently amassed money and material wealth amounting to above 268...
Malaysia’s Madani Adopted Village program on September 28, 2025 disbursed 2.138 million ringgit ($507,347) to fund agriculture in Tasek Gelugor on Penang island. This follows a roll out in 42 villages elsewhere early 2025 at 100 million ringgit ($27.7 million), per the Ministry of Finance. The current drive targets farming/animal husbandry activities in the kampungs (villages) of...