At a time when prices of young cattle weighing 750 pounds are up stateside, ranchers are maximizing profits through value-added programs. Stepping up the game are independent process verified providers helping farmers reap added value from their cattle. One such provider is IMI Global, which Minneapolis-based DTN news on September 18, 2025 featured in connection with North Carolina farmer,...
The Time2Graze project through the Global Methane Hub is assembling 35 partner organizations in Latin America and Africa to perpetually track optimal pasture levels. Among these countries is Uganda, a cattle-dense nation. While leveraging farmers’ optimal feed management practices, the project will also boost feed digestibility by tracking pasture suitability rates. Studies show that only a 10%...
Two major developments have lately turned the spoke for blueberry exports from Zimbabwe to China, including export authorization on September 4, 2025. According to the Zimbabwe Herald Online on September 17, 2025, the authorization touches on phytosanitary protocols for growers and exporters. To meet the aseptic mandate, shippers must only pack fruits from registered orchards and the...
Commercial fishers of the most coveted mollusc in South Africa await an October 2025 governmental decision on suspended rights to fish abalone. The sector anticipates a Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment (DFFE)’s promise to review around 140 appeals by sidelined fishers before October 31. These appeals are by those whom the Deputy Director-General of Fisheries...
The latest 2025-26 production projections point to a record 16.8 billion bushels of corn on American farms, adrift historic acreage expansion. In its September 12, 2025 Crop Production report, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) raised current corn acreage to 98.7 million acres. This is a 9% improvement year-on-year (y-o-y) from the 2024 cultivated area...
After not meeting targets for three years, the Philippines has reinstated its top 3 sugar quota recipient status by the United States. According to the Business Mirror on September 17, 2025, the PH will start its sugar export year on October 1 with new quota. The 2025-26 batch is at 145,235 metric tonne raw value (MTRV),...
Michigan in the northern United States has recorded selective export revenue drops from agriculture in quarter 1, 2025, due to tariffs. According to the state’s Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) via Thumb Wind on September 16, 2025, apples, wheat, soy and cherries all slashed sales. Apple exports in Q1 2025 shrunk by 58% year-on-year (y-o-y)...
Chicago-based McDonald’s USA on September 15, 2025 announced a $200-million regenerative beef farming investment in the United States. The company will partner with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and other national agencies to promote sustainable ranching. Funds will maintain watershed ecosystems, restore overgrazed pastures and modernize ranch infrastructure. At the core of the announcement is...
An ambitious Indonesia-Vietnam vision to export tropical lobster (Panulirus homarus spp) through seed hatching has prompted smuggling controls. Indonesia’s VP Gibran Rakabuming Rakka on September 10, 2025 directed the ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries to sanction seed smuggling. According to the Minister of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Sakti Wahyu, smuggling via Vietnam wastes 16 trillion rupiah ($974.88...
The North American pumpkin spice season has earned a heady peak, with a gourd shattering weight records in eastern Canada. On September 13, 2025, a half-tonne specimen won the Mammoth Pumpkin Stake at the Spencerville Fair in Johnstone, Ontario. 18 year-old Noah Devisser scooped the winning prize after presenting his 508-kilo pumpkin, smashing the existing record of 478...