Agriculture & Production

An official French regional bulletin reports soybean yield 67 percent below the five year average, maize at 43 percent of normal and major losses in sunflower and sugar beet.

Embrapa will build regional emissions baselines, a farm calculator and a certification protocol across 120 reference units through 2030.

USDA forecasts a record 4.57 billion bushel soybean crop driven mainly by more harvested acres, even as pod counts fall in several major states.

Third-quarter palay production fell to 3.08 million tonnes, but official data show the loss came overwhelmingly from a 17.6% contraction in harvested area rather than a collapse in yield.

Argentina milled 5.63 million tonnes of wheat from December through September, 2.8% more than a year earlier, as a record crop supported both processors and exports.

A new Nature Genetics review finds that only about one eighth of fungal genera have a genome assembly, leaving major blind spots for crop-disease control, beneficial fungi and biotechnology.

India wants about 20 million more tonnes of maize over the next decade—a 36% increase from its latest official estimate—while relying on higher productivity rather than displacing pulses and oilseeds.

Brazil’s soybean planting reached 54.3%, but Conab says irregular rain is delaying work across much of Matopiba while saturated soils slow southern fields.