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2025.09.30
FAO hosts Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu opened the 2nd Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation, emphasizing that adopting good practices is key to making livestock systems truly sustainable.
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2025.09.26
Harlem Globetrotters and Monique Coleman join FAO to spotlight youth leadership in agrifood systems at UN General Assembly
FAO highlighted youth’s key role in transforming agrifood systems, uniting sports, culture, and global policy at a dynamic event during the 80th UNGA.
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2025.09.25
Dry Soybeans Mean Hidden Yield Loss at Harvest
As combines begin to roll across the Midwest this fall, some farmers are facing soybeans that are coming in at just 9–10% moisture.
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2025.09.24
China Buys Argentine Soybeans After Tax Drop, Leaving U.S. Farmers Sidelined
Chinese buyers booked at least 10 cargoes of Argentine soybeansafter Buenos Aires on Monday scrapped grain export taxes, three traders said on Tuesday, dealing another setback to U.S. farmers already shut out of their top market and hit by low prices.
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2025.09.23
New World Screwworm Detected Just 70 Miles from U.S. Border
Less than 70 miles stands between the latest New World screwworm (NWS) detection and the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a statement by the USDA late Sunday, Sept. 21.
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2025.09.22
New PepsiCo and Unilever Initiative Helps Farmers Adopt Regenerative Ag Practices
PepsiCo and Unilever are partnering to launch an initiative designed to strengthen farmer-facing support organizations across North America.
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2025.09.19
Haiti: FAO and CERF launch emergency initiative to bolster rural food security amid climatic shocks, deportations and mass displacement
FAO and CERF have launched an emergency program in Haiti’s North and Centre to aid vulnerable, food-insecure households facing rising displacement, deportations, and worsening climate shocks.
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2025.09.18
New Irrigation Introductions are Designed to Save Farmers Time and Water
From real-time moisture tracking and hose-free reversals to remote controls that work across fleets, the latest innovations reflect a growing focus on helping farmers get more done with fewer trips to the field.
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2025.09.17
Bird Flu Seen in Central Nebraska Dairy Cattle
The NDA and USDA in recent days identified a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in central Nebraska.
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2025.09.12
U.S. Biofuel Plan Would Reallocate Half or Less of Waived Blending Quotas, Sources Say
The White House is considering a plan that would require large oil refineries to cover around half or less of the biofuel blending requirements recently waived for smaller facilities, according to three sources familiar with the matter.