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India's TEC and ICAR hosted the ITU-coordinated GI-AI4FS alongside India Mobile Congress, after an 8 to 9 October AI hackathon. Working group chairs and terms of reference were on the agenda.
HARVEST is one of eight Robotics Adoption Hubs backed by £40 million. It includes a £1 million fund for robotics firms and a £500,000 robot test track at Riseholme.
Amsterdam-based Source.ag, whose software runs in more than 500 greenhouses in 25 countries, did not disclose terms. Optimal founder Dave Hunter joins as VP Autonomous Control.
The CVMP adopted a positive opinion on 8 October for Bovilis Lumpyvax, a live Neethling-strain vaccine from Intervet International, under exceptional circumstances. The European Commission will decide.
October WASDE raises the US corn yield 2.7 bushels to 181.2 per acre and cuts India's 2026/27 rice exports to 24.00 million tonnes from 25.00 million. World rice stocks rise to 198.5 million tonnes.
Members of FAWL, Red Tractor and Pasture for Life can use their membership to meet two UA12 animal health steps in the 2026 Sustainable Farming Scheme, with wider integration planned from 2027.
NABARD's venture arm has INR 450 crore in commitments for Fund II, which targets a corpus of INR 1,500 crore including a green-shoe option, with NABARD as anchor investor.
Revenue was €1,700.2 million in H1 2026/27 as ethanol margins lifted starch and the sugar loss narrowed. AGRANA guides to full-year EBIT of €90 million to €110 million.
Provisional Defra figures put English barley at 3.7 million tonnes, down 11%, and oats at 527,000 tonnes, down 29%. Wheat edged up 0.8% to 10.8 million tonnes and oilseed rape rose 43%.
At the India launch of World Development Report 2026 on 8 October, the IT minister said AI lifted Baramati sugarcane yields 40% with 30% less water and fertiliser. No study was cited.
