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🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh poultry feed prices have increased twice in one month as major raw materials became more expensive, with corn up 24%, de-oiled rice bran up 27% and soybean meal up 20%, forcing feed mills to absorb losses.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Fertiliser subsidies consume nearly 80% of Bangladesh's agriculture budget, with rice farming getting 85-90% of support while livestock, poultry and fisheries receive almost nothing, according to CIMMYT policy note.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Climate shocks caused Bangladesh's salt production to fall 28% below target in FY26, pushing prices up 50%. Cox's Bazar salt farmers hit hardest.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports approved 150,000 tonnes of unrefined salt imports for 251 BSCIC mills, citing possible supply shortfall. Local salt farmers say existing stocks are sufficient for 4 months.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's poultry farmers face a perfect storm of rising feed costs (maize +24%, rice bran +27%, soybean meal +14%) and falling broiler prices, with farmers receiving only Tk 135-140/kg while consumers pay Tk 180/kg.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
The Financial Express documents how Bangladesh's poultry industry has been transformed by mobile phone-based price information, with per capita egg consumption rising 145% between 2005 and 2022.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Daily Star's S Dilip Roy reports that early cultivation on additional char land in Rangpur region has pushed up fertiliser demand, with farmers protesting and blocking roads for adequate supplies.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's Aus paddy farmers face Tk 4,000-5,000 per bigha losses despite good harvest, with prices falling Tk 300-400 per maund from a year ago. Food grain stocks rose to 23.41 lakh tonnes as of September 12, 2026.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Kurigram's Department of Agricultural Extension introduces Soil Health Protection Cards with farmer photos, NID numbers, and land details to prevent non-farmers from collecting subsidised fertiliser for black-market sales.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's fertiliser dealers have demanded commission be doubled from Tk 100 to Tk 200 per sack, warning they are losing Tk 50-55 per sack and may withdraw from the trade.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh has expressed interest in boosting fisheries and livestock cooperation with Italy, with State Minister Tuku meeting Italian undersecretary at FAO headquarters in Rome.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Prolonged monsoon in Pabna has submerged 187 hectares of farmland, destroyed 41.4 hectares of crops worth Tk 3.46 crore, and delayed early onion cultivation beyond the optimal planting window.