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EU farm ministers unanimously agreed the Council's position on the 2028-2034 CAP: one fund replacing the two pillars, degressive area-based income support, mandatory 'active farmer' definitions. Budget, capping and degressivity stay in MFF talks. consilium.europa.eu/en/press…
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Analysis: Namibia's FMD outbreak (SAT1, confirmed Sep 23) is confined to 18 farms in ǁKharas, 131 animals positive. Compulsory vaccination: 1,296 of ~13,000 targeted cattle by Oct 21. The EU has suspended fresh beef from the former FMD-free zone. nammic.com.na/wp-content/upl…
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Ethiopia's coffee authority ECTA disputes ODI's EUDR exclusion warning, claiming >99% of farms are deforestation-free. An ODI co-author says the study's data are over a year old (23% of coffee land mapped by July 2024). The hurdle: proof, not forests. capitalethiopia.com/2026/10/…
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Singapore's NEA sent haze-law notices to 10 Singapore-based palm/pulp firms incl. Wilmar, APP and First Resources (Oct 23), seeking concession locations, group links and fire measures. Requests, not findings. Plot maps like @dimitratech's could help. nea.gov.sg/media/news/news/i…
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Brazil added irrigated industrial tomatoes to ZARC climate-risk zoning (Oct 23): sowing windows by modelled 20/30/40% loss risk gate rural credit, Proagro and insurance aid. Goiás: 65% of 1.88 Mt. Records like @dimitratech's could help prove sowing. gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/ass…
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Indonesia's high-confidence fire hotspots fell 1,336→317 (−76.3%) on Oct 24, but South Sumatra rose 58→102 (+75.9%), Kemenhut says; operations continue. Plot geolocation, e.g. @dimitratech, could show buyers which supplier areas sit near new hotspots. kehutanan.go.id/news/hotspot…
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Ukraine's farm ministry sees wheat area for the 2027 harvest at 4-4.2m ha vs 5.1m in 2026, a 15-17% cut per a farmer survey. The minister says corn area could even halve as the Black Sea blockade drags on, with land shifting to soy and sunflower. interfax.com.ua/news/economi…
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India's IMD put the Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts on pre-cyclone watch: a Bay of Bengal low should become a cyclonic storm by Oct 26 and near Andhra around Oct 28. Mid-harvest, IMD urges farmers to bring in mature rice, maize and groundnut. internal.imd.gov.in/press_re…
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Analysis: drought covered 75% of Brazil in Sep vs 67% in Aug (ANA, Oct 19), worsening in 14 states, mostly North/Northeast. Coffee states: ES 100%, MG 99%; top soy state Mato Grosso 12%. Farm-level data like @dimitratech's could pinpoint affected farms. gov.br/ana/pt-br/assuntos/no…
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Brazil's INPE had a 4-year AI project approved (R$118.1m planned): AI for its satellite Data Cube, ML deforestation mapping and IA-CAR to speed up rural registry (CAR) reviews. Faster CAR checks could matter for EUDR plot tools like @dimitratech $DMTR. gov.br/inpe/pt-br/assuntos/u…
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India hit 110M Farmer IDs under AgriStack on Oct 23, ahead of schedule. Each ID ties a farmer to digitised land records and is meant to unlock loans, insurance and relief. Traceability tools like @dimitratech $DMTR could build on verified farm data. economictimes.indiatimes.com…
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Cameroon's AgriConnect compact: 24 interventions, ~$1.87bn for 2026-30 (cost estimate, not secured funds), 8 value chains incl. cocoa, oil palm & soy; aim: food import bill -28%. Its digital strand could use farmer-data tools like @dimitratech $DMTR. ifad.org/en/w/news/ifad-join…
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Indonesia's high-confidence fire hotspots jumped to 1,350 on Oct 22, up 542 (+67%) in a day, ministry data; Central Kalimantan 874, over 4x the day before. It also reports 51 orangutans rescued from fire-hit areas in West Kalimantan since Aug 6. kehutanan.go.id/news/hotspot…
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Indonesia detained 23 containers of merbau timber from Nabire, Papua, in Surabaya (Oct 20): suspected laundering via allegedly false papers, now under investigation. Origin-to-shipment proof is the use case for traceability tools like @dimitratech $DMTR. kehutanan.go.id/news/kemenhu…
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Indonesia is sending 104 forestry staff to fight fires in Ketapang, West Kalimantan; 40 to the concession of PT Buana Megatama Jaya, one of 3 firms Singapore's NEA named for haze notices on Oct 19. Ketapang had 37 of the province's 39 hotspots on Oct 22. kehutanan.go.id/news/kemenhu…
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Vietnam issued a national 2020 forest map (VFM2020.v1) on Oct 20 for EUDR checks in coffee, rubber and wood. Initial data, 13 provinces: sources agree on 54.2% of area; 45% needs review, 0.8% is high-risk. A reference, not proof of compliance on its own. tapchimoitruong.vn/cong-bo-b…
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Pakistan set an indicative 2027 wheat price of Rs4,500/40kg, up from Rs3,500 last year (+29%, our math), per the PM's Office. It cites rising input/fuel costs and 2 years of wheat imports. Farmers sought Rs5,000 (Dawn). Not a final procurement rate yet. radio.gov.pk/23-10-2026/pm-s…
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India is willing to cover the full certification cost for micro & small exporters, incl. EU CBAM and EUDR compliance, minister Goyal said (PTI, Oct 23). DGFT rules since Jul 1 reimburse up to 95% for them (80% for medium firms), capped at Rs 50 lakh/yr. thehindubusinessline.com/eco…
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USDA confirmed the first New World screwworm case in US wildlife: an elk harvested on a Pecos County, Texas game ranch (Oct 21). New Mexico confirmed one in an Otero County beef cow that day. Next port reopening for Mexican cattle: Columbus, NM, Oct 26. aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-a…
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Russia shipped 1.135m t of grain from its ports on Oct 1-20, down from 4.515m t a year earlier (Russian Grain Union data via Interfax). Baltic ports handled 875kt, 11x more; Novorossiysk just 59.6kt vs 1.7m t. Wheat went to 15 countries vs 29. tks.ru/news/nearby/2026/10/2…
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