Renewables Power Shift (Spain): Murcia hit a major clean-energy milestone, with solar overtaking gas as its top power source—installed PV jumped 83% since 2023, and June generation showed renewables surging year on year. Soil & Inputs (Guam/US): University of Guam is running free soil-sampling workshops to stop costly “wrong way” sampling that misleads farmers and wastes money. Soil Health + Carbon (Syngenta/Groundwork): Syngenta and Groundwork BioAg teamed up to market mycorrhiza-based products plus soil-carbon credits, aiming to boost nutrient uptake and create an extra revenue stream for farmers. Cocoa Diversity for Resilience (Peru): Researchers identified four new cacao genetic lineages on Peruvian farms, highlighting that chocolate’s supply crisis is also a diversity problem—valuable traits already exist in growers’ fields. Fertilizer Crunch (Nepal): Nepal’s paddy season is again hit by DAP and urea shortages, with farmers reporting delays, legal hurdles for imports, and questions in parliament over stock claims. Farm Economics & Policy (New York/US): New York launched a $30m program to help producers offset tariff-driven cost and market losses, including impacts on feed, grain, and machinery. Market Infrastructure (Gujarat/India): Amit Shah inaugurated a modern vegetable sub-yard at Dahegam APMC to improve marketing access and cut friction for farmers. Right to Repair (US): FTC-backed settlement requires John Deere to make repair resources easier to access, potentially reducing downtime and repair costs for farmers. Land & Livelihoods (India): Karnataka’s proposed AI City near Bidadi sparked farmer protests over alleged land acquisition without fair compensation or consent.