Real Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? Read More How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont.,

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

– Today at the 2023 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture annual meeting, NASDA members adopted policy to protect farmers’ right to farm. NASDA’s new policy supports laws that protect agricultural and forestry operations and facilities from nuisance lawsuits. Press Release CHEYENNE, Wyo. territories.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo credit: NRCS EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 9, 2024, NSAC released Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill , a comprehensive analysis of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) over the course of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). This included 2,407 CSP contracts (22% of all FY2023 contracts), over 3.3

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Food Tank

AUGUST 23, 2023

Wild Kid Acres in Edgewater, Maryland is a farm dedicated to responsible livestock and land stewardship. The farm is becoming a hub for agricultural education, local farm products, and shared technological resources. Slowly we started really getting into regenerative agriculture because our land was pretty much toxic.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In early 2024, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture is sent to every known agricultural producer in the country to ask important questions about their farms and how they manage them.

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ProAg

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

million acres of farm and ranchland across the country. Even more impressive is that the area covered by crop insurance has grown by more than 205 million acres since the 2018 Farm Bill was enacted, a 61% increase. And lawmakers are clearly succeeding – to the tune of 205 million acres in the past five years alone.

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Agricultural Economics Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

planted nearly 50 million acres of wheat for the 2023 harvest, the largest acreage since 2016. That year’s winter wheat crop, which accounted for an average of 73% of total wheat acres, was the first crop planted after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine sent wheat prices soaring. million acres. million acres.

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Ohio State University

MARCH 18, 2024

The new 2022 Census of Agriculture data shows the number of farms in Ohio declined by 2.3% One number that is concerning to agricultural stakeholders in Ohio is the loss of 931,089 acres in land in farms in Ohio in the last twenty years. The question is how much of the agricultural land in Ohio was lost to development?

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Agwired

JULY 1, 2024

The planted acres report out Friday from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates 91.5 million acres of corn planted in the United States for 2024, down 3% from last year, with soybean acres estimated at 86.1 million acres, up 3% from last year. million acres, 14% above 2023.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 7, 2024

bushels per acre. bushels/acre, while John Kilbourne of Ontario finished third with a yield of 160.2 bushels/acre. Nick Suwyn from Michigan has topped the 2024 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network wheat yield contest with 171.9 Jeffery Krohn, also of Michigan, took second place at 170.1 Read More

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Real Agriculture

MAY 10, 2024

India is nearly half-way through a six-week election period, and the government there is making sure it stays in the citizens’ good graces. That, in part, may have driven the decision by India to further extend a dropped tariff on imported peas out to October. Chuck Penner, founder of Leftfield Commodity Research, says that India.

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Ohio State University

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A trio of researchers within the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) at Ohio State University— Ani Katchova (Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair), Carl Zulauf (Professor Emeritus), and Mujahidul Islam (PhD student)—continue to identify trends on the topic of agricultural land lost to development.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Editor’s Note: This blog post is the first in a two-part series through which NSAC examines the latest Census of Agriculture in more detail. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Last month, the U.S. million, 142,000 fewer farms in 5 years.” Slightly over 1 million of the 3.4 a decrease of 6.1

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Jon Driedger of LeftField Commodity Research to discuss the grain markets; Sara Shymko with Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan on Acres for Education campaign; Hear a product spotlight with Patrick Langille with Helena Products Group on Resurge; and Hear a clip. Read More

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler stresses farmland preservation amid economic growth at North Carolina State of Agriculture address.

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Western FarmPress

MARCH 20, 2024

The Census of Agriculture, Natural Resources Districts and the Nebraska Department of Revenue chime in on irrigated acreage numbers.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A key part of that farming formula is capacity, specifically larger equipment that can get more done in a day and help cover the big acres that many farmers are working across vast tracks of land. It’s no secret that farmers are looking for more productivity for their farm machinery dollar.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Jon Driedger of LeftField Commodity Research to discuss the grain markets; Sara Shymko with Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan on Acres for Education campaign; Hear a product spotlight with Patrick Langille with Helena Products Group on Resurge; and Hear a clip… Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 10, 2024

Labour shortage is an issue for farming around the globe and an expanding list of agricultural equipment manufacturers are looking to autonomous robots to provide a solution for their customers. Read More

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ProAg

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A farmer in Carroll County purchased 115 acres for $4 million, or $34,800 per acre. The purchase is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime, as the Missouri Department of Agriculture says the transaction is the highest price per acre paid for farmland in the state’s history.

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Tillable

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Hurricane Helene's Impact on Agriculture: A Closer Look at Crop and Landowner Damage In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many in the agricultural community have been taken aback by the widespread damage across key farming regions in the Southeast.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recent statistics on American agriculture reveal a decline of 200,000 farms between 2007 and 2022. As agriculture has industrialized and become more capital-intensive, leading to dominance by wealthy, large-scale producers, much of the decline has come at the expense of small and midsized farmers. million farms —to 2 million from 6.8

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 14, 2024

Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but. Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but. Read More

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 18, 2024

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin rides along with Fred Van Osch of Van Osch.

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American Farmland

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In 2022, AFT’s Farms Under Threat research indicated that Texas has the highest concentration of threatened agricultural land in America – with 2.2 million acres projected to be converted to real estate development by 2040.

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Food Tank

APRIL 1, 2024

The 2024 Census of Agriculture from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals a growing number of new and beginning and young producers in the United States. Through the One Million Acres for the Future campaign, the Coalition advocates for the next Farm Bill to invest in 1 million acres of land accessible to new farmers.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The authors suggest exploring a non-plastic, biodegradable alternative mulch to limit the threat to soil function and agricultural productivity caused by unabated plastic accumulation, given that around the world, over 25 million acres of farmland is seasonally covered with opaque plastic films.

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ATTRA

MAY 22, 2024

The Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska began changing its farming operation in 2019 to more regenerative agricultural practices, reports the American Heart Association. The Tribe moved away from monoculture cropping and toward a diverse, year-round crop rotation across 2,400 acres of row crop production and 2,500 acres of pastureland.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 21, 2024

It’s been that kind of year, says Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness soybean specialist Horst Bohner as growers in rain-soaked areas of the province make a final dash to plant soybean acres. It’s late June and growers are still planting soybeans in Ontario. Read More

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

According to analysts at FarmDoc, Brazil could increase its crop area by 35%, adding approximately 70 million acres of cropland.

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USDA Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

million acres of land. From the big skies of Montana to the peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the white sand deserts of New Mexico, the diverse terrain of the Mountain Region presents unique challenges and great opportunities for the region’s 125,938 farms covering a vast 191.7

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The pressure is on for the Ontario government to back away from a land deal that would see 770 acres of farmland turned into a yet-to-be-determined industrial development. Hundreds of citizens in Wilmot Township near Kitchener, Ont., Hundreds of citizens in Wilmot Township near Kitchener, Ont., Farmers — including.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It turns out that even Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson is mortal, and in this week’s podcast you’ll likely end up feeling a little sorry for Mr. Johnson, as his voice has fallen victim to the winter woes. Nonetheless, our intrepid host of Wheat Pete’s Word still has managed to record this episode and in it.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 12, 2024

Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Covering 40,000 acres a year with a sprayer is a big job. So how does one guy get over all those acres? Read More Covering 40,000 acres a year with a sprayer is a big job. So how does one guy get over all those acres? At Shawridge Farms, a large cash crop and commercial grain elevator operation located in Arthur, Ont.,

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 20, 2024

Potassium deficiency can cost soybean growers as much as five to seven bushels per acre if the levels of the key nutrient sink below critical vales. Read More Potassium deficiency can cost soybean growers as much as five to seven bushels per acre if the levels of the key nutrient sink below critical vales.

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