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Rail Canada Supply Chain Letter

NASDA

Agriculture is particularly exposed to rail stoppages due to robust fertilizer and other agricultural input trade and a sizable livestock industry that depends on rail for the timely delivery of feed grains, dried distillers grains, and further feed ingredients. Canola Association U.S.

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Opinion: Why the Farm Bill Isn’t Prioritizing the Right Things

Modern Farmer

Its foundation relies on resource-intensive commodity crop production, which needs the majority of fertile lands to feed animals kept in confined spaces. Fertile agricultural soils should be used to grow diverse, nutritious crops for humans. But a closer look at our food system reveals many challenges.

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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

The biosolids created as sewage breaks down can be used as fertilizer on farmland, a practice that the Environmental Protection Agency still touts as “beneficial,” even though spreading these highly toxic chemicals across farmland allows the compounds to leach into the groundwater, contaminate crops grown on the land, and affect grazing animals.

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FAPRI outlook shows downward shifts in farm income, commodity prices

Todays Farmer Magazine

The report also noted that lower prices for farm inputs, such as fertilizer, partially offset the drop in commodity prices but not enough to avoid declines in farmers’ net returns. For livestock producers, lower prices for corn and soybeans reduce feed costs, offsetting price and demand challenges.

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FAPRI forecasts falling prices for producers

Todays Farmer Magazine

The outlook summarizes baseline projections for agricultural and biofuel markets using information available in January 2023. Higher fertilizer, fuel and feed costs contributed to a sharp increase in farm production expenses in 2022. Based on forecasts by S&P Global analytics firm, U.S.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

In the States, Sorghum is currently used mainly for creating biofuels and feeding livestock, but incorporating it into the American diet could have a long-lasting positive impact on our environment. is primarily turned into ethanol fuel and livestock feed—two of the most fossil-fuel intensive agricultural products. “If

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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

The major achievements of the Green Revolution consisted of the development of high-yielding crop varieties, increased mechanization, synthetic fertilizers, a dizzying array of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.), This production is mostly used for animal feeds and biofuels. and various production technologies.

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