Wed.Nov 08, 2023

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The scope, scale, and impact of aphanomyces in Montana and North Dakota

Real Agriculture

Aphanomyces is a destructive, persistent root disease of pulses that’s wreaking havoc on pea and lentil crops in Saskatchewan, Montana and North Dakota. In the last 20 years, pulses have become a very common rotation crop for these areas, as they do well in dry conditions. However, with the introduction of more pea and lentil. Read More Aphanomyces is a destructive, persistent root disease of pulses that’s wreaking havoc on pea and lentil crops in Saskatchewan, Montana and North Dako

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Herefordshire farmer loses £39,000 in machinery ad fraud

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A Herefordshire farmer says he has lost £39,000 after he was caught out by a fraudulent machinery scam. An advert purporting to be Braydestone Farms, which carried multiple used machines for sale, was featured in the farming press in October.

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Mind Your Farm Business — Ep. 91: Being a relatable, responsible, reliable leader

Real Agriculture

What does it mean to be a great leader? For Dan Quiggle, true leadership is serving others to help them succeed, relating to staff and colleagues as real people, and taking responsibility for being focused and present in a given moment. Quiggle, founder of The Quiggle Group, is a dynamic and inspiring leader, and someone. Read More What does it mean to be a great leader?

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Analysis: Farmers forced to sell up by HS2 need clarity

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly HS2 was heralded by the Conservative government as an integral part of its Northern Powerhouse strategy, a high-speed rail project that would bridge the North-South divide and rebalance the economy.

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ProPublica’s Big Story: Wild Salmon

Food Politics

I’m always being asked what politics has to do with food. My answer: everything. Here is an example, courtesy of ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Enormous numbers of people depend on wild salmon for food and livelihoods. If the salmon disappear or cannot be eaten, these people lose both. This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum : Many endorse opening dams and letting fish coast the natural current as the best way to avoid extinction.

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Farmer Focus: De-risking strategy looks sensible after heavy rain

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly In autumn 2019 we didn’t drill a viable acre of winter crop due to the wet weather. With that in mind I try not to get caught out, so we started drilling on 20 September and drilled virtually every day the weather would let us.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 8: Importing organic matter, broadcast wheat, ugly beans, and the value of a dryer

Real Agriculture

Mother Nature is not smiling on Ontario corn growers trying to get the ’23 crop out of the field. Concern over increasing DON levels is high and dry-down is slow. Plus, there’s concern over rutting or compacting the fields if conditions stay wet. That’s just one conversation in this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. Read More Mother Nature is not smiling on Ontario corn growers trying to get the ’23 crop out of the field.

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RealAg Radio: Brett Kissel’s new album, buying inputs online, and the Senate rejects its own amendment to Bill C-234, Nov 8, 2023

Real Agriculture

Thanks for tuning in to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Margy Eckelkamp with The Scoop and Top Producer on new research about online input buying behaviours of farmers; Country music star Brett Kissel on his new album released as part of The Compass Project; and, Haney will go. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio.

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Defra tells NFU and British Sugar to resume beet price talks

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly The government has given a clear direction to British Sugar and the NFU that negotiations over the next season’s sugar beet price must resume.

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Arkansas hosts inbound trade mission

Western FarmPress

Delegations from Vietnam and Thailand explore agriculture in the Natural State.

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Court rules on family fallout over farm and dairy herd

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Another case testing farming family business arrangements was decided in court recently, highlighting the need for clarity and documentation. This saw a farmer in Ceredigion win possession of a holding called Glasfryn at Rhydlewis, near Llandysul, which he bought in 1988 and where his nephew has lived and farmed since that time.

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Harvard and NYU Report Reveals Risk for Zoonotic Disease in U.S. Animal Markets

Food Tank

Harvard Law School and New York University recently released a report on Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease in the United States. The report reveals how lack of transparency and regulation in animal and livestock markets have the potential to trigger the next global pandemic. “There are a wide range of animal industries that we rarely see or think about — and some that most Americans have never heard of,” Ann Linder, Associate Director of Policy and Research for the Brooks McCormick Jr.

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Swedish firm develops wireless camera kit for remote sheds

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly On-farm surveillance specialist Luda.Farm has developed a new internet-based camera system that works without a hard-wired connection. The FarmCam Flex kit can be used for security purposes or for monitoring livestock at sites previously unreachable without stringing ethernet cable hundreds of meters.

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The FDA Is Still Not Tracking How Farms Use Antibiotics

Civil Eats

When bacteria develop resistance to front-line antibiotics, health care professionals lose their ability to treat deadly infections, leading to more than 35,000 deaths annually in the U.S. and more than 1.2 million worldwide. For that reason, antibiotic resistance has been held up by the World Health Organization as one of the most pressing threats to global health.

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Surviving heart attack: ‘Reading Farmers Weekly saved my life’

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A Cumbrian farmer has survived a heart attack having recently read our article in the Farmers Weekly monthly “Farm Doctor” series, covering the signs to look out for and the action to be taken. Based just west of Carlisle in Thurstonfield, 76-year-old farmer Billy Swainson says reading this particular article saved his life.

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Oklahoma's pecan harvest looks promising

Western FarmPress

Persisting drought and freezes in 2021 and 2022 have taken a toll on the state's pecan production. Better conditions this year have pecan growers hopeful.

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Lamb trade supported by increased exports to EU

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly UK lamb prices are being strengthened by export trade with less lamb available in Europe. Despite some seasonal declines, farmgate prices remain almost 60p/kg up on year-earlier levels, with lambs averaging 570p/kg deadweight.

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Organic produce sales edge up again

Western FarmPress

Year-over-year receipts increase for the second quarter in a row.

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Calves fed more milk make resilient cows

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Feeding more milk to dairy calves to achieve faster growth rates is no longer just a management technique.

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Bayer considers breakup of pharma and agriculture business

Western FarmPress

CEO Bill Anderson announced the potential Bayer AG redesign after disappointing third-quarter earnings.

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Q&A: New CLA president sets out her ambitions for farming

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly The new president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Victoria Vyvyan, has vowed to champion the next generation, celebrate the regions and take its Rural Powerhouse campaign to the next level during her two-year tenure.

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More on de-coupled ABS

Agricultural Biodiversity

Readers with a longish memory and a liking for exploring the further reaches of biodiversity Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) policy will probably recall a post from a couple of years ago featuring the thoughts of Dr Amber Hartman Scholz. Well, you can now get another shot of the same, via a paper which Dr Scholz has recently co-authored with Dr Michael Halewood, a researcher at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (and the CGIAR Genebanks Initiative ), and others.

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Live animal exports ban proposed in King’s Speech

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A new Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill has been proposed to ban live exports of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain. The King’s Speech on 7 November confirmed that plans to end the live export of animals are back on the agenda.

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Swiss Historical Museum repurposes 1800s barn

Western FarmPress

Barn Spotlight: The Swiss Community Historical Society strives to collect, preserve and distribute knowledge and practices of the pioneer lifestyle.

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What Strategic Farm East project will study at Morley Farms

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly If you were going to pick the perfect commercial farm to host a significant programme of trials and research, Morley Farms in Norfolk would surely be close to the top of the list.

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Winter outlook projects warmer-than-average temperatures

Western FarmPress

A Nebraska Extension agricultural meteorologist says farmers and ranchers should still be prepared for extreme events.

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UK wheat surplus keeps prices in check at £180/t ex-farm

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A large UK surplus and competitive export markets are putting pressure on feed wheat prices. Some industry figures have suggested that the UK has a 1m-tonne wheat surplus this year and with UK exports remaining relatively uncompetitive compared with other major global exporters, markets are likely to remain fairly bearish.

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Avian influenza detected in Alabama

Western FarmPress

While the detection of HPAI in Alabama is not a welcome development, Alabama’s commercial poultry growers can take this opportunity to hone preexisting biosecurity measures on their operations.

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Which Herbs and Spices are good for you (cinnamon, paprika, etc)

Agric4profits

Herbs and spices like cinnamon, paprika, and many more do not only make our foods tastier but they also ensure we stay healthy through the nutritional and

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Colo. budget ponders historic ag funding

Western FarmPress

Gov. Polis proposes enhancing agricultural disaster preparedness, response, recovery.

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Steps to Establish a Farm-To-Table Operation

Agric4profits

A farm-to-table operation is when food goes from the farm right to your table. It's a simple idea, but it's an important one.

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North Dakota wheat wins big

Western FarmPress

Results from the 2023 National Wheat Yield Contest have Northern farmers on top.

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Innovation in Gene Editing and Plant Breeding

Jayson Lusk

Yesterday I had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion focused on gene editing hosted by the Farm Foundation. The main speakers included: Allen Van Deynze, Ph. D., Director, Seed Biotechnology Center and Associate Director, Plant Breeding Center, University of California, Davis Richard Lawrence, Ph.D., Head of Genome Editing, Yield, Disease, and Quality Research, Bayer Crop Science Fan-Li Chou, Ph.

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Iowa pest plan takes community approach

Western FarmPress

Soybean Source: Pest and weed management can be challenging, especially with increased resistance, but programs in the state are helping to find solutions.

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Internationally known marketing expert joins Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism

AgriLife Today

Taheri’s focus includes marketing management, consumer research and hospitality, tourism consumption Babak Taheri, Ph.D., an expert in the field of marketing, has joined the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Bryan-College Station, as a full professor. Taheri has specific expertise in marketing management, consumer.

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Livestock Risk Protection Program participation surges

Western FarmPress

As of October 2023, ranchers have insured approximately 1 million head annually through USDA's LRP program, with Texas and Oklahoma insuring 56% and 34% of this total, respectively.

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The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture

Agric4profits

Climate change, which means the long-term alteration of Earth's temperature and weather patterns, has a big impact on agriculture.