Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Off-farm income has been a contributor to farm households for decades, but in many ways the extent and role it plays in the farm business isn’t fully understood. In the October Canadian Farmer sentiment index conducted by RealAgristudies, we asked questions related to off-farm income in order to better understand the role it plays on.
Agricultural Biodiversity
DECEMBER 7, 2023
From the description of the just-released German-Norwegian TV series “Die Saat – Tödliche Macht” (English title: The Seed) on ARD (as translated by Google). Heino Ferch embarks on a dramatic search for missing persons as a police officer on a private foreign mission: in order to find his nephew, an environmental activist played by Jonathan Berlin, on the polar island of Spitsbergen, he pays no attention to his own life.
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Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 7, 2023
CN has signed and closed an agreement to acquire Iowa Northern Railway, as of December 6. Iowa Northern operates approximately 275 track miles in Iowa connecting to CN’s U.S. rail network, serving the upper Midwest agricultural and industrial markets, including biofuels and grain. “This transaction represents a meaningful opportunity to support the growth of local.
Food Politics
DECEMBER 7, 2023
On Thursdays I like posting things I want everyone to enjoy. This one, I stole from Tamar Haspel, who writes about food for the Washington Post. I follow her on X (the site formerly known as Twitter), where she recently posted: This could be my all-time favorite BMI correlation! In China and post-Soviet states, BMI correlates with corruption. The fatter, the crookeder.
Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Grain farming in Ontario has a significant and growing economic impact in the province and across the country. That’s the conclusion of a recent study from business accounting firm MNP prepared for the Grain Farmers of Ontario. The study, titled: Economic Impact Analysis of Grain Farming in Ontario, found that the industry created $27 billion.
Food and Farming Technology
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Trimble and Sabanto have announced the integration of Trimble BX992 Dual Antenna GNSS receivers with Trimble CenterPoint® RTX into Sabanto's autonomous agricultural machinery solutions.
Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In the tale of the three little pigs, our three little friends continue to make false assumptions of their safety based on the construction material of their house. It was not until the third little pig constructed a house of bricks that the wolf had met his match no matter how strong his huff and.
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Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 7, 2023
One spreader for both lime and granular fertilizer — that’s what Amazone has delivered with its new trailed ZG-TX combi-spreader. In this report from Agritechnica 23 at Hanover, Germany, Amazone’s Jeff Schott shares how the ZG-TX can apply both granular mineral fertilizers and earth-moist limes precisely through the one machine. “Both operations can be achieved.
USDA Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2023
When farming in urban environments, whether in-ground or using innovative production, one of the biggest challenges can be navigating local statutes, zoning, permitting and land use regulations. For growers, understanding legal access to land and water, as well as local policies is critical.
Food Tank
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In his poem, The Theologian’s Tale, the 19 th century American poet Henry Wordsworth Longfellow popularized the second part of the title of this op-ed: “ships that pass in the night speak to each other in passing…only a look and a voice, then darkness again and silence.” With neither climate nor nutrition action scaling up fast enough, we cannot afford any more darkness and silence.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
As all medically important antibiotics transition to prescription only and rural veterinarian numbers dwindle, livestock producers are caught in the crossfire.
American Farmland
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The United States’ ability to sustainably produce food, steward natural resources, and support rural economies depends on ensuring greater access to land for the next generation of farmers and ranchers.
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The Prescriptive Pathogen Report uses predictive soil analysis to predict the field pressure and economic risk of corn rootworm in the upcoming growing season.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
There is no shortage of measures to help for cow-calf operators, but weaning rate and pounds of weaned calf per cow are two that I think are very important.
AgriLife Today
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Bagavathiannan earns rare recognition for weed and cropping systems research Muthukumar “Muthu” Bagavathiannan, Ph.D., has earned something few weed science and agronomy researchers have before — the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Bagavathiannan is the Billie Turner Professor of Production Agronomy in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and.
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Luiz Jiménez, 39, has been working on American dairy farms for 20 years. He is used to working long hours for little pay, fearful of losing a vital source of income for his family. A father of three, Jiménez is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico and came to the United States undocumented. He is one of an estimated 238,000 undocumented agricultural workers in the US.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 7, 2023
After half their farm’s crops were wiped out by a devastating heat wave in 2018, Ellee Igoe and Hernan Cavazos, co-founders of Solidarity Farm, changed their practices with the explicit goal of adding more carbon to the soil, or “carbon farming.” The farm grows seasonal fruits and vegetables on 10 acres in the semi-arid, unincorporated area of Pauma Valley in central San Diego County, on land it rents from the Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians; they partnered with the Luiseño to create a “carbon sin
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
As the costliest pest in the U.S. for soybeans, this breakthrough means there will finally be options to develop varieties with enhanced SCN resistance.
Agric4profits
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The plant horny goat weed (Epimedium) also known as barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo, is referred to as a “natural
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The increase in interest rates and the addition of more debt alone will not be what pushes the agriculture industry into a financial decline.
Global Agtech Initiative
DECEMBER 7, 2023
With 22 partners from 12 countries, Farmtopia addresses the limited adoption of Agricultural Digital Solutions despite substantial investments. The post Farmtopia: European Project Paving the Way for Digital Farming Accessible to All appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
As the year comes to a close, Paul Neiffer shares five ways to minimize the impact of income taxes.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Corn Source: Looking at the pattern in 2013 following the 2012 drought, nitrate was easily lost to leaching. Here’s how cover crops can help.
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
“I believe we have to broaden the conversation beyond just low carbon,” said Amy Skoczlas Cole. “If we can reconnect to the roots of what this is all about—rather than counting molecules—we will be so much better off.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The Midsouth is seeing an influx of computing facilities that rely on great amounts of electric infrastructure.
Agwired
DECEMBER 7, 2023
American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Chair Dave Armstrong, President and CEO of Sakata Seed America, sees a lot of opportunity for the seed industry right now. “Conservation and cover crops is one area ASTA has been spending a lot of time on because that’s an emerging and rapidly evolving segment for the seed industry,” said Armstrong. “Treated seed is another issue that’s really important for the industry.” He says the ASTA policy team is spending a lot of
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Ag Marketing IQ: The market does not fully comprehend the crop damage that has taken place across Brazil.
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Evidence indicates that droughts have occurred more frequently and or lasted longer around the world due to climate change. Farmers have some options from existing technology to adapt, but more research is needed.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Sacramento Valley farmer Shannon Douglass elected organization’s first female president.
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The U.S. exported 572.2 million lbs. of pork in October, up 11.0% from September and 5.7% more than last year.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Study: Agriculture is facing a labor shortage that is costing the sector billions of dollars.
Food Tank
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference is a special newsletter series running daily during COP28. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. Welcome to COP28! I’m here in Dubai, U.A.E., for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
APG focused on making sure growers are ‘producing at economically viable levels.
AgWeb Farm Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The absence of glyphosate would have made a bad year even worse. We would have grown fewer crops, spent more time and money on controlling weeds, and harmed our soil with plowing.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
‘The key message now is sanitation, sanitation, sanitation,’ UC expert says.
AgriLife Today
DECEMBER 7, 2023
AgriLife Extension ‘garden guide’ for December Whether Santa needs some ideas for you or there’s a gardener you’re stumped shopping for, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert has some holiday gift ideas. “Although shopping for a gardener, whether or not you are one yourself, may seem daunting, it really doesn’t have to be,” said. Read More → The post Holiday gift ideas for gardeners and cold-weather garden tips first appeared on AgriLife Today.
Western FarmPress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Northern ranchers share their top tricks for cattle’s winter water systems – ice free.
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