Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
When all the policy focus on a changing climate has been on slowing or stopping the change from happening, a second aspect has been largely ignored: adaptation. That’s the subject of a new policy concepts paper, “Climate Change in Canadian Agriculture: The Context and the Evidence Demonstrate that Policy Should Refocus on Adaptation,” penned by.
Food Politics
JUNE 28, 2024
The USDA has just summarized its accomplishments with respect to food and nutrition assisttance since the pandemic. It’s an impressive list. The report has loads of enlightening charts. This one shows the substantial increase in spending on food assistance over the years, and recently. This report has the advantage of putting everything in one place.
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Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
The beast is back! Ontario’s winter wheat crop has high yield potential but there are also high levels of yield robbing fusarium in fields in some regions of the province. Real Agriculture agronomist Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson says it’s not as bad as 1996 when fusarium decimated the provincial winter wheat crop, but growers will.
Berkeley Blog
JUNE 28, 2024
"This case will be a Rorschach test for elected officials," one expert said. "Will they redouble their efforts to provide shelter and housing, or fall back on laws that punish people for being homeless?" The post Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward. But that doesn’t mean that all the attendees of the forum agreed with each other at the outset. Instead, the forum worked hard to find areas of common interest and support to create. Read More The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward.
NASDA
JUNE 28, 2024
Comment Re: Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Request for Information (RIN 0581-AE29) Dear Administrator Summers: NASDA appreciates the opportunity to respond to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) request for comments on the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
The organization that brings together and represents Canada’s cereal grain value chain has a new board chair. Brett Halstead, who farms at Nokomis, Sask., and represents the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, was elected chair at Cereals Canada’s board meeting in Winnipeg on Thursday. Rounding out Cereals’ executive committee for 2024 are Adam Dyck (Warburtons), who.
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Modern Farmer
JUNE 28, 2024
At nine years old, I started a rabbitry. Raising my trio of Dutch rabbits to take to the fair, I fell in love with the breed and raising them. Before long, I expanded to include Polish rabbits, Dorset advantage sheep and Welsh Harlequin and Call ducks. I eventually added horses and hogs to my growing small business, raising animals for sale in my community.
Organic Farming Research
JUNE 28, 2024
Our Board President, April Jones Thatcher, offers a heartfelt reflection on the joys and challenges of organic farming. In her inspiring call to action, April explores how you can be part of a healthier food system. Read her message and discover how your choices can cultivate a more sustainable future for our communities and our planet. The post The Song of One Thrush: Why We Need Each Other to Build a Healthier Food System appeared first on Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Missouri-Kansas Crop Progress: Wheat harvest ends as temperatures skyrocket but rain and cool down improves conditions during Week 5.
Global Agtech Initiative
JUNE 28, 2024
Expert talks about common positioning interferences in the development autonomous machines in the industry. The post How Natural Phenomena and Intentional Jamming Can Interfere With the Autonomy of Agricultural Machinery appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
The court's decision to overturn the 1984 ruling takes power away from federal agencies and requires Congress to directly tackle policy issues with new laws.
Daily Yonder
JUNE 28, 2024
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders , an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week. Shane Hamilton is a historian of American agriculture and agribusiness who teaches at the University of York in the United Kingdom.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
June 28 Acreage: Higher-than-expected corn acres causes significant price drop; soybean plantings lower than trade guesses.
Berkeley Blog
JUNE 28, 2024
“If we were to approach the plantation with an intention to hold space for the Black people who stayed and labored there, we might see the plantation as another origin story," says Alisha Gaines, a professor of English at Florida State University. The post Berkeley Talks: Reconsidering Black America’s relationship to the plantation appeared first on Berkeley News.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Tiffany Lashmet, in her Texas Agriculture Law Blog, discusses the Attorney General's opinion on whether a person assisting in securing or negotiating a wind lease must be licensed.
AgriLife Today
JUNE 28, 2024
Hot, dry conditions persist through Independence Day The post Prevent fires from fireworks during Fourth of July appeared first on AgriLife Today.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
One tractor museum in South Dakota and two in Nebraska should be on your travel schedule.
Agri-tech
JUNE 28, 2024
Our Friday Seminar on 5th July at 11:30am is Role of anionic lipids in the establishment, dynamics and function of membrane contact sites with Prof. Yvon Jallais, University of Lyon Location: Merton Auditorium and Zoom (No registration is required to attend in person.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
AgriCapture helps rice farmers with the first large-scale issuance of carbon credits.
AgriLife Today
JUNE 28, 2024
Award honors individuals for outstanding lifetime achievements in nutrition The post Chapkin named American Society for Nutrition 2024 Fellow appeared first on AgriLife Today.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Helping others remains a lifelong passion for this 2024 Indiana Honorary Master Farmer.
Agwired
JUNE 28, 2024
Drought is a prolonged dry period that can occur anywhere in the world and results in a water shortage. Unlike some other disasters, drought has a slow onset and a prolonged impact on health, agriculture, economies, energy and the environment. An estimated 55 million people globally are affected by droughts every year and as many as 700 million people are at-risk of being displaced as a result of drought by 2030.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Through the Garden Gate: Growing juicy, flavorful tomatoes is easier than it looks — especially if you follow these tips.
Agric4profits
JUNE 28, 2024
Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes belonging to the genus Crotalus and Sistrurus.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
This year's wheat harvest was 'phenomenal, fenceline to fenceline,' on Damron Farms. Learn more about their season and what made the difference.
ATTRA
JUNE 28, 2024
A report from the University of California Organic Agriculture Institute details the most pressing needs of the state’s organic sector , as identified in an online grower survey, interviews with stakeholders, and observations from farm visits and workshops. One finding is that with an increased supply of organic commodities, the organic profit premium is not as great.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Replacement heifer and bred cow prices are correlated with feeder cattle prices.
AgriLife Today
JUNE 28, 2024
Personnel provide educational programming, outreach in their respective communities The post New agents and program personnel fill AgriLife Extension positions across the state appeared first on AgriLife Today.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Soybean Watch: Make time to assess this year’s weed control and plan for 2025.
Agwired
JUNE 28, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art USDA grape research facility on the Cornell AgriTech campus. America’s Largest Seed Industry Convention is now open for attendee registration and hotel reservations.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Bolley Agricultural Laboratory and Peltier Complex will foster ag innovations.
Far Eastern Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
New Holland recently announced its multi-phase partnership with leading autonomous technology company, Bluewhite to enable the collaboration on distribution, manufacturing and integration of Bluewhite's autonomous solutions for New Holland tractors, thus enabling them to operate fully autonomously in orchards and vineyards among other specialty crop operations Formerly known as Blue White Robotics , Bluewhite brings sustainable autonomous innovation to permanent crop growers worldwide, thus driv
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Farmhouse Window: Trees are an important part of Pennsylvania’s history.
Farming First
JUNE 28, 2024
Agrifood companies in India could mitigate global food systems emissions by 2030 by adopting climate and nature solutions in their supply chain. The post Supply Chain Transparency Can Put India at the Forefront of an Agricultural Revolution appeared first on Farming First.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
Here are things that make you go “hmmm” when it comes to agriculture’s latest nemesis.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
Wild weeds. Ponding. Carryover damage. Cutworm feeding. What’s the biggest agronomic challenge facing you right now? It’s officially summer and that means the crop is growing rapidly (we hope!), but it also means each crop stage brings a new set of challenges to overcome. While conditions vary wildly between geographies, both Ontario and western Canada.
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