Food Politics
MARCH 27, 2024
At the insistence of Jerry Mande , I watched the meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to learn about the Federal Vision for Advancing Nutrition Science in the United States. This Vision derives from last year’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and its pillar on enhancing nutrition research.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 27, 2024
As Canadian Agricultural Safety Week concludes, the conversation around farm safety continues to be paramount. In this episode of the Farm Safety Roundup, hosted by Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture, Ryan Dick of Workplace Safety and Prevention Services sheds light on the crucial role of safety in agriculture. With a dual perspective as both a Health. Read More As Canadian Agricultural Safety Week concludes, the conversation around farm safety continues to be paramount.
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Civil Eats
MARCH 27, 2024
From Washington to Pennsylvania, farmers diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease have filed lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide, based on research that shows a potential link between the chemical and the disease. In California, researchers have connected insecticide exposure that farmworkers’ children experienced in the womb to a higher risk of behavioral problems into adolescence.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 27, 2024
It wasn’t the biggest new tractor roll-out at Agritechnica, but the Valtra S Series certainly attracted its fair share of attention thanks to a unique combination of size and technology. The Valtra S Series is a sixth generation tractor from the Finnish manufacturer, which operates plants in Finland and Brazil. Models range from 280 to. Read More It wasn’t the biggest new tractor roll-out at Agritechnica, but the Valtra S Series certainly attracted its fair share of attention thanks
Sustainable Food Trust
MARCH 27, 2024
Patrick Holden discusses how the centralisation of the food system has given rise to an atmosphere of paranoia about bacteria, which, in turn, is placing a disproportionate regulatory burden upon small producers and processors. More and more of us are now recognising that the ultra-processed products of the industrialised food system, which most of us eat to some degree, are making people sick.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 27, 2024
It’s the last week of March but the weather has turned cool and more average for this time of year. That means there’s plenty of questions streaming in as farmers get ready to hit the fields. This week on Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson has to make good on a bet, we learn about. Read More It’s the last week of March but the weather has turned cool and more average for this time of year.
USDA Blog
MARCH 27, 2024
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist Sheri Spiegal received an exciting award recognizing her pioneering work integrating social science and biophysical science with stakeholder engagement to help animal producers and crop farmers improve the redistribution of manure nutrients from farms with an excess to fields and pastures that can use it sustainably.
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AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Fire fighters from across the U.S. participated in a fire demonstration at the Dalton, Georgia fire department looking at the effectiveness of Soyfoam, the first soy based fire suppressant.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 27, 2024
Today, more than 620,000 miles of fence branch across the western United States. That’s equal to a trip to the moon and back—and halfway there again. Maintaining and building fences is a yearly job on every ranch, costing at least $20,000 per mile. Once these fence posts are hammered into the ground, ranchers battle trees, wind and damage from livestock knocking them over.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Building variable-rate nitrogen prescriptions eventually could save farmers money, but there is still work to do.
Caff
MARCH 27, 2024
By signing on to this letter, you’ll be urging state leaders to address land equity and improve access to local markets for small-family farmers. The realities of the climate crisis, divestment in local food supply chains, and inequalities in the economy disproportionately affect California’s smaller-scale food producers, which includes the 1 in 5 California farmers who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
EMIT LESS Act offers voluntary conservation incentives for livestock farmers and expands research.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Since the 1950s, fire departments across the country have used products containing dangerous PFAS to put out fires. But the United Soybean Board has announced a greener alternative made from soybean meal.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Forever Green Initiative emphasizes varieties of continuous living cover crops that thrive in harsh winter conditions and provide a harvestable yield while contributing to soil and water conservation.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Based on fieldwork he's done so far, the farmer asks, “Am I drying out the soil early in what looks to be a dry year? Or, am I making the soil more fit so roots can go down as they should?
Sustainable Food Trust
MARCH 27, 2024
Max Jones shares some of the fascinating insights from his visits to producers in the Piedmont region of Italy and other rural communities in Europe. Max considers how stifling hygiene regulations are propagating a sense of shame amongst some small-scale producers, promoting the misconception that traditionally produced foods are ‘unclean’, a narrative that risks further eroding local food cultures.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
A 95,000 gross ton container ship crashed into a pylon supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge near the Port of Baltimore early Tuesday morning. The port is a main access point for automobile and farm equipment imports.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Learn to detect and prevent communicable diseases spreading in your herd.
USDA Blog
MARCH 27, 2024
USDA is proud to celebrate the second anniversary of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s vision to advance food and nutrition security.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
This landowner devised a unique way to filter water leaving his farmland.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Row crops remained under pressure on supply concerns, wheat was mixed. Cattle recover, so is the panic selling over? Mike Zuzulo, Global Commodity Analytics, has price action.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Hoosier Perspectives: With a 27% jump in property taxes for 2024, Indiana farm leaders are looking for relief next legislative session.
AgriLife Today
MARCH 27, 2024
Team members eager to learn more while preparing for fall contests The Texas A&M University Meat Judging Team finished the spring season as undefeated champions across four intercollegiate judging contests from January to March. The momentum has the Department of Animal Science team looking forward to more opportunities to grow and learn as they prepare.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Study commissioned by the U.S. soybean industry shows steady change since 2010 and 2015 findings.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants can donate emergency grazing authority to ranchers in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas impacted by recent wildfires.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
American farmers have favored planting corn over soybeans for over a century, but that may change as soy demand for green diesel surges.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Ambassadors from European Union countries reached an agreement regarding Ukrainian grain, extending tariff-free trade until June 2025.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Family Farm Success: Set priorities for estate planning, build a transition team and put it to work.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MARCH 27, 2024
Share Tweet This Story’s Impact nearly 2 million readers a month across all platforms Grist America’s “fescue belt,” named for an exotic grass called tall fescue, dominates the pastureland from Missouri and Arkansas in the west to the coast of the Carolinas in the east. Within that swath, a quarter of the nation’s cows — more than 15 million in all — graze fields that stay green through the winter while the rest of the region’s grasses turn brown and go dormant.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Ag Marketing IQ: Will good planting weather in the United States signal an end to the recent rally in corn and soybeans? Hedge your bet now.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
Ethanol plants are exploring carbon capture technologies to reduce their carbon intensity (CI) scores and qualify for tax credits.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
Test fields now, as the dry winter and spring may cause repeat of soybean injury in 2024.
Agricultural Biodiversity
MARCH 27, 2024
Did you have to develop new methods to clean the seed? Is it one of the longest cleaning or dormancy breaking processes? Was it the first time your species was germinated in a collection and unique germination methods had to be found? The catch is that the “you” has to be a botanic garden, but I do like the idea of the Global Seed Conservation Challenge Awards.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
China steps back as largest foreign market for U.S agriculture.
Global Agtech Initiative
MARCH 27, 2024
The rigorous SOC 2 compliance is a widely recognized framework comprising standards of data security, privacy, and operational integrity. The post Intelinair Successfully Completes SOC 2 Compliance, Demonstrates Commitment to Data Security appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 27, 2024
After 26 years at the Lubbock Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Jaroy Moore, who has been with Texas A&M for about 55 years, will retire in April.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
U.S. employers report challenges in finding suitable job candidates with work-ready skills to fill open roles in ag. The AgCareers.com U.S. Skills Survey offers insights, data and trends to address skill development.
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