Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

James Merchant and Robert Martin, eds. Public Health Impacts of Industrial Farm Animal Production. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production with both authors about 15 years ago and was happy to do a blurb for their book. This hard-hitting book defies meat industry pressure and obfuscation to document the devastating effects of its current production methods on the quality of air and water and on human health.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Adam Pfeffer has put a lot of thought into the new shop he’s just finished at his farm at Sparta, Ont. A cash crop farmer who runs a self-described “small to mid-sized” operation in southwestern Ontario, he also works as a market development manager for Bayer Crop Science. Growing up on the farm, Pfeffer’s wish.

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Agri-tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The role of the John Innes Centre in supporting crop breeders and farmers has been recognised with a prestigious award for one of its leading wheat researchers. Dr Simon Griffiths, group leader at the John Innes Centre and programme lead for the Delivering Sustainable Wheat Institute Strategic Programme (ISP), is the 2024 winner of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) award for Science.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Much has transpired in the weed control world over the past 40 years and Brian Woolley has seen it all. With farming roots in Port Dover, Ont., the Syngenta Canada territory sales representative is getting ready to close the book on a 40-year career in weed control. In this interview with RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin, Woolley. Read More Much has transpired in the weed control world over the past 40 years and Brian Woolley has seen it all.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Down the Road: Gavins Point Dam, completed in 1956 on the Missouri River, is part of a series of federal dams on the river aimed at flood control and other opportunities.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

650 grain workers at the Port of Vancouver have been on strike since Tuesday, and now, workers at the Port of Montreal have served 72-hour strike notice. These port strikes come just weeks after an unprecedented dual rail strike/lockout. Moving anything in or out of Canada — and especially grain — carries a huge question. Read More 650 grain workers at the Port of Vancouver have been on strike since Tuesday, and now, workers at the Port of Montreal have served 72-hour strike notice.

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Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

At his first Campus Conversations event as chancellor, Lyons also fielded questions about staff burnout, diversity and belonging on campus, and his family's move to University House with their dog, Winston. The post Chancellor Rich Lyons talks finances, rankings and ‘painting a picture’ of UC Berkeley’s future appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the produce section of the IGA grocery store in Saint-Laurent, Quebec , a TV monitor shows customers, in real time, the roof of the store and farmers harvesting cucumbers that within an hour will be on store shelves. When the Food Industry Association asked Americans to list reasons why they buy local produce, 82 percent of those surveyed cited a desire for freshness.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The AgSmart Educational Expo event hosted by Olds College of Agriculture & Technology will move under the AgriTrade Equipment Expo Group banner following a memorandum of understanding between the two entities signed earlier in September. AgSmart first started in partnership with Agri-Trade in 2019 as an initiative of Olds College. The summer event is a.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Forage grasses are plants that are grown primarily for animal consumption. They form the basis of many livestock diets and play a crucial role in agriculture.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for the Beef Market Update. Haney is then joined by Saskatchewan Farmer and a recently-named Nuffield Scholar, Cherilyn Nagel, and Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner both with RealAgriculture. The panel discusses. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Turf grasses are essential for lawns, sports fields, parks, and golf courses. They provide aesthetic beauty, recreational spaces, and environmental benefits.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Minnesota Minute: Terminal offers 20,000 tons of fertilizer storage; cost-share for organic certification available; new leadership at Christensen Farms.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Turf grasses are a vital part of our landscapes. They cover lawns, parks, sports fields, and golf courses.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Cowtowns & Skyscrapers: A few thoughts from the second round of local consult meetings for the Kansas Water Plan.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Proposals are due November 12, 2024. Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers grants to farmers to explore new concepts in sustainable agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques. The Farmer Grant program is open to all commercial farm business owners and farm employees in the Northeast region: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Yo

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Recipients of the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program payments may need to report those to remain eligible for benefits from other government programs.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The challenges facing the food system are complex—but they’re solvable. During a Climate Week NYC event hosted by Food Tank and World Food Program USA, which was recorded on Food Tank’s YouTube channel , panelists made the case to a packed crowd that the future can be bright if we work hard to make it so. Optimism is not naivete, says Cary Fowler, U.S.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Beef Column: Do you need to supplement protein? Get winter feed tested to ensure you are providing adequate nutrition to cows.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Grasses are one of the most common and diverse plant groups on Earth.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The most devastating farm accidents happen during the use of power takeoff devices like the PTO.

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CalCAN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

You can’t make hay unless the sun is shining. If the Farm Bill is hay, and the sunshine is time left in Congress’s schedule, then the sunshine is waning for a new Farm Bill to be passed before the current The post Hay’s in the field and a storm is brewing: Another year without a new Farm Bill? appeared first on CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Soybean Watch: Field reports indicate bean size is suffering in nonirrigated fields.

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World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Pheronym Granted Patent for Plant-Parasitic Nematode Biocontrol Breakthrough Pheronym ® , an ag-biotech pest management company, has been granted its second US patent, this one focused on plant-parasitic nematode (PPN) biocontrol. The patent for Pherocoat™ will help address the pressing need for a natural, non-toxic approach to PPN control. According to The Fight against Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Current Status of Bacterial and Fungal Biocontrol Agents, PPNs pose a major threat to food security

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

An education is not just in the books. The education is finding a way to make a profit in the market.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

A new report compiled by researchers from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Berkeley, Food Insight Group, Berkeley Food Institute, and USDA documented the benefits to farmers and the environment from California’s investment in farm to school programs. The report shows that 57% of the farmers participating in the state’s Farm to School Incubator Grant Program made sales to schools between April and September 2023, representing an average of 33% of their total farm revenues.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Jen’s Jots: How bad is it in Ohio? USDA reports 98% of state is in a level of drought.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Advanced Navigation, a world leader in navigation and autonomous systems, has announced the expansion of its versatile Certus range, with the new Mini series Available in three variants, the Certus Mini series includes a GNSS-aided Certus Mini D and Certus Mini N inertial navigation system (INS) , while Certus Mini A functions as an attitude and heading reference system (AHRS).

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New cases developing daily as 41 Central Valley dairies are now affected.

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Agri-tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Our Friday Seminar on 4th October at 11:30am is Bi-directional signaling along the microbiome-root-shoot axis with Prof. Corné Pieterse, Utrecht University Location: Merton Auditorium and Zoom Speaker: Corné Pieterse.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Show-Me Life: How to remove a skunk, by complete novice critter hunters.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New House bill boasts more than 30 co-sponsors.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

My Take: The yearly report card shows the bay’s health at its highest in 20 years.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Mike Pearson tells listeners how Columbia has imposed a new tariff on powder milk products imported from the USA. Now, U.S.A. dairy farmers are speaking out about how unfair the tariffs are to American agriculture.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Ag Marketing IQ: Unlike gambling on NFL lines, ag commodity traders can manage grain price risk.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Golden Days: This scene should make passersby smile!

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The new partnership expands analysis of on-farm profitability and carbon marketing decisions.

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