Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The labour gap in the farming sector is a pressing issue, and with the physically demanding and seasonal nature of farm work, finding suitable workers is an annual struggle. In this latest episode of the Farm Safety Roundup, Shaun Haney is joined by Jay Remsik, a health and safety consultant at Workplace Safety and Prevention. Read More The labour gap in the farming sector is a pressing issue, and with the physically demanding and seasonal nature of farm work, finding suitable workers is an annu

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The USDA announced the latest data on the US agricultural system in a press release. It summarizes the highlights: Number of farms: 1.9 million (down 7% from 2017) Average size: 463 acres (up 5%) Total farmland: 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%), accounting for 39% of all U.S. land. Revenues: $543 billion (up from $389 billion) Net cash income (less expenses): $152 billion.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Soybean prices aren’t the shiny prize they were a year or so ago, and that has plenty of farmers sharpening the pencil on cropping plans. If input dollars are scarce (and they always are), where do you spend and where to do you save? For that conversation, when it comes to the most important pass, Read More Soybean prices aren’t the shiny prize they were a year or so ago, and that has plenty of farmers sharpening the pencil on cropping plans.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Under pewter-colored skies, Alan Bedtka tramps through the snow and past a stand of sorghum-sudangrass, its chest-high stems rattling in the harsh wind. The tall forage stands out in southeastern Minnesota’s corn and soybean fields, which this time of year have been reduced to stubble poking through the snow. Bedtka is in his mid-30s and working to raising a small cow-calf beef herd profitably.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Baling hay has always been a very manual process with baler operators following the windrow and managing speed to optimize productivity. But with increasing innovation, baler operators now no longer have to spend their days twisting and turning in the tractor seat and riding the throttle to constantly manage bale making. At New Holland, innovation. Read More Baling hay has always been a very manual process with baler operators following the windrow and managing speed to optimize productivity.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Episode 7: In this Farm Files episode, Curt and Sarah discuss the ups and downs in a farm marriage and share advice for farm couples.

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Farming Farming 133

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Crop scientists know a lot more about nutrient uptake in corn and soybean than winter wheat. That’s something RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson and a host of researchers, technicians and industry stakeholders have been working to change. On this episode of the Wheat School, Johnson shares data from a new wheat study on nutrient uptake and.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to Tuesday with Lyndsey on RealAg Radio. On today’s show we will hear from: Sara Epp with the University of Guelph on why vets aren’t going north; Lorne Boundy, merchandiser with Paterson Grain for an oat market update; James Mitchell of Crop Management Network with a fertilizer market update; A clip. Read More Thanks for tuning in to Tuesday with Lyndsey on RealAg Radio.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Producers can start ordering new machines this spring.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“As a young person, if you’re not going to be proud of what you do, don’t waste your time," he advises. "Be proud of what you do, and everywhere you go, be excited about it and talk about it.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Ag Matters: Have your voice heard. Get involved with commodity groups.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

7 ways to make an acetylene torch slice rather than mangle metal.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’re always in a state of transition, and it seems even more so over the past five years.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Food price inflation is back in the outlook for all food, food at home (grocery) and food away from home (restaurant) prices in 2024, according to the latest update from USDA.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mike Pearson tells listeners what the USDA's February cattle on feed report highlighting some trends in the industry and the impact.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Tree Rustlers Steal Timber, Damage Graves At Historic Slave Cemetery apiuser Tue, 02/27/2024 - 07:28

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Beyond basic inputs and commodity prices producers can find the source of profit-limiting hidden costs.

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Farming Farming 116

AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In 2023, Mexico, the largest importer of U.S. corn, banned the use of genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption, prompting a trade dispute with the United States.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

North Carolina State University Extension Entomologist Dominic Reisig stresses watching for bugs on cotton and planning effective application timing.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

There was a total of nine reported incidents in the U.S. last year – the same number as 2022. Those nine explosions led to 12 injuries with no fatalities.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

What do government mandates, foreign animal disease and the “communist agenda” have in common? Electronic identification.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Museum of Cider has an exhibition on “ A Variety of Cultures.” Nice podcast rounding up the latest on dog domestication. Useful summary of the history of rye in the Nordic countries since it replaced barley in the Medieval period. They didn’t give up barley in the Outer Hebrides. The Tunisian farmer goes back to wheat landraces (I think).

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

March 14 event will include discussion of HLB, fruit fly.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You may have noticed in the news some recent stories about incredibly fast crossings of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger planes, such as this story from Business Insider.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

John Deere unveils a high horsepower 9RX — and See and Spray on Hagie.

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Tractor 105

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Do you ever wonder how fast the wind is blowing when you are outside?

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

New products galore were featured at this year’s show in Syracuse.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, farmers, landowners, researchers, and solar companies are working together to harvest the sun twice: once with crops, honey, pollinators, and forage for grazing animals — and again with solar panels. This co-location of solar and agriculture is known as agrisolar or agrivoltaics. In the short film Harvesting the Sun, the leading voices of the agrivoltaic movement come together to share their stories and shine a light on a climate solution that can increase farm profitab

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Poultry litter may present significant savings to producers if they manage it correctly.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced banks, including Credit Agricole SA and BNP Paribas SA, will offer preferential lending rates to farmers.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An amped up biosecurity approach can help the hog industry take control.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It was great to catch up with good friends Sara Wyant and Al Johnson of Agri-Pulse while at the National Ethanol Conference last week in San Diego. We have known Sara and Al for a very long time and are sharing the significant milestone of 20 years for both of our companies this year. In this interview, Sara and I chat about 20 years of Agri-Pulse and the upcoming Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit: Reviving Rural Revenues on March 18 at the National Press Club.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

University of Idaho researchers will study four species, including gray wolf.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Kevin Charleston, owner of Specialty Risk Insurance, shares a few ways to protect yourself and your operation against a gap in coverage.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Boosting soybean yields, assessing nitrogen-fixing biologicals on corn and the latest on short-stature corn are on tap at March meetings.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By Hakeem Holmes, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Lean is a business process improvement concept that focuses on the elimination of non-value-added activities from processes, which are defined as waste. These activities may appear in agribusiness operations as processes that do not change the form or function of a product or service being offered. There are eight common forms of waste that can be found in processes no matter the industry: defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilized talent, transp

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This urban farmer fulfills a dream and helps the community at the same time.

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