Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Canadian farm groups have voiced major concerns regarding a private member’s bill that has quietly reached the second reading stage in the Senate. Bill C-293, introduced in 2022 by Liberal MP and noted vegan, Nate Erskine-Smith, is one of many private member’s bills that have gained traction under the Liberal minority government. The bill would.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Julian Baggini. How the World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy. Granta, 2024. 443 pages. I did a blurb for this one: How the World Eats is an enormously wide overview of how people throughout the entire world–from hunter-gatherers to NASA astronauts–view, exist within, manage, and try to improve their food systems. Baggini’s philosophy makes sense.
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Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Every now and then expected seasonality offers a surprise for grain growers. For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. Ranulf Glanville, market analyst with Grainfox, says that market behaviour right now offers farmers some reasons to be. Read More Every now and then expected seasonality offers a surprise for grain growers.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Soybean Watch: Look for signs of disease in late-season soybeans. Follow along as a seasoned agronomist determines the potential cause of this plant’s affliction.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Farming boasts one of the shortest commutes — from door to barn or shop is often just a morning stroll, coffee in hand. But that’s only if you live on the farm, and while multi-generational farms are common, multi-family yard sites are less so. For many farms, there comes a time when building a new.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Kody McCleary wants more consumers to understand the work that goes into sustainable and humane pig farming. “Pig farmers, they’re there 365 days a year taking care of those animals,” says McCleary, a fourth-generation farmer at McCleary Farms in West-Central Illinois. “Going to Florida on vacation isn’t always an option for a livestock farmer.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Evan Shout with Farmer Coach and host of The Truth about Ag podcast, as well as Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner both with RealAgriculture. The panel discusses a number of topics including: Bill C-282 and protecting supply management; Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio.
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Global Agtech Initiative
OCTOBER 4, 2024
New feature empowers users to optimize seeding, irrigation water, and fertilizer based on in-field variations. The post CropX Adds Variable Rate Application Maps to Increase Farm Efficiency appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Powerful learning sessions, new tech displays, a jam-packed trade show and networking all aim to empower growers in the rapidly changing organic market.
Global Agtech Initiative
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Solix has demonstrated significant advancements in ag, providing efficient, more sustainable, data-driven solutions. The post Solinftec Announces Successful First Commercial Season of Solix Sprayer Robot appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Farms across the Southeast took a major hit from the Hurricane Helene with cotton, peanuts, pecans and more taking a hit from the storm.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 4, 2024
U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) recently announced the introduction of The Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act ( H.R. 9263 ) in Congress. If passed into law, the bipartisan bill will provide tax incentives for investments in innovative agricultural technologies. “The Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act will allow for farmers and agricultural leaders to not only succeed today, but it will allow them to better utilize innovative technologies to allow produ
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
From finance to management, support is available for young and beginning farmers traversing the challenges in agriculture.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2024
More than 41 million people in the United States speak Spanish at home, and Spanish is the most spoken language after English in the country. Cooperative Extension across the nation recognizes the importance of providing resources in Spanish to better serve Hispanic communities and people.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Two brothers transition into leadership on their family farm and find opportunities through young farmer programs.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Ismail Samad is no stranger to hospitality. The East Cleveland, Ohio, native began his first foray into restaurant co-ownership at the age of 23, and in 20 years, he has worked his way through ground-breaking restaurant openings and community programs. Working at the intersection of food and community crystallized a realization for Samad: Black and POC food systems are in a chokehold.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Hi-Tech Farming: BASF’s digital spray timer tool could give you a head start on finding the best time to spray fungicides to reap maximum return on investment.
Berkeley Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Researchers found that Black workers in automobile manufacturing plants with a greater number of Black colleagues had better cardiovascular health than Black auto workers who worked in overwhelmingly white plants. The post Racially balanced workplaces may protect employees against cardiovascular disease appeared first on Berkeley News.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Between the Fencerows: Average yields exceed this farmer’s low expectations, but post-harvest soybean growth reveals harvesting losses.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Food and agriculture have enormous potential as climate solutions, but there can be no resilient future without community-level food security and healthy consumption, panelists said during a standing-room-only Climate Week NYC event. “I believe the climate movement is a celebration of life, and food is the greatest vehicle for that,” says Julia DeSantis, Head of Sustainability at Farmlink.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Ag Marketing IQ: USDA’s September numbers show lower production but higher stocks, begging a global answer to the supply question.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Role is to enhance agency’s incident preparedness, response efforts across Texas The post Wes Moorehead named deputy director for Texas A&M Forest Service appeared first on AgriLife Today.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Slideshow: North Dakota cattle producers buy community feed store, where customers can find goods and advice on ranch management.
Berkeley Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2024
"We keep raising awareness and reminding the world that we cannot achieve peace without justice," said the leader of the Syria Civil Defence, widely known as the White Helmets. The post Berkeley Talks: With white helmets and GoPros, these volunteers risk it all in Syria’s civil war appeared first on Berkeley News.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Ag Marketing IQ: Here’s three rally strategies to open the door to more than 50 cents, set a floor and get on with harvest.
Far Eastern Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
LEMKEN presents Thulit MF/1200, its first weeder harrow with more than 12 m working width The new model is based on the innovative properties of the Thulit MF product series launched last year. The design with four bars and eight rows of harrow tines and hydraulic tine pressure adjustment is unique on the market. The tine pressure can be continuously adjusted from 100 g to 5,000 g across the entire width during travel and remains constant at every setting – for optimum and reliable work results.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The county's gross farm receipts fell to $7.86 billion on a year that saw a mixed bag of commodity price changes.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Our Friday Seminar on 4th October at 11:30am is Embryo-endosperm communication in developing seeds: Establishing the boundaries of an ambiguous relationship with Dr. Gwyneth Ingram, ENS de Lyon Location: Merton Auditorium and Zoom Speaker: Gwyneth Ingram, ENS de Lyon Bio: After obtaining a Natural Sciences degree at the University of Cambridge I carried out a Gatsby-funded PhD at the John Innes.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Catch up on East and Gulf Coast port strikes, the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, an escape goat on the run and more!
EOS
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Variable rate fertilizer systems offer precise nutrient management for every farm. Let’s explore the technology's benefits for soil health, yield, and profits.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Farm & Family: Minnesota statute provides opportunity for the trustee to alter a trust through the power to decant.
ATTRA
OCTOBER 4, 2024
USDA will make $58 million available for marketing assistance to eligible organic dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP) 2024 to help expand the market for organic dairy and increase the consumption of organic dairy. ODMAP 2024 helps mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Ohio’s drought puts stress on livestock producers with scorched pastures and dwindling hay stocks.
ATTRA
OCTOBER 4, 2024
USDA’s National Agroforestry Center recently updated its Agroforestry Note 7, Forest Farming: An Agroforestry Practice. The free, 12-page publication focuses on the production and management of herbaceous, understory nontimber forest products. It points out some of the benefits and limitations of forest farming, and offers examples of nontimber forest products for culinary, medicinal, decorative, and nursery markets.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
A new radial tire from Lindsay offers flotation, traction and performance for irrigation systems.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Animal care codes are an essential part of not only ensuring that best handling practices are used in barns and agricultural facilities, but they help to keep an avenue open for communication about the standards of care and welfare that animals in Canada receive right from the farmer to the end consumer. “The Code development.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Slideshow: Evansville, Wis., family is selected as 2024 World Dairy Expo Dairy Producers of the Year.
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