Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Dry or wet, whatever conditions this coming spring brings, one thing is certain – weeds will be emerging, whether you can see them or not. That’s why a grower’s number one goal should be to use a pre-seed burnoff to limit early herbicide-resistant weed competition on emerging crops, even when conditions are dry. According to.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture has three inductees in the 2024 class of the Agriculture Hall of Fame

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Prima Wawona, a stone fruit producer in Fresno, Calif., announced in October it filed for bankruptcy with more than $600 million in debt.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

See how seeding a cereal rye cover crop spelled success for a Tipton County, Ind., farmer.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) is working to break down research silos among governments and across geographies in West and Central Africa. According to Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, former Executive Director of CORAF, these initiatives are critical to building climate resilience in the region. “This is a global village,” Tenkouano tells Food Tank.

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Agricultural Economics Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The debt-to-asset ratio is often cited when discussing the 1980s farm financial crisis and considering if current conditions are worrying. Given its popularity, it’s worth reviewing what we can learn from the ratio, the 1980s, and how it might apply in the future. Debt-to-Asset Ratio Figure 1 shows the debt-to-asset ratio across the U.S. farm sector since 1960.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Hoosier Perspectives: The fight against invasive species must continue.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Wyoming rancher Mark Eisele became the new president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association during the 2024 Cattle Industry Convention last week in Orlando. Eisele, along with his wife, Trudy, and their children, operate the historic King Ranch near Cheyenne, Wyoming, grazing both public and private lands. Eisele’s focus during his time as president is to advocate for opportunities to strengthen the industry for future generations and for producers’ freedom to operate.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Here is the story behind the Travis Burkhart Foundation.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

One of the highlights of the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show is always the CattleFax Outlook Seminar , and there was a full house in Orlando, Florida last week when the experts shared their market and weather analysis. Kevin Good, vice president of market analysis at CattleFax, reported that U.S. beef cow herd declined 2% with inventories at 28.2 million head at the beginning of this year.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Drones are flying everywhere these days but farmers can’t use them to spray pesticides on their crops. It’s illegal to fly unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) for applying crop protection products in Canada and it’s likely to stay that way for a couple of years. Why are drones still grounded for spray application? The answer is. Read More Drones are flying everywhere these days but farmers can’t use them to spray pesticides on their crops.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

ESAP Region I winner – Tuck Farms The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recognized six of the nation’s top cattle operations as Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) regional winners for their environmental conservation efforts during a ceremony at CattleCon24 in Orlando last week. And the winners are: Region I: Tuck Farms, Moneta, Virginia Region II: JB Ranch, Immokalee, Florida Region IV: G Bar C Ranch, Rosston, Texas Region V: Tower Rock Ranch, LLC, Mansfield, Washin

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

During the growing season of 2023 as summer turned into fall, the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast and Regeneration Canada were on the final leg of the Stories of Regeneration tour. After covering most of the Prairies and most of central and eastern Canada in the summer, our months-long journey came to an end in Canada’s two most western provinces around harvest time.

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