Food Politics

MAY 14, 2024

The headline caught my eye: FDA Publishes Landmark Final Rule to Enhance the Safety of Agricultural Water Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule on agricultural water that represents an important step toward enhancing the safety of produce. This addresses a big problem: contamination of agricultural land growing produce by bacteria in animal waste running off from CAFOs(onfined animal feeding operations), and dairy farms.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 14, 2024

The genebank of the International Livestock Research Institute in Addis Ababa is 40 years old. There’s an online celebration tomorrow. See you there. Photo credit: Shawn Landersz , Consultant at The Global Crop Diversity Trust Oh, and probably coincidentally, you can read about ILRI’s forage work in Somalia in the latest newsletter from the Seed Systems Group.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Kansas Farmer stopped by Doug Keesling’s farm, between Chase and Lyons, in Rice County, Kan. and along the blue/black route, to discuss his wheat crop and the conditions he’s faced this growing season.

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Daily Yonder

MAY 14, 2024

This story was originally published by the Maine Monitor. Paul Sweetland brings a bucket-like object with him to work on a blueberry farm in Rockport — not to collect Maine’s hallmark fruit, but to protect his head. That’s because this farm is a little unusual: Looming over the narrow rows of wild blueberries are 8-foot-tall solar panels. It’s both a farm and a power plant, which means he needs a hard hat.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Getting an accurate assessment for how much timber is damaged by hurricanes is essential for environmental management decisions, salvaging logging operations, insurance estimates and climate change studies.

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USDA Blog

MAY 14, 2024

“Aquaculture is agriculture,” said Simon Ellis, executive director of The Marine and Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei (MERIP) based in Kolonia, a city on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. For the last 20 years, this humanitarian, not-for-profit organization has provided less advantaged Micronesian communities with environmentally sustainable and economically viable skills to produce agricultural products for international markets.

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Food Tank

MAY 14, 2024

Students across the United States are campaigning for The Green New Deal for Schools. Through their advocacy, they hope to influence climate education and disaster plans in school districts that will prepare students and their schools for the future. “I think it’s such an important campaign that could really make education so much more relevant,” Tim Swinehart, Social Sciences High School Teacher at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon tells Food Tank.

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Caff

MAY 14, 2024

Today California Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2024-25 may revision budget proposal. While acknowledging this year’s budget deficit, Community Alliance with Family Farmers(CAFF) and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) are disappointed by the additional cuts made to critical disaster relief for the majority of California’s farmers. Small and underserved farms account for over 75% of all farms in California, making them the backbone of our food system.

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Ohio State University

MAY 14, 2024

The Columbus Metropolitan Club recently hosted a community panel discussion focused on central Ohio’s growing circular economy. AEDE Professor Elena Irwin spoke on the panel, describing “doughnut economics” – providing for humanity’s needs within finite planetary boundaries and resources – with fellow panelists from Advanced Drainage Systems, Compost Clubhouse, and Rumpke Waste & Recycling.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Will the absence of USDA's in-season, objective cotton yield information add to market uncertainty and, therefore, impact prices?

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

Every five years or so, Congress reauthorizes a comprehensive, multibillion-dollar law that has a major impact not only on farmers and ranchers—who make up less than 2 percent of the US population—but also on the environment, public health, and the economy. Generically called the “farm” bill, it is actually a farm and food bill that supports a wide range of programs, including ones that cover crop insurance, financial credit, and export subsidies for farmers, as well as the Supplemental Nutritio

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Dairy Program: The FARM Animal Care program provides quality assurance on dairy cattle welfare across the nation. Learn what’s new in the program’s latest version, to be released July 1.

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Civil Eats

MAY 14, 2024

The mayor's budget cuts will eliminate a 30-year-old program that achieved much more than reducing food waste.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

While moisture conditions have improved over the last couple of years, Texas peanut producers are still in need of rain. Agronomist Emi Kimura provides producers with some pre-planting tips.

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AgriLife Today

MAY 14, 2024

Texas A&M experts indicated a mixed bag of slight price increases and decreases for beef, pork and poultry throughout grilling season.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Slideshow: Consumers, kids and politicians get firsthand look at modern farm tools during the Future of Food and Farming event in Washington, D.C.

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Farming First

MAY 14, 2024

Intraregional trade can greatly minimise food supply shocks driven by geopolitical challenges and natural disasters in Latin America and the Carri, says IFPRI's new report. The post The key role of trade in strengthening food security in Latin America and the Caribbean appeared first on Farming First.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Ag Marketing IQ: Baseball and grain marketing share idioms that make no sense – or cents. Get out there and score a profit.

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Cropin Blog

MAY 14, 2024

The agricultural industry is facing a perfect storm of challenges. A growing global population and intensifying climate change demand a radical shift towards sustainable farming practices. Traditional, one-off solutions that were once seen as breakthroughs can no longer address the complex web of issues facing agriculture today. This is where integrated platforms offer a powerful new approach to sustainable agriculture.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Five on-farm field days hosted by the National Black Growers Council provide southern farmers access to information, fresh ideas.

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Berkeley Blog

MAY 14, 2024

Research challenges perception by many athletes and physicians that high lactate levels are bad The post Far from toxic, lactate rivals glucose as body’s major fuel after a carbohydrate meal appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

A farmer parks his tractor as corn planting reaches 60% complete; weed and insect pressure are mounting.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

MAY 14, 2024

Symaga's strong commitment to the preservation of its natural environment, has urged the company to increase the overall capacity of their solar plant from 200 kW up to 800 kW this year Currently, 70% of all Symaga's manufacturing operations are being driven by their own generated green energy resources. The company is on the path to becoming more efficient, sustainable and competitive, with their medium-term goal being focused on shifting the entire production to their green supplies.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Ep. 14: What does your farm dog do for you, and how do you keep them feeling their best?

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

MAY 14, 2024

NCEI released the latest monthly global climate assessment today for the globe. It shows that this was the warmest April every observed since global records began in 1880. It was also the 11th month in a row of record-setting warm temperatures and the lowest extent of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Follow these tips to comply with federal regulations when flying a drone for farming.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

MAY 14, 2024

After one full season with TOMRA LUCAi, three cherry growers who installed the technology confirmed that they benefitted from higher productivity; enhanced quality selection with consequent higher margins for their customers; along with reduced food waste In 2023, TOMRA Food was in the final stages of development of its AI-powered LUCAi platform , ready to trial its innovation with customers in different conditions and regions – from California to New Zealand.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Last weekend’s unexpected space storm caused GPS issues during planting.

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Tillable

MAY 14, 2024

Aimpoint Research and CamoAg Partner to Bring Farmer of the Future to Digital Intelligence Platform Columbus, Ohio, April 22, 2024 – Aimpoint Research® and CamoAg have formed a strategic partnership to create a groundbreaking new tool for customers across the industry. Aimpoint’s Farmer of the Future psychographic and behavioral segmentation work will be digitized for the first time and offered as an add-on module through CamoAg’s digital intelligence platform. “We are very excited to be w

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Mike Pearson gives listeners an update on the H5N1 bird flu variant impacting dairies and poultries.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

MAY 14, 2024

Did you know that the first people to identify the climate swing we now know of as ENSO or El Nino Southern Oscillation were potato farmers in Peru?

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Wildfire smoke was visible during the 2023 crop season and could return in the future.

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Agwired

MAY 14, 2024

The second Celebration of Modern Ag on the National Mall was bigger and better than the first in 2022 with over 50 exhibits spotlighting the Future of Food and Farming. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) partnered with member companies and ag organizations to hold the three-day event which featured combine harvesters, milking equipment, sprayers and planters, irrigation equipment, tractors big and small, as well as dozens of interactive and hands-on exhibits.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

The South Dakota Farm Bureau executive director offers tips on finding the right coverage for you.

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ATTRA

MAY 14, 2024

By Linda Coffey, NCAT Livestock Specialist Here in Arkansas, the grass is growing, hens are at full lay, baby lambs are everywhere, and calves are arriving. It’s past time to put in garden crops, my to-do list is full of outdoor tasks, and it’s an exciting, beautiful time of year. I remember from past years how April and May are crazy if you have kids in school and in sports or band or FFA; this is an intensely busy time!

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Keep a crop in the field all year so Mother Nature doesn’t do it for you, filling the gap with weeds.

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Agwired

MAY 14, 2024

This crop season, GRAINCO FS is offering myFS Agronomy as its latest digital agronomic tool for on-farm data-driven decision-making for its farmer customers in Kendall, LaSalle, and Grundy counties in Illinois. The new digital platform and app, developed with Intelinair , provides in-season and postseason actionable insights and analytics for improved operational efficiency and return on investment.

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