Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and Meagan Murdoch of Hill + Knowlton Strategies to discuss a number of topics including: The Taylor Swift craze; Ag minister Lawrence MacAulay’s “secret” trip to China to handle the canola anti-dumping investigation; Doug… Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio!

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ashley N. Gearhardt, Kelly D. Brownell, Mark S. Gold, and Marc N. Potenza, editors. Food & Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook, Second Edition. Oxford University Press, 2024. 570 pages. This is the second edition of a book I wrote about in 2012. At the time, I said: Brownell and Gold have produced an instant classic. Food and Addiction presents a comprehensive, authoritative, and compelling case for considering whether food is addictive.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Leaping off of the second day of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s event focused on ag policy and sustainability, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney tackles benchmarking; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) pressure; and driving change on this episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast! Hear from: Tara Drevet, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking, who talks about… Read More Leaping off of the second day of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s event focused on ag policy and sustaina

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Wade Lowry was laid off the day before Thanksgiving in 2015. He and his wife had a skid steer and a dozen cattle. See how their circumstances thrust them into beef-to-consumer sales and how his wife's CrossFit community helped kickstart their business.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Our waterways can feel unknowable. But just like in other areas of our food supply, there are people working to improve water conditions and ensure sustainable aquaculture practices are in place for generations to come. This collection of stories from our archives highlight just a few of these efforts. From fighting ocean plastics with fungi to bringing sub-sea foraging to the dining room, these people are working to make our waters a better place.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With more than double the production of the No. 2 state, Wisconsin’s cranberry industry is valued at just under $1 billion.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Pitcher plants, scientifically known as Sarracenia for North American species and Nepenthes for tropical varieties, are a unique group of carnivorous plants tha

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a popular flowering plant that is often associated with the holiday season, especially Christmas.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Regenerative organic practices could be the next big thing in ag.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Pussy willow flowers, scientifically known as Salix discolor, are famous for their soft, furry catkins that bloom in early spring.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Wheat sales inched 1% higher week-over-week in USDA’s latest report.

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Global Agtech Initiative

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Klim, a platform to help farmers transition to regenerative ag practices at scale, plans to direct the proceeds toward expanding beyond Germany. The post German Agtech Startup Klim Secures $22M in Series A Round to Advance Regenerative Farming appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Plantain (Musa paradisiaca), often confused with banana plants, is a tropical flowering plant belonging to the family Musaceae.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference is a special newsletter series running daily during COP29. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. I want to share a quote from yesterday’s discussions here at COP29 that’s underlined in my notebook: “The worst mistake you can do is to have a middleman who gets the resources while the farmers only get a little bit that trickles dow

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Throughout the two-day event, attendees will have exclusive access to sessions highlighting key topics like regenerative practices, pest and soil management and ag tech innovations.

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Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

UC Berkeley Professor Timothy Tangherlini discusses the vital role of storytelling in the world’s cultures and how it can influence belief, for good and for bad. The post Berkeley Talks: Computational folklorist on how storytelling becomes belief appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Slideshow: Winter wheat will never crack the corn and soybean staple of Iowa crop production. Still, its use as a cover and relay crop is a component of Doug and Kim Adams’ strategy on their farm.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Petunia flowers (Petunia spp.) are popular flowering plants known for their vibrant, trumpet-shaped blooms and are part of the Solanaceae family.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Dairy producers have until New Year’s Eve to vote on new FMMO guidelines.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Phlox flowers (Phlox spp.) are a diverse group of flowering plants known for their vibrant colors and ability to bloom profusely in gardens.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Figuring your cost of production for crop and livestock enterprises is crucial, but adding family living expenses into the equation helps with budgeting and marketing.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Periwinkle flowers, scientifically known as Vinca, belong to the family Apocynaceae and are renowned for their charming, star-shaped blooms that come in a varie

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Most cattle producers are pleased with high calf prices and are well aware of the opportunity cost of retaining heifers as replacements.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

New research published in Scientific Reports describes a breakthrough in nitrogen fertilizer technology seen as the first new mode of nitrogen action in crops to be discovered in a century. Conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Purdue University and Pivot Bio , the study shows that gene-edited microbes can fix nitrogen from the air and feed it to cereal plants’ roots, providing the essential nutrient to crops.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Catch up on American Farm Bureau’s decision to expel Illinois Farm Bureau, plummeting tractor sales, Trump’s pick for secretary of agriculture and more!

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Pink flowers, scientifically referred to as Dianthus spp.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ag lenders expect only 58% of farmers will be profitable in 2024, according to an annual survey by ABA and Farmer Mac.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A research team from The University of Texas at El Paso will be exploring how pecan farms in Texas and Mexico are being affected by climate change. In a study supported by a National Science Foundation Grant, researchers will examine how drought, heat waves, and soil impact the cycle of water and carbon between plants and the atmosphere in dryland agricultural ecosystems.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

More than Dirt: Consider these factors while making decisions on transferring farm assets before a potential 2025 estate tax sunset.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Protea flowers (Protea spp.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Richards educated farmers around the nation and the world about the importance of managing land while protecting the environment.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Poppy (Papaver spp.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Road warrior: The one thing lenders don't want to find is surprises like unpaid mechanic bills or fees owed to cooperatives.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A couple of weeks ago the Wall Street Journal had a front page story titled "Cutting Meat and Sleeping on Floors" with the subtitle: "Haitian workers at JBS plant had tough jobs and tougher living conditions. Datelined Greeley, CO, the story is an investigation into the hiring practices and employee treatment of South American-owned JBS, one of the big four meat processing companies that control 85 percent of the U.S. supply.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Mental health professionals are certified in Ohio to address the stigma surrounding mental health in the farming community.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

There is no fast way to market cattle or learn the skill, it takes patience and education.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Interested in regenerative agriculture? Check out these questions to consider and resources for getting started.

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