Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When it comes to improving fertilizer application and utilization, growers are encouraged to focus on the 4Rs — the right source, right rate, right time, and right place. Former Manitoba Ag soil fertility specialist John Heard won’t argue with that strategy but he would also like farmers to think about the ‘4Ls’ — lift-off, leftover, Read More When it comes to improving fertilizer application and utilization, growers are encouraged to focus on the 4Rs — the right source, right

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It continues to be hard to keep up with what’s happening with plant-based food alternatives. They have their fans, but also detractors. Much depends on sales trends and their consistency. I’m keeping on eye on this one. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY Beyond meat and dairy analogues: What can plant-based protein do? Plant-based protein isn’t just about meat and dairy analogues.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A federal court in the U.S. has pulled the Environmental Protection Agency’s over-the-top (OTT) registration of three products containing dicamba — XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. The court found the EPA violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA — that it failed to follow notice-and-comment requirements — when granting its approval in 2020.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Where I Come From: The government is more involved than ever on farms and ranches. Ranchers and analysts weigh in on the good, the bad and the ugly of government payments.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If you love buying used farm equipment, you’re going to love what Greg “Machinery Pete” Peterson has to say about the latest trends in prices. But before you get too excited, Peterson says that while the price dynamics might have shifted to favour the buyer, it’s only a slight shift, and it certainly doesn’t cancel. Read More If you love buying used farm equipment, you’re going to love what Greg “Machinery Pete” Peterson has to say about the latest

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

On a September day in 2023, community members gathered at the Keep Growing Detroit Farm to witness the formal announcement of the city’s first director of urban agriculture. Tepfirah Rushdan, who had long been involved in Detroit’s farming scene as a farmer, educator and advocate, was a natural fit for the position. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan spoke first.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Round balers come in many sizes with a wide range of capacities and capabilities. But it’s important for farmers to find the right baler for their operation and a service dealer they can rely on to keep them running through harvest. In this report from Agritecnica, RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney and Krone territory manager David Taylor. Read More Round balers come in many sizes with a wide range of capacities and capabilities.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Arizona court's ruling comes at a problematic time for U.S. cotton farmers because many farmers have made their cropping decisions and invested money to use dicamba products in 2024.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Grains mixed digesting Conab's Brazil cuts and the February WASDE. New highs in cattle on fund buying, strong fundamentals. More profit taking in hogs on sliding cutouts. Don Roose, U.S. Commodities, has analysis.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Tomorrow’s Tech Today: Follow planting progress and much more using the Panorama app from Precision Planting. Plus, FieldView releases updates for 2024.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

During a recent event organized by Food Tank and Traditional Medicinals, speakers discussed the growing interest in plant-based medicine, the role of herbal medicine in food systems, and the potential benefits these products can have on human and planetary health. For millennia , food has been used as a form of medicine. “The line between food and medicine was much less clear,” says Holly Johnson, Chief Science Officer at the American Herbal Products Association.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Soil health and Ogallala Aquifer management strategies will headline the No-Till Texas Soil Health Symposium. Filmmaker Peter Byck will address attendees about his docuseries, "Roots so Deep.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At Christiansen Land and Cattle, they’re committed to excellence and continuous improvement, a mindset that started when Christine Hamilton’s family homesteaded in South Dakota in 1891.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

During The Players Tailgate at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, NV, Food Recovery Network (FRN) and local college students will recover surplus food to prevent it from going to waste. FRN, a student-led movement dedicated to fighting food waste and hunger, will work with volunteers, including students from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to rescue uneaten food and donate it to the Just One Project.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

CropX Technologies announced the launch of Reinke Direct ET™ by CropX, a sensor-based innovation that provides Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) measurements on a Reinke center pivot irrigation system.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The U.S. is experiencing an agricultural trade deficit for the second time since the beginning of the 21st century. See what's contributing to this shift.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For example, at Lawrence Crom’s retirement auction, his like-new 2021 Case IH Maxxum 150 tractor sold for $133,000, plus a $1,250 online buyer fee. That’s a new record-high auction price on that model.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A Farwell, Neb., farmer says his high-speed pivot allows him to water and spoon-feed nutrients to his corn crop through fertigation.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The countdown is on for 2024 soybean planting. That means you’re looking at variety, optimal planting populations and optimal soil temperature to maximize your potential soybean yield.

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Share Food Program

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Philly Food Rescue partner sites are hosting the following pop-up free food distributions in February! These events are in addition to all of our pantries & partners’ regularly scheduled distributions, which you can find more info about using our Find Food Map. February Philly Food Rescue Partner Distributions These distributions are open to anyone—there are no income or other eligibility requirements to receive free food.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Farmers play a crucial role, every day, in feeding the people in their local - and surrounding- communities. However, not all the produce makes it to the market to be purchased, and a significant portion may go to waste. We're taking a look at some options for farmers to donate surplus or unwanted food and help their community, and the planet, at the same time.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Two Hearts, One Harvest: In a time of inflation and mediocre prices on the farm, Mike Reskovac is applying his own fertilizer, along with other changes.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The story behind this story is as much of a story as the story itself. Not long ago, some people bought a farm in Fort Lupton, Colorado. On the land is a state-of-the-art mushroom grow facility. The new owners didn’t know what to do with it, but they happened to have a friend in former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer. Plummer is one of those exceptions where he left football and didn’t seem to look back.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Land Values: Minnesota prices will largely depend on the current lackluster price of corn and the savings of farmers from previous high-earning years.

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USDA Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

USDA recognizes how critical organic agriculture is to our nation’s economy. We also recognize the challenges producers can face transitioning to organic.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Then and Now: An ad on Page 37 of the May 4, 1929, issue of Nebraska Farmer touts a legendary windmill manufacturer on the Plains.

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AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Introduces Ph.D., graduate candidates to life science programs, student benefits, more Six Texas A&M University life sciences graduate programs recently collaborated to present the 2024 Life Sciences Graduate Recruitment Symposium on the Texas A&M campus. About 100 prospective graduate students and 300 faculty, staff and current graduate students attended the Feb. 2 symposium, which introduced aspiring Ph.Ds.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Chevron’s new multipurpose lubricant doesn’t rely on the limited raw materials needed for lithium products.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The AF11 brings together runtime advancements to maximize in-field productivity in a 775 hp machine.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

February WASDE also sees domestic consumption of U.S. grains and oilseeds shrinking.

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AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In addition to providing protection from drought, heat and pests, wax could generate extra revenue for producers Already valued for its resilience, biomass production and ability to improve soil fertility, bioenergy sorghum has another attribute that researchers have recently characterized: high wax production. Plant waxes are useful across a wide scope of commercial products like.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mike Pearson tells us about one partnership in the Climate Smart Commodity grant that is showing great potential for rice growers.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Illinois Farm Families Star in Super Bowl LVIII Commercial apiuser Thu, 02/08/2024 - 08:10

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The corn, wheat, sorghum and soybean sectors talk policy at the Kansas Commodity Classic.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Make more informed financial decisions by understanding your farm cash flow. A farm cash flow statement documents the movement of money in and out of your farming operation during a specific period, usually a month or a year. It includes the inflow and outflow of things like crop sales, operating expenses, loan repayments, utilities, insurance premiums, and government subsidies.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Two broods of periodical cicadas to emerge in concert for first time in 221 years.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Scope 3 is all the buzz lately in the world of sustainability. A company’s emissions are broken down into three scopes. Scope 3 covers indirect emissions from a company’s upstream and downstream supply chain.

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