Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The bill that would remove the federal carbon levy from natural gas and propane used on farms would result in nearly a billion dollar reduction in carbon tax collected from farmers by 2030, according to a new report published by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The PBO issued updated analysis on Friday of Bill C-234, which.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Farmers Weekly Defra remains committed to keeping glyphosate available for farmers and growers to use, environment secretary Therese Coffey has said. Ms Coffey was roundly applauded at the NFU’s Back British Farming Day event at Westminster on Wednesday (13 September) when she signalled her department’s continuing support for glyphosate use in UK agriculture.
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Food Politics
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Enjoy the holiday! The post Labor Day: an ever-timely food politics reminder appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.
Agricultural Biodiversity
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Meet Tom Barse , a Maryland farmer and brewer: We used to sell hops to local breweries until we opened Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm, in 2013, where we now use all of the hops we grow. A few years back, at an agricultural conference at Linganore Wine Cellars, I met Dr. Ray Ediger, a retired veterinarian living in Utica in Frederick County. He told me about an old hop plant growing on his farm that had been there for years, and wanted to know if I was interested in checking it out.
NASDA
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Press Release Today at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2023 Annual Meeting , NASDA members amended the organization’s policy to support increased investment in apprenticeships and educational programs and directed the organization to support federal funding for agricultural education and workforce development programs. “Across state departments of agriculture and industry-wide, there is a tremendous need for workers with training specializing in agricultural fields,”
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Farmers Weekly One of the UK’s biggest milk hauliers, Lloyd Fraser, is reported to be in administration and has had its operating licence revoked. This has resulted in an unknown number of tankers being locked up in dairies and unable to pick up milk on Friday 22 September.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Those within the agriculture industry often love to tell anyone who will listen that there are many amazing career opportunities in the sector. They are right, of course — there are thousands of jobs going unfilled and plenty of career advancement opportunities for those interested. But agriculture has too much of a good thing, and. Read More Those within the agriculture industry often love to tell anyone who will listen that there are many amazing career opportunities in the sector.
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Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Farmers Weekly More than half of farmers are not at all positive about their own future in farming when taking into account changes to existing payments and regulations, according to Defra’s latest farming opinion tracker.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly Government plans to consult on increasing imports of raw cane sugar have left farmers questioning the prime minister’s pledge to back them in trade talks. In December 2020, ministers announced that 260,000t of raw cane sugar a year would be allowed to enter the UK without a tariff under an autonomous tariff quota (ATQ).
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Farmers Weekly Defra is to create a £4m fund “by the end of 2023” to help the small abattoir sector invest for the future, and will ease the burden of regulation to help businesses stay competitive.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
AGCO is set to become a majority owner of Trimble’s precision agriculture business. The two companies have entered a joint venture agreement, which will see AGCO pay Trimble US$2 billion for an 85 per cent stake. JCA Technologies, the Manitoba-based autonomous tech company which was acquired by AGCO in 2022, will also be brought into.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
Farmers Weekly Battery-powered electric tractors look set to enter mainstream agriculture following the commercial launch of 55kW (75hp) models at the Farm Progress Show in the US.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Are you ready for an agronomy Q&A? On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson is ready with some timing questions on #plant24, comparing this year’s weather to 1993 (why, though?) answers several questions on cover crop management, taking out a hay stand, and starting off winter wheat. Have a question you’d.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Farmers Weekly The transition from multi-pass cultivations to a no-till system is all but complete at Gillshaw Farm, the final piece of the puzzle coming last summer with the switch from a 3m Mzuri Pro-Til to a 6m Horsch Avatar.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Farmers Weekly Farming and science organisations have hit back at suggestions that intensive farming is mainly to blame for nature decline in the British countryside. The claim is made in the latest State of Nature report, compiled every few years by more than 60 research and conservation groups.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly Food and farm leaders have sent an open letter to UK supermarkets urging fairer treatment for suppliers, as many farmers say they are “on their knees”.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Farmers Weekly This article contains an image and references that may be disturbing to some readers. A farming couple have been left devastated after one of their female cows was executed in an attack on a farm in Lancashire.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Farmers Weekly More than 80% of farmers believe that higher input costs have not been reflected in better farmgate prices, with a quarter warning that they are “very likely” to cut production if processors and retailers do not pay fairer prices in future.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
Farmers Weekly There are two distinct groups of people associated with net zero. Consultants who tell us everything we need to know on the subject and have a vested interest in the climate emergency, because let’s be honest, this newly created industry pays them a good wage.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. Why so early? It’s all about protecting seed quality, says PRIDE Seeds field production manager Mike Bechard. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin returns to Chatham, Ont. for part three of our series on the critical points of. Read More Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) has named Ashley Honsberger as its new executive director, effective October 9, 2023. Andrew Graham, the current ED, will retire after a celebrated career spanning 43 years, 33 of those with OSCIA. He served as executive director at Soil and Crop for more than eight years. Honsberger has.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023
A wet growing season plus high humidity and moisture at tasseling has many Ontario corn producers asking about the potential for ear mould and gibberella when combines start to roll at harvest. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin is joined by PRIDE Seeds product manager Matt Chapple for a look. Read More A wet growing season plus high humidity and moisture at tasseling has many Ontario corn producers asking about the potential for ear mould and gibberella when
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
The governments of New Zealand and Canada are both claiming victory in a dispute settlement ruling on the way Canada administers dairy market access under the CPTPP trade deal. The dispute panel sided with New Zealand on two of the country’s main complaints, agreeing that Canada’s pooling system for allocating dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs).
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Farmers Weekly Dorset grower Andrew Fry is growing oilseed rape for the first time and is hoping for a good yield from his new break crop. There is also £100/ha of government financial support for using a companion crop and no insecticides.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Farmers Weekly We are just under half way through drilling winter cereals, but unfortunately Mother Nature has turned the taps on and we have been stopped for a week after a significant amount of rain. Up until now, drilling has gone well. Wheat has come up through the ground in less than 10 days.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
National cattle and meat industry organizations find themselves in a strange predicament, calling on the Canadian government to delay its approval for a trade deal. The Canadian Cattle Association, Canadian Meat Council, and National Cattle Feeders’ Association — normally in favour of new trade agreements — launched a campaign called “Say No to A Bad.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly Breed, environment, production level and liveweight all influence which minerals – and how much – a beef animal needs to support health and performance. The list is extensive and likely to include 15 or more different types: from macro-minerals such as calcium, phosphorous and magnesium, to trace elements including cobalt, iodine and selenium.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Farmers Weekly A first-of-its-kind autonomous drone course, which equips participants with practical skills for agricultural drone operations, has taken flight at a UK agricultural University. The course is a collaboration between Drone Spray Precision in partnership with Harper Adams University and teaches partakers how to safely and effectively operate drones for sowing, spraying and fertiliser spreading.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
John Jamieson has announced his departure from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI), effective the end of September, after serving as president and CEO since 2019. The organization says that Jamieson’s extensive network and expertise within the industry have been instrumental in driving positive change. In the four years with CCFI, Jamieson helped.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
There are some problems you just can’t avoid — like ending up with wheat roots in drainage tile after big yields, but every challenge has a solution and it comes down to making hay while the sun shines. No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil is. Read More There are some problems you just can’t avoid — like ending up with wheat roots in drainage tile after big yields, but every challenge has a solution and it comes down to making hay while the su
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
There’s some trouble lurking in the Ontario corn crop by the name of gibberella. Farmers are also busy getting what wheat they can get in and are asking some really great questions of the host of Wheat Pete’s Word, Peter Johnson. Also in this week’s podcast, catch a conversation about straw losses by raking, lowering. Read More There’s some trouble lurking in the Ontario corn crop by the name of gibberella.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Current dynamics of the fertilizer market are quite different from where they were just one year ago. That said, there are still big demand questions, geopolitical pressures, and logistics issues yet to be hammered out — they’re just in different places this year. To unravel the complex trade flows of phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen fertilizer, Read More Current dynamics of the fertilizer market are quite different from where they were just one year ago.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
How come the corn plants are so tall this year? It’s all about early season temperatures, says Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word podcast. Plus, listen on or download for later to learn about maximum nutrient impacts, root issues in disguise, cool weather impacts and more! Have a question you’d like.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
New regulations aimed at reducing gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in household and commercial products have resulted in some confusion about the future availability of WD-40 in Canada. The company that makes the popular penetrating oil spray issued a statement late last week clarifying that WD-40 will still be available in Canadian stores.
Food Politics
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
A post on X (the site formerly known as Twitter) displayed this graph. It comes from a policy report published on FarmDocDaily: Concentration of US Principal Crop Acres in Corn and Soybeans. The bottom line: 30% of harvested acres is devoted to corn, and another 30% to soybeans. These, of course, are largely genetically modified. This is industrial agriculture at a glance.
Farmers Weekly
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Farmers Weekly Due to the significant change in weather that happened around the summer solstice, we could refer to this summer, as the “summer of two halves” Considering the drastically dry conditions we experienced towards the end of June, the damp conditions would have been the best thing that could have happened to us.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Welcome to the third episode of a new podcast: “Frontlines — Geopolitics affecting agriculture,” with co-hosts Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture and Jacob Shapiro, geopolitical analyst with Cognitive Investments and Perch Perspectives. Eagle-eyed (eared?) listeners will note this is a brand new name for this collaboration, but not the first episode.
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