Food Politics
OCTOBER 3, 2023
I was in Mexico City last week giving the keynote at the FoodTech Summit & Expo. I could hardly wait to get to the nearby Chedraui supermarket to see what the Mexican warning labels on food packages looked like in practice. Mexico has high obesity prevalence, especially in children (~35%). Public health officials hope the warning labels will alert the public to avoid overconsuming processed foods.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Farmers Weekly Husband and wife Craig and Claire Grant are the 2023 Farmers Weekly‘s Farmer of the Year – a credit to their innovative farming practices and remarkable work appetite. The couple are true pioneers within the farming industry.
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Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Unlike some other North American ports, the St. Lawrence Seaway shipping corridor is seasonal, and the labour dispute holding up product movement is putting serious stress on Ontario’s agriculture sector during the harvest period. An estimated $20 million per day of grain isn’t moving through the St. Lawrence Seaway after members of UNIFOR went on.
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 14, 2023
Good question. The answer? It’s all part of a very nice exhibit at the Museum Koenig in Bonn on biodiversity research. Great to see agricultural research get a look-in. But pity there was nothing on genebanks , and indeed no call to action. There’s a whole website in Germany about “ edible landscapes ” that offers ideas about what to do to help preserve fruit diversity.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Farmers Weekly A dairy farming council tenant fears losing his farm amid reports Powys council is planning a £5m sale behind closed doors.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Farmers Weekly Meat industry insiders have been warned to look closely at the traceability of any free-range chicken in their supply chains, with one unnamed company believed to be passing off housed birds as free range.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Farmers Weekly Farm leader Minette Batters has accused Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg of seeking to destroy British agriculture after he backed imports of hormone-fed Australian beef. Speaking during a Rally for Growth at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Sir Jacob said: “I want hormone-injected beef from Australia.
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Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Farmers Weekly Lincolnshire grower Andrew Ward has successfully harvested the world’s first field-scale trial of Capulet spring beans destined for the baked bean market. Thanks to the development of a UK-specific bean variety, this could mark the beginning of a new pulse market for UK farmers, with the aim to cut food imports and increase home-grown protein.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Farmers Weekly A group of 11 Somerset farmers, who operate in the same constituency as Jacob Rees-Mogg, has written to the former minister lambasting his understanding of agriculture and accusing him of undermining British farming values.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Covering 40,000 acres a year with a sprayer is a big job. At Shawridge Farms, a large cash crop and commercial grain elevator operation located in Arthur, Ont., that responsibility falls primarily to sprayer operator Matthew Musselman. So how does one guy get over all those acres? He gets a lot of help from the. Read More Covering 40,000 acres a year with a sprayer is a big job.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Farmers Weekly Michael Spencer won his claim against the estate of his late father, John Spencer, on the basis that he had been promised he would inherit the family’s Lincolnshire farm. The claim in Spencer v Spencer followed the father’s death in October 2018.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Farmers Weekly The government is looking at ways to speed up the construction of a new electricity transmission network to meet demand in urban areas and its net-zero targets. Farmers Weekly asks how farmers will be affected.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 5, 2023
My distant but dearly loved cousin, Michael Kravit, has scored again: “Not Healthy.” According to the company’s website , these things are “Tasty purffs. Five flavors. No health claims…So unhealthy, I bought 15 bags for my family and friends…If you are worried about FFUPs being healthy, you’re on the wrong website. Go eat some carrots! [Not a bad idea, this last one].
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Farmers Weekly Breed records were reset at Kirkby Stephen market today (19 October) when a Ghyll House Swaledale ram sold for a chart-topping £105,000. The 21-year record was broken by Ghyll House Notorious from W Richardson and Son, Dufton, Penrith.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 12, 2023
It’s been a long process, but Canada is nearing a final decision on the use of gene editing in crop development. Krista Thomas, vice president of seed innovation and trade policy with the Canada Grains Council, explains the final assessment — that of feed for livestock — is nearing completion, as the consultation wraps up. Read More It’s been a long process, but Canada is nearing a final decision on the use of gene editing in crop development.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Farmers Weekly John Ritchie of Montalt Farm, Perthshire, is the 2023 Farmers Weekly Grassland Manager of the Year. Improved grassland management has helped lift stocking rates at Montalt Farm by 40%, as well as deliver large reductions in feed and fertiliser.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Farmers Weekly With large swathes of farmland under water and with more heavy rainfall predicted in the coming days, the NFU has called on government to commit to a comprehensive water management strategy. After an unseasonably wet harvest this year, farmers in some parts of the country are seeing next year’s crops rotting under floodwater.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Farmers Weekly Livestock farmers must remain vigilant, police have warned, after cattle in Worcestershire were found slaughtered and beheaded in their fields. The incident is one of a number to occur in recent weeks, including cattle killed with their hooves bound and left behind in the field.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 26, 2023
It’s time for another episode of RealAg Politics with your host, Shaun Haney! On this episode, hear from: Mike Flynn, new and first executive director of Alberta Grains, introduces himself and why he chose agriculture; Dave Carey, with the Canadian Canola Growers on the Senate holding up Bill C-234; and, Kelvin Heppner, with RealAgriculture, to.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Farmers Weekly When it comes to having a mid-life crisis, most people opt to join a gym or buy a Harley Davidson. Not so for Midlands farmers Rod Adlington and Guy Minshull – they get drunk at a rugby international and decide to row across the Atlantic.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 13, 2023
There’s always something to cover in the beef and cattle markets, but this week marks a decidedly non-volatile week in trading. Anne Wasko, with the Gateway Livestock Exchange, brings an update from the south to the north and from beef prices to live weights in this episode of the Beef Market Update. The theme of. Read More There’s always something to cover in the beef and cattle markets, but this week marks a decidedly non-volatile week in trading.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Brent Derkatch has been named as the new president and CEO of Canterra Seeds. Derkatch steps into the role as long-time CEO David Hansen announced his retirement earlier this year. Derkatch has been with CANTERRA SEEDS since 2001, and has served as the director, Pedigreed Seed Business Unit for the past five years. Derkatch will. Read More Brent Derkatch has been named as the new president and CEO of Canterra Seeds.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 19, 2023
I ran across a notice about this video: The USDA’s wondrous fruit watercolors. It’s only 5 minutes and a revelation. It’s just what we need this week—something lovely at a dark time. I had never heard of the USDA’s collection of 7500 hand -illustrated fruits and vegetables, most of them contributed by women. I’m happy to know about them. The illustrations are available online at the National Agricultural Library.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Farmers Weekly Sugar beet growers have made an unusually early start to this year’s beet harvest as British Sugar offers a premium for early-lifted crops in an attempt to make up for last season’s 250,000t sugar shortage.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Short-term bounces in grain prices should be viewed as selling opportunities in an overall bearish market, according to the president of grain marketing advisory firm IntelliFarm. The lack of bullish news on both the supply and demand sides of the balance sheets for most major crops has resulted in prices sliding over the last few. Read More Short-term bounces in grain prices should be viewed as selling opportunities in an overall bearish market, according to the president of grain marketing adv
Food Politics
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Every now and then I run across a report about something I know absolutely nothing about but wish I did, and this is one of them—an analysis from the University of California on Sample Costs to Produce and Harvest Romaine Hearts Lettuce. I’m particularly interested in Romaine because it is one of those foods that t urns up frequently in food poisoning incidents.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Farmers Weekly Renewed calls for greater support for black and people of colour (BPOC) within UK agriculture have been heard this week, in a Nuffield Farming report by farm vet Dr Navaratnam Partheeban.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Farmers Weekly Farmers are planning a nationwide night of action against supermarket distribution centres in protest against low prices and to demand more support for British farming. Distribution centres at a number of UK retailers, including Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s will be targeted in a planned night of action from 7pm on Friday 13 October.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Farmers Weekly A petition urging supermarkets and their suppliers to give fairer treatment to farmers has received more than 60,000 signatures, but the “big six” retailers remain silent on the issue. If the #GetFairAboutFarming petition receives 100,000 signatures, it will be debated in parliament.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Tar spot leaf disease has been a little tardy in 2023, but the later-arriving yield robber is still having an impact on the Ontario corn crop. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plant pathologist Albert Tenuta says a dry start to the growing year meant tar spot arrived a little late in 2023. Read More Tar spot leaf disease has been a little tardy in 2023, but the later-arriving yield robber is still having an impact on the Ontario corn crop.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Thousands of Canadian farmers and G3 customers are already familiar with the state-of-the-art infrastructure at G3 facilities that creates more delivery opportunities and saves them time and money when hauling grain. The Winnipeg-based company is using technology to create new efficiencies for farmers. The SmartSell online customer portal puts more marketing power in their hands.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Farmers Weekly Milk production on farms is showing signs of a significant slowdown at a time of year when it should be increasing, as low farmgate prices continue to squeeze margins. Dairy producers have been limiting output, with daily milk deliveries falling below last year’s levels during September and October. GB daily milk deliveries were down 2.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly A record-equalling £105,000 bid for a Swaledale shearling ram has been reported at Kirkby Stephen for a Gillside sire, one day after the previous 21-year-old record was broken. The new joint record ram is Gillside Keeper from Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside Farm, Glenridding, Ulswater.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Farmers Weekly After 99 years farming near Blandford, earlier this autumn the Harding family decided to wind up their mixed arable and livestock operation. Their entire fleet was put up for auction, along with an even greater number of introduced lots, making for one of the biggest sales of the year.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 6, 2023
When soybean plants lodge, bad things happen. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soybean specialist Horst Bohner says growers are okay with the “power lean” — that’s when pod-laden plants tilt slightly under the weight of their bean bounty. “But when they start to get close to the ground, and really lean over, Read More When soybean plants lodge, bad things happen.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Farmers Weekly Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Emily Prout, a wills, tax and trusts specialist and partner with law firm Thrings, sets out suggestions for how an individual might organise things for their digital accounts on death. See also: Business Clinic: can we fence […] The post Business Clinic: How do I arrange digital accounts on death?
Food Politics
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The answer: it depends on how much money you have. USDA’s Economic Research Service has just issued a chart on how much countries throughot the world spend on food on average as a percent of their total expenditures. As a general rule: As incomes rise with economic development and urbanization, the share of income spent on food tends to fall while discretionary spending on household goods, education, medical services, and recreation tends to increase.
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