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.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The ground-breaking career of Professor Dame Caroline Dean FRS has been recognised with the prestigious Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies. The international award is made to outstanding plant scientists working on genetics and genomics. “I am thrilled and honoured to receive this award in recognition of the work of my group at the John Innes Centre over many years,”.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2023
If you follow the #PeoplesGarden on social media, you’ve seen informative videos by Jorge Penso, the lead gardener at the national headquarters People’s Garden in Washington, D.C.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
There are five key rules to follow when making bourbon whiskey. First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. There can be no additives for color or flavor, and the alcohol content must be at least 80 proof at the time of bottling. Most importantly, however, is that bourbon whiskey must be aged in a fresh, white oak barrel for a minimum of two years.
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].
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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.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Ceremony includes Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Awards, tenure and promotion, new faculty recognition The Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honored faculty, staff and students with Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Awards, recognized Association of Former Students teaching awards and celebrated faculty member career milestones on Oct. 5.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
We use the kitchen sink for food preparation – rinsing produce, cleaning pots and pans, washing utensils that touch raw meat, and more. With these activities come the possibility for foodborne illness-causing bacteria to hang out in the sink too. If proper food preparation safety steps are not followed, these bacteria could cross-contaminate your food and make you sick!
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Refineries worldwide are facing challenges in meeting the rising demand for diesel, exacerbated by disruptions in global oil flows caused by OPEC+ output reductions and the conflict in Ukraine.
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 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.
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.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Texas A&M AgriLife plant scientist joins a NASA-funded project to help understand how plants grow away from Earth A Texas A&M AgriLife plant scientist is joining the space race, of a sort, by helping to understand how plants can survive in space to support human space exploration. As a Texas A&M AgriLife Research crop physiologist/agroecologist and professor in.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2023
For a women-owned business in rural Indiana, working with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) became a life-changing experience. Soccer moms Carol Podolak and Joy Thompkins sold homemade peanut butter as their kids’ team fundraiser to travel from Portage, Indiana to Dallas, Texas for a tournament in 2016. Customers wanted the pretzel, blueberry, and toffee peanut butter more than once a year, so Podolak and Thompkins started taking custom orders.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Oklahoma producer Marty Williams was once known as an early adopter. He's traded that status for 1990s equipment and a different perspective, a strategy that's benefitting his mental health.
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 2, 2023
Farmers Weekly The Canadian meat industry has launched a campaign demanding its government block the UK’s accession to a new trans-Pacific trade deal unless it accepts imports of Canadian hormone-fed beef.
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.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Special canines save sheep, goats from predators Livestock guardian dogs are rockstars in the canine world, even if most people never see them perform live. These unique animals are so important to the ranching industry that the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in San Angelo created an entire program dedicated to these livestock.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Georgia native Topeka Ham found a new calling serving the American public through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) after 26 years in the South Carolina Air National Guard.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 31, 2023
A genetic breakthrough has opened new opportunities for iron-fortified vegetables and cereal crops to help address the global health issue of anaemia. John Innes Centre researchers used a newly available map of the pea-genome to identify the underlying genetic sequence responsible for two high-iron mutations in peas. Professor Janneke Balk, a group leader at the John Innes Centre and an author of.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 3, 2023
I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled the most, despite selling something we all need—food. This especially applied if farmers weren’t wealthy beforehand, weren’t running their business like a hobby or didn’t have substantial side income.
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 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.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 27, 2023
At 22 years old, Emma decided the college life wasn't for her. She dropped out and decided to become a farmhand. With each adventure comes lessons she shares on her "Ag With Emma" social media accounts.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Texas A&M AgriLife experts celebrate water conservation, safety and efficiency practices that ensure food security There is no mistaking the critical role water plays throughout the world — it is essential to life on Earth. Texas A&M AgriLife is celebrating the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ World Food Day, celebrated on Oct. 16, Read More → The post Today’s water research bolsters tomorrow’s food availability first appeared on AgriLife Today.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
OCTOBER 25, 2023
On October 1, 2023, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 – more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill – expired. The expiration did not come as a surprise, as Congress’ timeline for reauthorizing the 2018 Farm Bill has been increasingly drawn out for a variety of reasons such that neither the House nor Senate Agriculture Committees have yet been ready to unveil their bills.
Farming First
OCTOBER 1, 2023
The Africa Climate Summit (ACS) and Africa Climate Week (ACW), alongside the Africa Food System Summit (AGRF), highlighted the crucial need for a sustainable and nature-positive transformation in food production. The post Navigating the Policy Puzzle of Incoherency and Conflicting Outcomes appeared first on Farming First.
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.
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.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Epigenetic silencing, which involves the suppression of gene activity, is a fascinating and increasingly influential branch of biological sciences. It allows cells to remember and maintain specific gene expression patterns throughout development and respond to environmental cues such as winter cold in the case of vernalization in plants. The silencing activity, conserved in both animals and plants.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Texas Crop and Weather Report – Oct. 31, 2023 Recent rainfall and cooler temperatures allowed producers across the state to plant cool-season crops and get root systems established before winter, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Outlook brighter coming out of drought Throughout the last week, different areas across the state other than.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Annandale Terrace Elementary School in Annandale, Virginia, where he unveiled two new grant opportunities plus a training and technical assistance partnership to help schools continue to invest in nutritious school meals.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 4, 2023
What is vertical farming and how can it set you up for future government incentives? Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist, explains it often requires mixing and matching tools for primary and secondary tillage.
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.
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