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On a stretch of interstate highway in central Illinois last week, a freak dust storm caused a series of massive vehicle pileups that killed seven people and injured dozens more. The cause of the tragedy, according to Illinois State Police , was “excessive winds blowing dirt from farm fields across the highway leading to zero visibility.” News reports noted that dust storms are rare in Illinois, but drier, hotter conditions in many farming communities could make such events more frequ
Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Errol Anderson, president at ProMarket Wire Communications, to discuss the highs and lows of the current commodity markets, and Keith Currie with Canadian Federation of Agriculture, on their new program. Plus, don’t miss our spotlight. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio!
Remember the map of the spread of agriculture in Europe that I mashed up with barley genebank accessions a while back? Well, there’s a new version out, according to a tweet from Detlef Gronenborn. It will eventually make its way here with the previous versions.
The latest edition of our monthly Consumer Food Insights survey is now out. They report conveys the results of the survey conducted in the latter part of April 2023. Here are some of the main findings. 55% of consumers shopped at a dollar store in the past 30 days Most commonly (30%+) bought snack foods, candy, beverages About 25% did not purchase food Consumers tend to live closer to a dollar store than they do to the place they do most of their grocery shopping About half of consumers said the
My mother died 20 years ago. We had a good relationship. I gave her flowers on every occasion possible and told her I loved her, but only now, as I get older, I realize how much she affected my attitude and my thinking. My mother was born during the First World War in Jerusalem. She.
Chris and Christy Locke share the history of Locke Ranch and their participation in the original BIOS project. (Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Locke Ranch on May 23rd. Attendees were treated to a walk through the orchard with Chris and Christy Locke, who were participants in the original BIOS project over twenty years ago.
If you’ve been following my blog for the past six months, you probably know national food insecurity rates by heart. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), 10% of households in the United States were not sure where their next meal was going to come from in 2021. Among Black households, it was 20%, and among Hispanic households, 16%. But how do we know this—and do these numbers accurately represent the experiences of households across the United States?
It’s time to talk fusarium control — by zeroing in on an upright, narrow target. Achieving excellent coverage of a wheat head is a huge challenge, so to talk about better control and spray technology, this episode of the Agronomists brings together Dr. Dave Hooker, with the University of Guelph-Ridgetown, and Dr. Tom Wolf of. Read More It’s time to talk fusarium control — by zeroing in on an upright, narrow target.
It’s time to talk fusarium control — by zeroing in on an upright, narrow target. Achieving excellent coverage of a wheat head is a huge challenge, so to talk about better control and spray technology, this episode of the Agronomists brings together Dr. Dave Hooker, with the University of Guelph-Ridgetown, and Dr. Tom Wolf of. Read More It’s time to talk fusarium control — by zeroing in on an upright, narrow target.
Predictors of vitamin A rich food consumption among women living in households growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in selected regions in Uganda. Women who knew less about vitamin A consumed more vitamin A-rich foods. Go figure. Degeneration of cleaned-up, virus-tested sweetpotato seed vines in Tanzania. Those orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes better be regularly cleaned, or resistant to viruses.
That’s the title of a new publication from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine summarizing the outcomes from a workshop on alternative proteins. I served on the planning committee and gave a talk about the market prospects for alternative proteins. The report (pages 23-30) summarizes my talk. Here are a couple excerpts from my portion: “ Jayson Lusk, Purdue University, explored the socioeconomic impacts of increasing the intake of alternative proteins.
Ranking fatigue has finally set in, and its a worldwide phenomenon. A number of high-profile law schools in the US recently announced they will no longer participate in one commercial ranking; Dutch universities have begun a move away from using rankings and citation indexes for evaluating university performance, and that of their faculty. China, home.
I often compare bookkeeping to exercise… it’s something we know we should do and the benefits are clear. With regular exercise, you can maintain a healthy body – it helps to keep your weight, blood pressure and cardiovascular health in check. Is it a panacea for a long, healthy life? No. But your chances are greater if you do exercise. Likewise, with regular bookkeeping, you can maintain a healthy business.
After several years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, this May marked the return of the annual in-person conference for members of the Good Food For All (GFFA) coalition. It was also an opportunity for dozens of these grassroots and policy organizations from more than 20 states to take a side trip to Capitol Hill and advocate for a transformational food and farm bill —one that centers equity and racial justice to create a more healthy and sustainable food system by takin
A controversial proposal to allow up to three severances off an Ontario farm property will be walked back, according to a letter sent to Ontario farm groups by Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Steve Clark. The decision comes after several farm groups, led by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, lobbied the government to drop the.
Make Me Care About… ancient grains. Not enough? Here’s more. Wait, does wheat count? Make Me Care About… kelp. Make Me Care About… rare livestock breeds. In Mongolia. Jeremy unavailable for comment. Make Me Care About… pumpkins. Make Me Care About… Bioversity International …and its Alliance with CIAT. Make Me Care About… old writing about trees.
Learn more about the five Cs of credit lenders use to evaluate your farm loan application. The five Cs of credit is a common technique lenders use to evaluate your farm loan application and include character, capital, capacity, collateral, and conditions. Character : Borrower’s credit history and managerial reputation and capability. Capital : Borrower’s personal investment in the ag operation.
A £1m Innovate UK project that aims to have a significant impact on reducing the need for UK imports of soya has been announced today. The ‘Pea Protein’ project is a collaboration between Germinal, a grass and forage seed specialists, and seed breeders, using a discovery made by John Innes Centre scientists 30 years ago. The gene for flavourless peas was first identified in the 1990s by scientists.
There is not enough water in California to sustain our current practices and everybody knows it. In normal years and in dry years, California agriculture, industry, and households draw more groundwater than we should. And when we get wet years with deep snowpack and full reservoirs , we do not have the infrastructure to replenish the groundwater aquifers that much of the state relies on.
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Cam Dahl, with the Manitoba Pork Council, to discuss concerns on Califonia’s Prop 12 and U.S. label changes. We will also hear an interview RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin had with Senator Rob Black on supporting agriculture and Bill C-234. Read More Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio!
Today is the International Day of Biological Diversity. As it happens, Eat This Podcast today published an episode that raises a question I have seldom seen given any serious discussion. Are rare breeds important for the conservation of genetic diversity? Like all headline questions, the answer is probably “No” Let me explain. A very common justification for preserving rare breeds is that they are reservoirs of valuable genetic diversity.
Producers were given a reprieve last week related to applications for Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) and Emergency Relief Program Phase Two (ERP2) programs. Applications for the program opened on January 23, 2023 and were scheduled to close on June 2, 2023. However, the USDA has extended that deadline to July 14, 2023 to give producers more time to accumulate information and apply.
The Turkish opposition has never been as hopeful as it is today. Despite the many difficulties of the past two decades, never have so many factors lined up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P. The economy, after the lira spiraled downward in 2018 and none of the government’s.
Last weekend I made four presentations to the Florida Parent Educators Association in Orlando and the last one was titled simply “Backyard Chickens.” Imagine my surprise when several hundred people showed up to that late-in-the-day final session. The high energy group listened intently as I gave some basic principles but then Q&A and the informal afterward discussions yielded a painful reality: almost nobody had a functional chicken coop.
Farmers like predictable weather, and this past year in California has been anything but. After the state suffered through the worst drought in modern history, a series of atmospheric rivers starting last December brought recurring deluges of heavy rain and snow that caused widespread and extensive damage, forcing people to evacuate in many areas across the state and resulting in multiple deaths.
For all crops, there’s a critical weed free period — a time early in the season where the crop must be kept weed-free to prevent yield loss potential. For pulses, the length of time ranges depending on the pulse type. Ken Wall of Federated Co-operatives Ltd., joins this Pulse School episode to discuss why early. Read More For all crops, there’s a critical weed free period — a time early in the season where the crop must be kept weed-free to prevent yield loss potential.
Genetic diversity of the cultivated vanilla in Madagascar. Lots of genetic groups based on SNPs, but not structured in space or environmentally, except maybe by altitude. Genetic diversity, population structure, and genome-wide association study for the flowering trait in a diverse panel of 428 moth bean ( Vigna aconitifolia ) accessions using genotyping by sequencing.
In our series of butcher profiles, food and farming writer, Marianne Landzettel, meets butchers from across the UK who have built their business around high welfare, sustainably produced meat. Farmer, Will Simkin, has developed an extensive farm shop with a tearoom and restaurant, selling his own pork and beef, along with vegetables produced on the farm.
With summer arriving, treating pinkeye is an issue many cattle producers will face. As things get drier, it means more dust which means an increase in eye irritants. However, there are things that you can do when this bacteria makes its appearance on your ranch. Treating the pinkeye infection early in your cattle is crucial. […] The post Getting control of pinkeye is now easier than you think appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.
The face of the fruit industry in Chile is being revolutionized as A.I.-driven robots picking apples in Linares. Tevel’s autonomous harvesting system was deployed in Unifrutti Chile’s apple orchards from March to May, harvesting several varieties of apples and picking the highest-quality fruit with unparalleled efficiency. The global agriculture industry has faced significant challenges in the past decade due to labor shortages during harvest time, resulting in lower fruit quality, higher labor
Agri-EPI has recently hired an Agricultural Laboratory Technician to join their technical team. Kayleigh Breen comes from an academic background in Applied Bioscience and Forensics and previously worked in science-based […] The post Kayleigh Breen joins Agri-EPI Centre as Agricultural Laboratory Technician appeared first on Agri-EPI Centre.
The deadline to submit applications for the 2024 Nuffield Canada Agricultural Scholarships is June 30, 2023. The Nuffield Scholarship is a rural leadership program available to Canadian citizens who are involved in any aspect of agriculture. Its goal is to attract mid-career applicants with a passion for agriculture who are ready to challenge themselves in.
The benefits of alt-proteins spelled out in a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. I bet they’ll need alt-genebanks. The US national genebank system expertly deconstructed in a page. Bozakmin , the best of the berries , used to contrast late stage capitalism with Indigenous gift economies. Well worth the long read. Comment in Nature about how we are not taking fungal diseases of crops sufficiently seriously.
How can measuring sustainability on farms help us to understand and value the produce and services that farmers deliver? In this new series, we explore how metrics can inform the transition to a more sustainable food and farming system, and we meet some of the people who are leading the way when it comes to producing nutritious food that supports the health of people and planet.
by Sho Yamasaki, OECD Environment Directorate Israel is one of the world’s most arid countries, but its small open economy is fertile ground for tech-driven innovation. The country boasts the highest concentration of start-ups per capita in the world. Tech start-ups and their dynamic ecosystem in Tel Aviv represent Israel’s increasingly vibrant economic scene.
I just spent a couple of days in and around Orlando, Florida, the heart of Florida’s orange production country. Instead of beautiful green trees, I saw thousands of acres of dead, scraggly trees. Just a few years ago, Florida produced 240 million 90-lb. crates of oranges. Last year it was about 40 million and this year the crop is expected to be below 20 million.
With the global population estimated to reach 9.3 billion by 2050, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UN FAO) has calculated that there is a need to increase food production by 60% to meet the growing demand. Urbanization, growing awareness about healthy and functional food, demand for convenience, lifestyle changes, and a rise in disposable income have led to an upsurge in demand for processed food.
Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, discussing the Taiwan beef market access news. We will also discuss the latest RealAgristudies results looking at barriers to farm transition, and hear from Garner Deobold on the upcoming Saskatchewan. Read More Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend!
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