Caff

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In this episode, Sarah Keiser of Wild Oat Hollow in Penngrove, CA describes her entry into ranching and how her love of the land positioned her to become a leader in developing and supporting community grazing cooperatives. Join us as Sarah shares her experience with wildfires in Sonoma County and how grazing is making a difference for regional wildfire protection and preparedness, while also working to reconnect locals with the ecology of the region and each other.

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We wind up our fall tour of cooperative board meetings in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri this week. It has been an interesting year. High agronomy margins have pushed many cooperatives into income positions previously unseen. Incomes have created more opportunities to distribute more patronage to members. However because of the high levels of income, the Section 199A(g)/DPAD deduction is more likely to be used by the cooperative that generated it instead of being passed through to producers.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Most people who travel to foreign countries go to historical sites, museums, nature experiences and exotic shops. I’ve been to 19 foreign countries and have not spent one dime in any of them. No souvenirs, no museums, nothing. Of course, I’m always going to speak so my hosts take care of meals, lodging, tickets, etc. Who needs knick-knacks? What I do is visit farms and look for cutting edge practical ecological solutions.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Credit: WIRED/Getty Images Editor’s Note: “Rurbanization” is the concept of incorporating green space, particularly agricultural space, into cities, and it could have a positive impact on food security in urban areas. Besides increasing food supply, rooftop or community gardens can absorb excess rainwater, absorb carbon from the atmosphere, forge a stronger sense of community, and support local pollinators.

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Agritech NZ

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Kia Ora, During this time of the year, many of us are planning how to bring our families together for Christmas and the summer holidays. This year we also have a special opportunity to reconnect with our wider community at Fieldays 2022. Next week, we’re ditching gumboots and beanies for sunhats and jandals! Traditionally held in the month of June, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event was postponed due to pandemic restrictions.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Share Tweet Deepak Palakshappa became a pediatrician to give poor kids access to good medical care. Still, back in his residency days, the now-associate professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem was shocked to discover that a patient caring for two young grandchildren was food insecure. “Our clinic had set up one of those food drive boxes, and near the end of a visit, she asked if she could have any of the cans because she didn’t have food for the holidays,” h

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Caff

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new program through USDA’s Farm Service Agency is providing reimbursement for on-farm food safety program expenses related to obtaining or renewing a food safety certification in calendar years 2022 and/or 2023. How does it work? In 2022 and 2023, the program will cover a percentage of a farm’s cost of obtaining or renewing their certification, as well as a percentage of their related expenses.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow and I thought I’d do one more post about something I’ve become far more grateful for in later life than I was in my younger years. In fact, it’s something that I chafed under as a youngster, but looking back not only embrace, but something for which I’m incredibly grateful. Here it is: I grew up in a home that embraced different.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The interior of Grupo Vesan, a CEA facility in Ponce, PR. Credit: Grupo Vesan. Editor’s Note: This article contains information derived from interviews Agritecture conducted with Fusion Farms and Grupo Vesan, two Puerto Rican indoor farms that have experienced hurricanes. WRITTEN BY: Sarah Jordan , Isabelle Dom , and Christian Kanlian November 21, 2022 Hurricanes can be a leading cause of concern for farmers working in coastal areas where severe weather is common.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Welcome to another episode in our Getting Through Drought series. If you live in Alberta and raise cattle, odds are you will try every possible way to keep that spring melt, or heavy rain, on your land. While you may throw in a shelter belt or an eco buffer, we hope that you’re also giving your pasture adequate rest and recovery so moisture can soak into the soil.

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Fork Farms

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Bridgeport Connecticut is known for many things, such as its beautiful sprawling acres of public parks (nicknamed “Park City”) and for its famous resident 19th-century showman P.T. Barnum. What might be less known is the city’s vibrant network of community-powered organizations striving to ensure all their neighbors have access to healthy foods. nOURish Bridgeport Inc.

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Caff

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

CAFF’s Wildfire Resilience Program provides specialized recovery and preparedness resources for small farms and communities in California impacted by wildfire and those seeking to prepare against future threats. One of the best mediums for conducting this type of outreach and education is podcasts. Farmers can download and stream episodes while doing other important tasks, so it’s a great way to get exposed to new content and resources without having to take extra time out of their already incre

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I am typically on the road about 100-125 days a year but usually a trip is typically less than a week at a time. Back in 2014 I did a 22 day trip, home a day and then a 21 day trip. Until this year that was the longest I have been away from home. This year, I left home on Saturday October 15 and I still have not been home. I am spending this week in Phoenix with my family for Thanksgiving.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We’re starting Thanksgiving week, which usually engenders a spirit of gratitude and specifically thinking about our blessings. One of my biggest ones is the relationship I’ve developed with Dr. Sina McCullough, my co-author of the book BEYOND LABELS and co-host of our podcast BEYOND LABELS. Okay, we weren’t creative enough to come up with a different name.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Credit: Vertical Farming Planet. One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security. In 2020, 21% of people on the continent suffered from hunger, a total of 282 million people. For millions of Africans, decades of reliance on traditional farming techniques and poor policymaking have created vulnerabilities that are only worsened by the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Welcome to the launch of an exciting new series called Getting Through Drought. It’s safe to say that when it comes to droughts in Alberta, it’s less a matter of if and more a question of when. So, in this series we are exploring the best management practices that cow calf operators in Alberta can use to prepare for the next drought, whenever that may be.

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Netled

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Kasey Snyder, Sales Operations Manager at Netled, took the stage at the Slush Food Tech side event to pitch Netled's Vera® vertical farming technology. The Tonic22 event took place in Helsinki on 16.11 focusing on innovations in food tech.

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Caff

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this episode we visit Cheetah Tchudi at his diversified operation in Yankee Hill, Butte County, CA. Cheetah shares his experience surviving the 2018 Paradise wildfire, and some methods for recovery; addressing toxic ash using fungi to capture and and treat persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals. Show Notes: Turkey Tail Farm Website: [link] Butte Remediation: [link] Mycoremediation: [link] NRCS Disaster Assistance: [link] Ag Pass Programs: [link] OSU and OSHA Programs for Stay

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

You may know by now that 100% bonus depreciation will be reduced to 80% bonus depreciation beginning January 1, 2023. We have now had 100% bonus depreciation for almost five years (since September, 2017) and most farmers have taken full advantage of it especially the ability to deduct the purchase of used farm equipment. Now 80% is still a pretty good deal, but it is not 100%.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I’m midway through my stay in South Africa, currently in East London. The country has serious electricity problems and rolls outages daily; about 40 percent under capacity. Shanty towns pirate power directly from the grid using bare wire and 3-inch poles to hold it up just above eye level. These shacks all have a satellite dish. TV is far more important than food.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Editor’s Note: Based on the unit economics laid out in this article, saffron has 8-10x revenue potential per given cultivation area compared to leafy greens and vine crops grown in CEA systems. Vertical farms could be utilized as specialized tools to grow high-value crops for medicinal and cosmetic purposes rather than commodity leafy greens. Of course, the market for saffron has traditionally been niche and characterized by customers that have a higher willingness to pay for a more expensive pr

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Are you a greenhouse grower looking to save money on your heating bill? Or maybe you are looking to decrease the carbon footprint of your greenhouse? Either way, passive solar greenhouse growing might be for you! Date: November 18th, 2022, 9:30AM Location: Freshpal Ltd. in Olds (register for directions) Presenter(s): Dong Jianyi, owner of Freshpal Ltd Cost: free Using the heat of the sun, thermal mass (e.g. plastic water totes filled with water) and insulation, greenhouse growers can get cool-se

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Grow Link

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Many modern farmers are turning to sealed greenhouses over traditional ventilated greenhouses. Heavy ventilation is required daily to combat overheating in your typical traditional greenhouse. When growing in this type of greenhouse, the goal is often to try to exchange the entire air volume inside the greenhouse every minute through the use of enormous exhaust fans.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

When it comes to the political arena, the voices of family farmers and other small business owners too often are drowned out by the clamor of special interests. A series of candidate roundtables co-hosted by Main Street Alliance (MSA) and Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) in late October sought to remedy that. The events honed in on the issues that matter in the Wisconsin countryside and on Main Street.

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Last week we had written that for most farm partnerships that they would not be required to file form K-2/K-3 for this tax year. However, if your farm partnership contains a partnership or a corporation, it appears that you are still required to file these forms. There is a chance that the IRS will update the instructions to indicate otherwise, but we would not count on it.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

I wish I knew how many times I’ve been accused of being a murderer, of being unable to love, of encouraging violence in society, all because I eat meat. Worse than that, I produce livestock to be eaten. Sin of all sins. The vegan crowd for a long time has presented itself as the caring movement, the loving movement, the ones who eschew violence. After all, biting into a carrot is certainly not as violent as shedding blood and then eating muscle and sinew.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

City oasis: looking after one of the donkeys at Kentish Town, the country’s first city farm. Credit: Dan Burn-Forti/The Observer. Editor’s Note: Urban farms have numerous benefits, including lowering transit distances (and thus carbon output), providing food to the local community, and fostering community. Here, we see that they also nurture an interest in nature and connection to the natural world for children living in urban environments that might not otherwise have easy access to nature.

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Caff

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Getting internet visibility is one of the most important things you can do for your small business. An easy way to do this is to take advantage of online farm directories, many of which will offer your farm business a free listing as long as you register on their website. Below are a few of the directories we recommend that can help you get more site visits and hopefully more customers.

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Grow Link

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

DLI is equally as important indoors as it is in an outdoor/greenhouse environment and should be utilized when trying to optimize your grow efficiency and overall plant health. DLI stands for ‘Daily Light Integral’ and is defined as a measure of usable light your plant receives over the course of a day. Too high of DLI will not only cause unwanted light stress/burn but it is also a waste of electricity for which you are paying.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

State’s agriculture leaders, food banks partner with new growers and producers to provide food to people in need By Julian Emerson Communications Specialist, Wisconsin Farmers Union Within days of Wisconsin schools, businesses and other locations closing their doors in March 2020 to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, Sherrie Tussler realized food distribution efforts from the Wisconsin food bank network she oversees would change dramatically.

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The IRS recently announced that they have trained at least 300 staff to do Employee Retention Credit (ERC) audits. They also indicated that they will be reviewing companies that are promoting the credit to determine if a criminal investigation is warranted. We have posted before that many companies are pushing these credits when farmers and other taxpayers like do not qualify.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Today is my first foray into transcontinental trips since covid, heading to South Africa and hosted by Hope Farm. Looks like 3 two-day masterclasses in three cities: Johannesburg, East London, and then Cape Town. These two-day seminars are divided like this: Day One is all power point slides of Polyface, what we do, how we do it, and why. Hard core animal husbandry and landscape management.

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EOS

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Precision irrigation fully supports crop needs but saves natural and farmers’ resources. Precision satellite irrigation facilitates the method’s control.

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Caff

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Un nuevo programa a través de la Agencia de servicios agrícolas del USDA está proporcionando el reembolso de los gastos del programa de inocuidad alimentaria en la granja relacionados con la obtención o renovación de una certificación de inocuidad alimentaria en los años naturales 2022 y/o 2023. ¿Cómo funciona? En 2022 y 2023, el programa cubrirá un porcentaje del costo de las granjas para obtener o renovar su certificación, así como un porcentaje de sus gastos relacionados.

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Farm QA

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The lastest features, news, and information from FarmQA

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Nova Scotia farmer Richard Melvin shows the difference between a cauliflower that would meet retail, grocer requirements, right, compared to one, left, that wouldn't because it's considered too large. Credit: Jacqueline Melvin. Editor’s Note: Food waste is both a local and global problem. Emitting more GHGs than any country other than the US or China, food waste is also a major reason why millions of people around the world struggle to get enough quality nutrition.

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Based on recently released instructions to Schedule K-2 and K-3 for partnership tax returns, it appears that most of our partnership returns will not have to prepare these schedules for 2022 tax returns. The key requirements are as follows: The partnership had none of the following foreign activity during the 2022 tax year: a. Foreign income taxes paid or accrued; b.

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