Food Politics
AUGUST 31, 2023
Now that Barbie is a feminist icon, I have to confess I have two of them in my NYU office. At one point I must have owned three, because here is an illustration from my book, Food Politics, published in 2002. The feet on the MacDonald’s Barbie are flat—she’s wearing sneakers, appropriately for a doll on her feet all day. The Oreo purse is a nice touch.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 31, 2023
Farmers Weekly Policymakers have been accused of ignoring the scientific evidence when it comes to moorland burning, and of pandering to special interest groups “which regularly ignore or distort evidence in order to outlaw the practice”.
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Real Agriculture
AUGUST 30, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday episode of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, Lyndsey Smith goes over the top ag news stories and gives us a quick update on the Farm Progress Show. We will also hear from: Brunel Sabourin on his #30videosin30days; Brian Comeault with Farmer Business Network, on the StatsCan figures on. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday episode of RealAg Radio!
NASDA
AUGUST 23, 2023
Press Release ARLINGTON, Va. — Following the U.S. FDA’s announcement of Jim Jones as Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney released the following statement: “NASDA congratulates Jim Jones on being selected to serve as U.S. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. We look forward to seeing his leadership and depth of experience in administration, science and chemical safety contribute to meaningful impacts at FDA and cre
Agricultural Biodiversity
AUGUST 27, 2023
Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis. Diversify markets, production, crops and technology to de-risk agrifood systems. Genebanks at Risk: Hazard Assessment and Risk Management of National and International Genebanks. De-risk genebanks first though. Climate-Smart Agriculture in African Countries: A Review of Strategies and Impacts on Smallholder Farmers.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 31, 2023
Farmers Weekly Frontrunners to be the next NFU president will have had their notepads out this week to analyse what is shaping up to be a contender for the most effective bit of lobbying of the year – from their opposite numbers at the Home Builders Federation.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 31, 2023
If you followed along on the ProFarmer yield tour last week, you’ll know that temperatures were not kind to the field scouts, with day time temps soaring well above 100 degrees F. Ted Seifried, chief market strategist for Zaner Ag Hedge, has been on the tour nine times, and says this has to be one. Read More If you followed along on the ProFarmer yield tour last week, you’ll know that temperatures were not kind to the field scouts, with day time temps soaring well above 100 degrees F
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Food Politics
AUGUST 30, 2023
I received an email from the USDA about what it is doing about school meals for the fall (and see ALSO at the end of this post). It included links or attachments to resources. Lifting Up School Meals: key messages, calendar of themes for Fall 2023, and links to resources Media Toolkit : Includes videos, social media content, flyers, fact sheets, and b-roll School Meals Webpage : Hub for all things school meals Healthy Meals Incentives : overall description Grantees, Funding Amounts, by
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 30, 2023
It hurts RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson to talk about broadcasting winter wheat seed into standing soybeans, but growers have been peppering him with questions about the practice. Johnson would rather see growers plant wheat with a drill but with many Ontario soybean fields “green as grass” as the calendar turns to September, in some areas.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 29, 2023
A new Steiger tractor with more power and speed leads the 2024 Case IH lineup as the machinery manufacturer looks to deliver more purposeful design, technology, and performance. This week at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, farmers will get their first look at the most powerful tractor Case IH has ever produced —.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 28, 2023
North American farmers will get their first look at New Holland’s new all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features when they visit the Farm Progress show this week held at Decatur, Illinois. New Holland is billing its T4 Electric Power tractor as a “game-changing innovation” that creates a new tractor class — utility electric.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 27, 2023
Farmers Weekly Our machinery editor, Oliver Mark, rounds up the latest news from the farm machinery dealerships across the UK. Find out about the latest acquisitions, expansions and partnerships in your area. See also: Which is biggest?
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 26, 2023
Farmers Weekly This has been the harvest that nearly broke me. Talk about stress: only in farming can you have so much disappointment after so much promise. This year’s harvest had its potential decimated in the last six weeks of the growing season.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 25, 2023
A soybean grower in Georgia has set a new world record for soybean yield, surpassing the mark established by one of his mentors. Alex Harrell of Smithville, GA, harvested 206.7997 bu/ac on August 23, breaking fellow Georgia farmer Randy Dowdy’s previous record of 191 bu/ac set in 2019. Together with his father, Harrell planted the.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 25, 2023
Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer uses one word to sum up this week’s crop tour: hot. But it’s not crop yield that’s sizzling, but the crop itself. Extremely hot temperatures followed the team of nearly 100 field scouts on the four-day tour of seven states collecting over 1800 corn and soybean samples, he says. Read More Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer uses one word to sum up this week’s crop tour: hot.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 25, 2023
How can farmers diagnose soil fertility issues? What tools can identify nutrient deficiencies and best manage variability across fields and farms? On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Soil School, Bernard Tobin visits Southwest Crop Diagnostic Days at the Ridgetown College campus, University of Guelph, to report on three soil testing and mapping technologies — GroundWork, SoilOptix.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 26, 2023
Farmers Weekly Farming-mad Thomas, aged 9, is pictured following every minute of the harvest at his family farm in Norfolk on board a paddle board. Thomas is a fourth-generation farmer in the making and enjoys “carpet farming” at home, replicating the farming activities with his scale-model toys.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 23, 2023
Farmers Weekly Man’s best friend, a loyal companion, and a farm’s greatest asset – the value of a well-trained sheepdog cannot be overestimated. But even the most experienced of collies can have their quirks, leaving farmers frustrated and unsure on the best course of correction. Here to help with training challenges are shepherding husband-and-wife team Emma Gray […] The post Sheepdog School: What training equipment do you need?
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 23, 2023
Farmers Weekly In my previous article for this revered magazine I urged you to look at my forthcoming August submission when I would be complaining about the terrible wet weather that we had been having. I can only apologise if you have had a wetter than normal harvest, it is quite obviously all my fault.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 23, 2023
There’s plenty of crop management data available to growers in our mobile, connected world and it moves at ever-increasing velocity. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, AGRIS agronomist Dale Cowan looks at simple ways growers can tap into this data to make in-season management decisions and also run field trials to evaluate how.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 24, 2023
Big things happen in a big world and yet somehow the grain markets are still transfixed by what number the ProFarmer Tour is likely to come out with on Friday regarding corn production estimates for the U.S. Neil Townsend, Grainfox market analyst, says it’s a bit strange to think that Russia can literally bomb infrastructure. Read More Big things happen in a big world and yet somehow the grain markets are still transfixed by what number the ProFarmer Tour is likely to come out with on Frid
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 23, 2023
A less than ideal wheat harvest hasn’t dampened a lot of excitement over wheat yields in Ontario, as some great averages are trickling in. The biggest question popping up on Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson’s radar right now is how to get next year’s wheat off to the best start while beans are still standing. The. Read More A less than ideal wheat harvest hasn’t dampened a lot of excitement over wheat yields in Ontario, as some great averages are trickling in.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 23, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday episode of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, Lyndsey Smith discusses some agronomic issues including green canola, frost, and swathing. We will then hear from: Colin Rosengren on the ins and outs of intercropping; Neil Townsend with GrainFox on grain and oilseed markets; and, Kelvin Heppner with RealAgriculture fills.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 21, 2023
Farmers Weekly There’s still time to enter the Farmers Weekly annual harvest photo competition – giving one lucky winner the opportunity to see their work on the magazine’s front cover. Uploading your pictures is quick and easy. Just head to our online Harvest 2023 gallery and follow the simple instructions.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 21, 2023
For many a hockey fan, Brian Burke needs no introduction. An outspoken and dedicated lover of the game, Burke has served as general manager for four National Hockey League teams, winning a Stanley Cup in 2007, and president of hockey operations for another two. Last week, he took the stage at the Canadian Beef Industry. Read More For many a hockey fan, Brian Burke needs no introduction.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 21, 2023
Farmers Weekly Harvest is in full swing, but it is quite a different affair to last year, with opportunism being be the key word so far. This was our second earliest harvest starting winter barley on 17 July. We have bagged 300t of feed winter barley, which has been treated with urea.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 21, 2023
The first recipient of a new award created in memory of former Canadian Cattle Association president Reg Schellenberg was announced last week at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary, Alta. The Reg Schellenberg Next Generation Legacy Award was presented to veterinarian Dr. Carling Matejka of Ponoka, Alberta. The award was established with donations made.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly Muck-for-straw deals between neighbours require your own kit, being on the ball and good communication. This is what brothers Oliver and Lewis Rushmer have found, having inherited four such deals from their parents, Jane and Paul, at Laurel Farm, Thurlton, in Norfolk.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly Setting up precision farming technologies should be quicker and easier with Data Sync, a new resource for users of John Deere’s Operations Centre cloud-based management system. When multiple tractors are working the same fields, Data Sync enables settings established on one tractor to be shared wirelessly with others in pretty much real time.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly Independent trial data assessing the impact of plasma-treated slurry as a replacement of artificial fertiliser has revealed promising results when tested on crops of winter wheat and grass.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly When we talk about the Harvest Festival ordinarily, indie bands and muddy camping aren’t usually what come to mind.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 18, 2023
Farmers Weekly Harvest has got off to a challenging start, with more days parked up than cutting so far. Yields have been variable, with winter barley slightly disappointing. Oilseed rape is not very exciting – just scraping the average, while the winter wheat has produced a mix of average and good.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 29, 2023
And just like that, we’re onto the last episode of The Agronomists for the month of August. Time flies when we’re having fun, hopefully you all are, too! For this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Brunel Sabourin of Antara Agronomy, and Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson of RealAgriculture, to discuss when. Read More And just like that, we’re onto the last episode of The Agronomists for the month of August.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 17, 2023
Farmers Weekly Michelin has added two sizes to expand its already comprehensive range of CrossGrip tyres. Designed for compact wheeled loaders and telehandlers, CrossGrip tyres are also suited to tractor applications involving a lot of road travel or working on delicate surfaces.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 17, 2023
Farmers Weekly Northern Ireland reports a smooth harvest despite showers, something Irish farmers are used to during harvest, while wheat in England has lost its shine to the elements.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 17, 2023
Farmers Weekly One of the largest blocks of mixed English woodland to come to the market for some time is for sale in North Staffordshire. Maer Hills, which is close to Cannock Chase, is almost 478 acres and a rare offering of privately owned woodland.
Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 16, 2023
Farmers Weekly The deadline for Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship applications has been extended from 18 August to 15 September. After much speculation from industry, a last-minute announcement was made by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). New Mid-Tier agreements are set to start in 2024 and last for five years, with multi-year management grants and capital grants.
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