Real Agriculture

MAY 22, 2024

Fast-moving, highly destructive stripe rust is popping up in winter wheat fields across Ontario. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says the disease is a significant threat to the crop and can cause up to 50 per cent yield loss if not managed properly. He stresses that timely fungicide applications are crucial for controlling the disease. In. Read More Fast-moving, highly destructive stripe rust is popping up in winter wheat fields across Ontario.

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Food Politics

MAY 23, 2024

Since we are talking this week about the Farm Bill, take a look at this report from the Union of Concerned Scientists: Cultivating Control: Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill. Its major findings: Interest groups spent more than $523 million on Farm Bill issues between 2019 and 2023. Agribusiness spends more on lobbying than the gas or oil industries. 561 groups reported lobbying on Farm Bill issues.

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NASDA

MAY 17, 2024

Press Release ARLINGTON, Va. – National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney praised U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson for releasing the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 today in the following statement: “NASDA applauds Chairman Thompson for beginning the process of creating the next farm bill,” McKinney said.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 20, 2024

Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) launches SEED GIST , a quarterly repository of seed literature. A fun romp through potato history. A fun romp through coffee history. Hong Kong gets some rice seeds back from the IRRI genebank. No doubt Iraq will get some seeds back from the ICARDA genebank soon. Genebanks are only the beginning though.

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Berkeley Blog

MAY 23, 2024

A contest open to the public to name UC Berkeley's four falcon chicks has ended in a landslide. The post Meet the falcons: Aurora, Eclipse, Nox and Sol appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Civil Eats

MAY 28, 2024

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter. Become a member today and get the next issue directly in your inbox. At Johnny’s Luncheonette, a family-style diner in the greater Boston area serving sandwiches and breakfast all day, customers can take their meal to go in a lime-green, durable plastic container that is borrowed like a library book and designed to be reused hundreds, if not thousands, of times by other restaurant patrons.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 31, 2024

The term “agricultural extension” generally refers to the process of applying new research and knowledge to help farmers improve farming methods and techniques. While this concept has existed for thousands of years, the word “extension” itself dates back to the 1860s in England when universities made an attempt to extend practical information through lectures outside.

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Agri-tech

MAY 16, 2024

Two leading John Innes Centre scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. Professor Graham Moore, who is director of the John Innes Centre and Professor Saskia Hogenhout, a group leader, are among 90 exceptional researchers from across the world elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Professor Hogenhout’s group at the John Innes.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 28, 2024

There’s a new international treaty on the block. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) members have just approved the Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge. What does it do? It’s basically about disclosing where genetic resources came from when claiming a patent. Broadly, where a claimed invention in a patent application is based on genetic resources, each contracting party shall require applicants to disclose the country of

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USDA Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Just outside of Fayetteville, North Carolina, veteran farmer Jim Hartman embodies the resilience and resourcefulness of the honeybees he tends to. His success in building his honey business stems from his proactive approach of seeking out government funds, a trait that has been instrumental in his journey.

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Civil Eats

MAY 22, 2024

Seven years ago, Tyson—one of the largest chicken producers in the world— made headlines with its commitment to “eliminate antibiotics in chicken.” Then, last summer, the company changed its policy : Instead of “no antibiotics ever” (referred to as NAE in the industry), Tyson’s farmers would go back to using antibiotics. They would refrain only from using drugs considered “important in human medicine.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 16, 2024

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is not new to the venture capital space, however a shift in focus for the Crown corp will see the lender take a more direct approach to ven cap funding in agriculture. Justine Hendricks, CEO of FCC, says the move is prompted by the changing needs of the industry. Whether driven. Read More Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is not new to the venture capital space, however a shift in focus for the Crown corp will see the lender take a more direct approach to ven cap funding in agric

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Food Politics

MAY 8, 2024

I learned about this one from Bill Marler’s blog: This is Nuts – California and Washington E. coli Outbreak linked to Gibson Farms Walnuts This refers to the CDC announcement: E. coli outbreak linked to organic walnuts The CDC issued a warning: CDC warns of E. coli outbreak linked to organic walnuts sold in bulk The FDA has its own investigation: Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: Bulk Organic Walnuts (April 2024): Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled organic walnuts sold in bulk bi

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Western FarmPress

MAY 20, 2024

One area includes specific portions of Benzie and Manistee counties, and the other includes portions of Crawford and Otsego counties.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 12, 2024

Global spatially explicit yield gap time trends reveal regions at risk of future crop yield stagnation. For 8 of 10 major crops, yield gaps have widened steadily from 1975 to 2010 over most areas, and remained static for sugar cane and oil palm. Time to turbo-charge the breeding? Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements.

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USDA Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Yimmuaj Yang, community director of the Wisconsin-based nonprofit and community organization Groundswell Conservancy, explains its mission in the simplest terms: “We protect special places forever.

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 ppm for nitrates. These nitrogen-based compounds, common in agricultural runoff, are linked to multiple cancers and health issues for those exposed. Each year, the measurement in their water kept creeping up.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 9, 2024

Red Sun Farms in Kingsville, Ont., is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario. Across the province, the Ontario greenhouse vegetable industry grows tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in 3,900 acres of greehhouse, producing 521 million kilograms of fresh vegetables with a farm gate value of more than $1.4 billion. On this episode of Profitable.

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Food Politics

MAY 15, 2024

I was thrilled to be invited to be on Oprah last week to discuss the influence of the food environment on obesity. Alas, I was disinvited when the topic switched to fat shaming. While recovering from the disappointment, I ran across this article in FoodDive: The Ozempic effect is real: Study zeroes in on GLP-1 users’ food needs. A study found people taking anti-obesity medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound to be looking for: Foods packed with protein Smaller portions Foods that help

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Agri-tech

MAY 8, 2024

The Department of Molecular Microbiology is organising a one and a half day Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium. The symposium will be held from Monday 23 – Tuesday 24 September 2024. Apply now The aim of this event is for the John Innes Centre to hear about state-of-the-art science through presentations in bacterial microbiology, to enhance our understanding of where exciting new.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 15, 2024

Is your seed library on here ?

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Western FarmPress

MAY 17, 2024

Best Places to Farm: Farm Futures ranks 3,000-plus counties on financial performance, based on the recent U.S. Ag Census and proprietary data.

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Civil Eats

MAY 14, 2024

The mayor's budget cuts will eliminate a 30-year-old program that achieved much more than reducing food waste.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 29, 2024

There are plenty of weedy corn fields across Ontario as a planting season with weather-induced stops and starts has some growers struggling to get crop in the ground and also stay ahead of the weeds. Getting the jump on those weeds, especially in fields relying on post-emergent herbicide programs is critical, says University of Guelph.

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Food Politics

MAY 7, 2024

Every five years or so, we have to deal with another farm bill. Like the dietary guidelines, also every five years, the farm bill doesn’t really change much. The arguments about both don’t change either. So here we go again. And just so you know where i”m coming from on this, here are my classic thoughts on the matter: “ The farm bill drove me insane. ” A quick summary of why it does: it’s a collection of dozens if not hundreds, of programs, each with its own constituency and lobbyists, and

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Food Tank

MAY 6, 2024

As the world grapples with the urgent need to protect human health, combat climate change, and protect biodiversity, the foods we eat have come under scrutiny. Unhealthy diets are a major contributor to the global burden of disease. And food systems are a major contributor to climate change and environmental destruction. Deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals (often called micronutrients) are widespread globally.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 10, 2024

Great to see a couple of my former bosses recognized for their exceptional contributions to the conservation on crop diversity. I like this quote from Geoff : This is really a chance to get that message out and say, look, this relatively small amount of money is our insurance policy, our insurance policy that we’re going to be able to feed the world in 50 years.

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AgriLife Today

MAY 13, 2024

Texas A&M AgriLife experts share four tidbits every barbecue lover should know The post Top barbecue tips from the ‘Three Brisketeers’ appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

There’s not enough coffee in the world. In 2023, the world produced 3 percent less than it consumed. Growing consumer demand in Asia exacerbates the deficit, while climate change affects supply. Coffee is susceptible to heat and drought. It needs predictable conditions to thrive, and conditions now are anything but predictable. Heat and novel rain patterns harm plants and encourage coffee rust , a devastating fungal disease.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 22, 2024

Op-ed submitted byy Ian Boxall, president of Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan In a recent op-ed, Gregory Heckman, CEO of Bunge, defended the proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra, arguing that the combination would mean investment and growth for Canadian agriculture, particularly in Saskatchewan. While the optimism from a corporate standpoint is expected, given that.

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Food Politics

MAY 14, 2024

The headline caught my eye: FDA Publishes Landmark Final Rule to Enhance the Safety of Agricultural Water Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule on agricultural water that represents an important step toward enhancing the safety of produce. This addresses a big problem: contamination of agricultural land growing produce by bacteria in animal waste running off from CAFOs(onfined animal feeding operations), and dairy farms.

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USDA Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The first full week of May is Public Service Recognition Week—a time to honor the dedicated people who serve our country every day. USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area is home to more than 8,500 public servants, who are some of the best and brightest mind in agriculture science.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 14, 2024

Kansas Farmer stopped by Doug Keesling’s farm, between Chase and Lyons, in Rice County, Kan. and along the blue/black route, to discuss his wheat crop and the conditions he’s faced this growing season.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

MAY 3, 2024

The cattle markets breathed a sigh of relief after USDA announced negative test results for H5N1 in ground beef. And a former USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety says is unlikely to be found in beef in the future.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Tom Farquhar planted several large plots of beneficial flowers around his vegetable farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. Once a conventional corn and soybean farm, the idea was to control pests at the Certified Naturally Grown operation by increasing the number of beneficial predator insects and spiders. And the method worked: “We don’t have too many big insect problems,” he said.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 16, 2024

Winter canola fields are popping up all over Ontario. Across the province, acreage for the entire oilseed crop typically checks in around 40,000 acres, with about one third of the crop being planted in the fall, the rest being spring canola. Over the past five year years, however, winter canola has been gaining momentum in. Read More Winter canola fields are popping up all over Ontario.

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Food Politics

MAY 21, 2024

Last week, the FDA essentially took tara flour out of the food supply. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted on its website its determination that tara flour in human food does not meet the Generally Recognized As Safe (or GRAS) standard and is an unapproved food additive. The FDA’s assessment of the ingredient is detailed in a memo added to the agency’s public inventory.

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