Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Read about the tinkering and experimentation Scott Myers deploys on his farm.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Farmers are sounding the alarm on snow loads and structure integrity this winter, as areas of Ontario have been hard hit by lake-effect snow and large snow events. From southern Ontario, up into the Bruce Peninsula, and even in Eastern Ontario, barns and shelters have collapsed under the incredible weight of snow. Stewart Skinner, hog Read More Farmers are sounding the alarm on snow loads and structure integrity this winter, as areas of Ontario have been hard hit by lake-effect snow and large sn

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Quality management in a genebank environment: Principles and experiences at the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN). Do we need a certification system for genebanks? We do have the means to put one together. A pragmatic protocol for seed viability monitoring in ex situ plant genebanks. But will genebank certification allow much-needed flexibility?

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

News Article National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney and NASDA staff recently visited the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to learn how satellite technology supports agricultural monitoring and strengthens the need for agricultural data collection. NASAs Earth-observing satellites, including Landsat, MODIS and SMAP provide critical insights throughout the growing season.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As Hurricane Helene made its way up the East Coast last October, Rob Kinneen tracked the storm from his home in Durham, North Carolina. When lashing winds and heavy rains began battering the state and reports started coming in of disastrous flooding throughout Appalachia, Kinneen knew he needed to act. I drove up to this small town, Swannanoa, with my apron and my knife, he says, and within minutes of arriving at the commissary kitchen that had been set up, I was cutting up vegetables.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Farm safety is often overlooked in the hectic pace of daily chores, making training and emergency plans critically important. Thats why winter can be a great time to focus on safety, says Jody Wacowich, executive director of AgSafe Alberta. Courses such as FARMERS CARE, respiratory protective equipment (RPE), and confined space awareness are all available Read More Farm safety is often overlooked in the hectic pace of daily chores, making training and emergency plans critically important.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

My next forthcoming book is now available for preorder. I say next, because this one is a bit of a surprise, even to me. Its a spinoff from my forthcoming (in September, I think) new and thoroughly revised edition of What to Eat, retitled What to Eat Now the book Ive been working on for the last three years. Heres what the publisher says about The Fish Counter : A standalone extract from the newly revised edition of her groundbreaking What to Eat (which is being reissued as What to Eat Now ).

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In this article, the objectives of farm management are discussed. The central issue in any economic analysis is the problem of limited resources, or resource scarcity. The ability of any society or producer to produce depends on the availability of resources.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) views itself as an organization that sits somewhere in the matrix of quantifying soil carbon, working with farmers, and connecting supply chain players. Nick Betts, managing director of CANZA, says that the alliance emerged out of a need to connect different points in the value chain. It aims Read More The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) views itself as an organization that sits somewhere in the matrix of quantifying soil carb

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued: Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. This one sounds much like GAO reports Ive been reading since the early 1990s. We have long reported that the fragmented nature of the federal food safety oversight system causes inconsistent oversight, ineffective coordination, and inefficient use of resources.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Letter Dear Chairman Capito and Ranking Member Whitehouse: The Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC) applauds your leadership in holding todays hearing on Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes. WAC represents a large and diverse cross-section of the nations broad business community, including the construction, transportation, real estate, recreation, mining, manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, energy, wildlife conservation, and public health and safety sectors.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The USDA genebank is in the news. But will that save it? The CIAT genebank in on a podcast. Can’t hurt, I guess. The Egyptian genebank is in the news. And on a new website, apparently. Good to see botanic gardens in the news too. I wonder which genebank or botanic gardens this apparently re-discovered endemic Chilean wild tomato will end up in.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tracks certainly dont eliminate compaction, and they usually cost substantially more than wheels, but research at The Ohio State University shows there are several specific applications where tracks offer a productivity or yield advantage in the old tracks-versus-wheels debate. Scott Shearer of The Ohio State University stopped by to chat following his presentation on compaction Read More Tracks certainly dont eliminate compaction, and they usually cost substantially more than wheels, but resear

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics forwarded this email sent to academy members. From: PepsiCo Health & Nutrition Sciences < pepsiconutritionscience@pepsico.com > Subject: Help combat nutrition misinformation Were sure youve seen this firsthand with your patients and clients: Nutrition research has become increasingly complex for the general public to understand and the volume of contradictory headlines and misinformation in the media doesnt help.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

NASDA is seeking an Export Readiness Coach to support exhibitors in our A Taste of the States pavilions at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago and the Americas Food & Beverage Show in Miami. This role will help prepare U.S. agricultural businesses for export success and maximize global trade opportunities by providing expert guidance and fostering international connections.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Entrepreneur or Enterprise or Organization describes the function of taking decisions about what to produce and combining the other factors of production to produce what has been decided on. The entrepreneur combines and organizes land, labour, and capital in such a way as to obtain maximum production of goods and services at minimum costs.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

What does it look like when rural development is viewed as finding ways to better serve the people that call rural areas home versus developing rural areas into cities? Too often, says Dr. Ashleigh Weeden, rural development policy fails to really consider what rural areas need more of and how to best support these projects, Read More What does it look like when rural development is viewed as finding ways to better serve the people that call rural areas home versus developing rural areas into cit

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Organic Farming Research

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Learn about the Organic Farming Research Foundation's webinars with the USDA NRCS on Technical Note 12. These sessions provide valuable insights into organic farming practices, covering topics like soil health, pest management, and conservation techniques to help NRCS staff support organic and transitioning farmers across the U.S. The post OFRF kicks off NRCS webinar series with a deep dive into Technical Note 12 appeared first on Organic Farming Research Foundation.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Its a rare sunny day in January, and about a dozen people gather on a farm in Snohomish County, Washington. The farmer, Brett Aiello of Reconnecting Roots Farm, wants to suppress the weeds around some newly planted fruit trees without disturbing the soil, and hes enlisted some help. The people in the field work together to sheet mulch the patch of land some lay sections of clean cardboard, others cart wheelbarrows of bark chips across the field, carefully layering the chips onto the old boxes.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Labour refers to all human efforts of the body or mind, undertaken in the expectation of reward. This means any work, whether mental or manual, undertaken for monetary reward is labour. Labour may also be defined as all human effort, which may be physical or mental, skilled or unskilled, used in the production process.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Capacity and flexibility are both important when it comes to choosing an auger that will help speed up moving grain at harvest. The Brandt 1345 B Series U-Trough, featuring a 13-inch U-trough, nearly doubles the capacity of a standard round-tube auger. Trevor Feicht of Brandt Industries explains that this design allows material to float above Read More Capacity and flexibility are both important when it comes to choosing an auger that will help speed up moving grain at harvest.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

By Kyle Richardville Understanding Ag, LLC About the Understanding series Agriculture isnt rocket science. Its much more complex than that. Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Companies make a fortune off many farmers and ranchers on such topics because its impossible to study everything and still have a life outside of work.

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The Lunatic Farmer

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Why bird flu? Why now? Ever since the covid debacle, I've become dubious of ANYTHING the government says--er, way MORE dubious. The official narrative is wrong 90 percent of the time. So a bunch of things suddenly fell into place for me today when one of our staff, who just returned from visiting family in Michigan, came with stories of signs over vacant egg shelves in the supermarket saying: "Egg shortage due to cage free chicken production.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In this article, the organization of the farm set-up is discussed. Success in farming as an ongoing and viable venture requires that the farmer organizes the farm from the onset into an efficient business unit by applying sound principles of farm management to every aspect of the farm.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In urban centres, people are removed from the agricultural way of life, and while they may appreciate and enjoy the fruit of the land from a local grocery store, what most people know about farming systems and food itself too often comes from sources that are far removed from farming. In this interview recorded at Read More In urban centres, people are removed from the agricultural way of life, and while they may appreciate and enjoy the fruit of the land from a local grocery store, what most pe

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

National FFA Week celebrates the critical role this organization plays in agricultural education and leadership development. Agricultural education is important for a number of reasonsa primary one being to cultivate the next wave of young leaders who will keep our nation fed. A study conducted by AgAmerica in 2015, found that when asked about the transitioning process of a farming operation , 64 percent of respondents said their biggest concern was setting the next generation up for success.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Back in the early days of social media we used the term, agvocate. But it really is advocating and there is a new 2024 Advocate of the Year. She’s Emma Coffman, from Temple, TX. She was selected by the National Cattlemens Beef Association , a contractor to the Beef Checkoff. The award recognizes Coffman for her creative use of storytelling across social media platforms, along with breaking down barriers as a first-generation cattle rancher.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A Limited Liability Company is an expansion of the partnership principle. It aims at securing a better method of mobilizing financial resources. The company comes into existence when a number of persons join together to invest their money in a common enterprise.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

If theres one thing thats predictable in the current grain markets, its unpredictability. While farmers are not complaining about a trend reversal in the corn market to the upside, the uncertainty of whats at play in the market does create some stress. To unpack whats happened and what to watch for in the coming days Read More If theres one thing thats predictable in the current grain markets, its unpredictability.

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ProAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

ProAg believes outstanding leadership goes beyond just businessit’s about supporting people in every aspect of their lives. That’s why we’re proud to celebrate Nancy Molter-Zirbes, ProAg Software Development Manager, as she receives the Service Member Patriot Award. This honor recognizes supervisors who go above and beyond to support employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The poultry industry in the U.S. and many other parts of the world are recently being rocked by incidents of bird flu, otherwise known as avian influenza. This disease can have devastating effects on poultry farm operations and we want to help give you information to keep you informed. In this article, we will touch on what bird flu is, how to spot it; what to do if you see it, and precautions to keep your flock safe.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Partnership is a relationship which exists between two or more persons, who, by an agreement, decide to run a business together and share the risks and profits of the business. Generally, the number of partners may vary from a minimum of two to a maximum of twenty.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The fertilizer market doesnt move in lock-step with the grain markets both the peak demand and trends work on their own timelines. Which is too bad, of course, when commodity prices drop but fertilizer prices dont follow suit. Both the fertilizer and commodity markets are, however, working through uncertainty and trade disruption created by Read More The fertilizer market doesnt move in lock-step with the grain markets both the peak demand and trends work on their own timelines.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Researchers at Penn State University demonstrated that some genetic lines of corn contain high levels of flavonoids that protect them from damage by corn earworm larvae. Corn earworm larvae cause significant crop loss in corn, but both a genetically engineered corn and a conventionally bred corn high in flavanoids caused corn earworm larvae to grow much more slowly, with many of them dying. “This research is important because it may be an early step toward the development of corn lines res

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Ohio State University

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Ohio State offers resources for farmers, consumers By: Tracy Turner With egg prices soaring due to supply chain disruptions and avian flu impacts, many consumers are looking for ways to stretch their egg supply while ensuring food safety. Experts at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) offer key insights into safe egg storage, viable substitutes and the economic factors behind the price hikes.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Earlier, it was established that agricultural insurance is a financial tool to transfer risks associated with farming to a third party via the payment of a premium that reflects the true long-term cost to the insurer assuming those risks. Agricultural insurance is a special line of property insurance applied to agricultural firms.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Drew Lerner with World Weather Inc. to discuss the spring weather forecast. Haney is then joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith both of RealAgriculture for the RealAg Issues Panel. The trio discusses a number of topics including: Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio!

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