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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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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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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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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NASDA

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Media Advisory WHO : U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman G. T. Thompson and Ranking Member Angie Craig will discuss the committees policy priorities with state department of agriculture leaders during the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2025 Winter Policy Conference. Ranking Member Craig will address the conference on Tuesday, and Chairman Thompson will speak on Wednesday.

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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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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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Dairy Outlook: Prices for heifers hit record highs. CoBanks Corey Geiger explains why this is happening and what to expect going forward.

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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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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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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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Hi-Tech Farming: New techniques could get a handle on how much biomass exists with a cover crop.

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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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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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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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Corn Chatter: The simplest ideas are often the best ones. This farmer has a brilliant solution for the problem of disappearing hitch pins.

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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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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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Marketing 115

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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces partial fund release for conservation payments, but many farmers still uncertain about their payment status.

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Agriculture Agriculture 111

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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Agriculture Agriculture Production 105

AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Texas Crop and Weather Report - Feb. 19, 2025 The post Texas dairy producers meeting the needs of a growing market appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Show-Me Life: As a former member, heres what I wish I learned from studying and competing in FFA contests.

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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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Global Agtech Initiative

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The company now starts with Source.ag solutions to streamline data collection and data analysis. The post Mexico: Finka Becomes Source.ag Customer to Enhance Precision and Efficiency in Greenhouse Tomato Cultivation appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Consumers are decrying the price of a dozen eggs, but HPAI is taking a toll on poultry farmers around the U.S.

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Poultry 110

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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CABI

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A spray service provider is a trained professional who applies plant protection products to help farmers safeguard their cropsan essential role that 26-year-old Solomon Kariuki has turned into a thriving business in his rural community. In this feature, Solomon shares how the Crop Sprayer application has positively impacted his spray service business.

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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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The partnership between Dollar General and Reinford Farms is a first in the U.S.

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Farming Farming 111

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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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This time of year I get a lot of questions about how this year’s weather is affected by changes in the climate over time. Here is an interesting article from Time magazine that describes the kinds of changes we expect to see across the United States.

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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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