Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

While policy leaders around the world are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an unprecedented speed, the science is still working to catch up, at least when it comes to measuring carbon sequestration rates and emissions at the farm level. The conventional way of measuring carbon is to look at what is currently. Read More While policy leaders around the world are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an unprecedented speed, the science is still working to catch up,

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

James Merchant and Robert Martin, eds. Public Health Impacts of Industrial Farm Animal Production. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production with both authors about 15 years ago and was happy to do a blurb for their book. This hard-hitting book defies meat industry pressure and obfuscation to document the devastating effects of its current production methods on the quality of air and water and on human health.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – Today at the 2024 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting , three key thought leaders joined the Food Systems & Nutrition Committee to share their insights on the integration of local and regional food systems into nutrition security programs. Fair Food Network Policy Lead Mark Nicholson, NourishedRx Vice President of Partnerships and Compliance Kendall Singleton and Urban School Food Alliance Cooperative Agreement Administrator Do

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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On the importance of diversity in ecological research. Diversity of the research teams, that is. Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity. The main gap seem to be in the area of “payment for services.” The Role of Crop, Livestock, and Farmed Aquatic Intraspecific Diversity in Maintaining Ecosystem Services.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Over the past 20 years, advancements in corn genetics have helped produce an average yield gain of better than two bushels per acre, per year. What does the future hold for further yield advancement and where might genetic improvement take the king of crops? On this episode of the The Sharp Edge, host Bernard Tobin. Read More Over the past 20 years, advancements in corn genetics have helped produce an average yield gain of better than two bushels per acre, per year.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Here’s how I learned about this one: Unilever, Nestlé and Coca-Cola villainised for government scientist ties. Mondelēz International, Tate & Lyle, Pepsico and a host of other global food and drink manufacturing majors face fresh scrutiny over their links to government-advising scientists…. Read more Villainized? Isn’t this just business as usual?

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – During the 2024 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting , members elected their 2025 officers. Arkansas Department of Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward will serve as NASDA’s 2024-2025 President. “I am honored to continue serving this organization and proud to be elected as this year’s president by my fellow NASDA members,” Ward said.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Sometimes, drought, hail or pests get in the way, leading to crop yield potential that isn’t worth taking for grain. This is where having a mixed operation or. Read More When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings.

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Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The top-ranked Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is undertaking a $9 million campaign to add more Ukrainian scholarship and programming. The post With $3 million gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program appeared first on Berkeley News.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – NASDA’s newly appointed board of directors unanimously passed a resolution expressing support for the expeditious passage of a comprehensive, bi-partisan farm bill. “America’s farmers and ranchers provide the food, fiber, fuel and shelter that we all depend on every single day but they are subject to numerous and complex challenges that are out of their control,” newly-elected NASDA President Wes Ward said.

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Agri-tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The role of the John Innes Centre in supporting crop breeders and farmers has been recognised with a prestigious award for one of its leading wheat researchers. Dr Simon Griffiths, group leader at the John Innes Centre and programme lead for the Delivering Sustainable Wheat Institute Strategic Programme (ISP), is the 2024 winner of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) award for Science.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The USDA will roll out its latest production report this coming Monday, and farmers and analysts alike are hoping it provokes some market action to the upside. Scott Shelladay, host of The Cow Guy on RFD-TV, says that next week’s report will be crucial to grain market moves, markets that have been weathering news of. Read More The USDA will roll out its latest production report this coming Monday, and farmers and analysts alike are hoping it provokes some market action to the upside.

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Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

For over two decades, Berkeley has almost always been ranked as the No. 1 or No. 2 public school in the country. The post ‘U.S. News’ ranks UC Berkeley No. 2 public school in the country appeared first on Berkeley News.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At today’s 2024 Annual Meeting , the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture hosted National Agricultural Law Center’s Director Harrison Pittman, Senior Staff Attorney Rusty Rumley and Staff Attorney Brigit Rollins for a discussion on the potential impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine during the Natural Resources and Environment Policy Committee meeting.

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USDA Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Ally Huang, a senior at Pomona College in California, just completed an internship through the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As a public policy analysis major focusing on economics, she found that the experience enabled her to connect her educational background with a familiar cause: food security.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The timing couldn’t be worse for a port strike and the union representing grain workers in the six main grain terminals in Vancouver knows it. In the world of labour relations, this is what’s known as leverage; the Grain Workers Union Local 333 has it and the union is attempting to use it to its. Read More The timing couldn’t be worse for a port strike and the union representing grain workers in the six main grain terminals in Vancouver knows it.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Clemson team has conducted an intensive, integrated research and Extension project on broiler litter application across South Carolina. The research involves collaborations with 20 farmers.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Foundation is excited to announce the launch of its 2024-2025 Farm2Food Accelerator program, with new cohorts planned for Nevada, Virginia and Colorado. This initiative builds on alumni success from previous years, supported by state Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds from the U.S.

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Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Existence of Earth-like planet around dead sun offers hope for our planet's ultimate survival The post This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth — 8 billion years from now appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson has got so many agronomy answers this week, and two very important reminders. First off, check in with someone you haven’t talked to in a while, it may be a really warm memory for years to come, and, second, if you’ve ever seen a young person driving a tractor on the. Read More Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson has got so many agronomy answers this week, and two very important reminders.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

ICGA says EPA’s multipollutant rule and DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rule would devastate agriculture.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture discussed “Regulatory Landscape Surrounding Hemp and Hemp-Derived Products” during the Plant Agriculture and Pesticide Regulation Committee meeting at NASDA’s 2024 Annual Meeting. The session featured the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Senior Public Health Advisor Norman Birenbaum, and Cannabis Regulators Association Executive Director Dr.

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Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

At UC Berkeley, Richards built sensitive instruments to explore relic radiation from the Big Bang The post Physicist Paul Richards, a pioneer in studies of the cosmic microwave background, dies at 90 appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The provincial grower groups from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and even Ontario have ponied up funds to support the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange, kicking off the $100+ million funding campaign. News of the support came last week, and reaction has been mixed, as is often the case when producer groups commit large funds to a project. Read More The provincial grower groups from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and even Ontario have ponied up funds to support the Global Agriculture T

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AgriLife Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Department tops U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2025 The post Texas A&M Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering ranked No. 1 in nation appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At today’s 2024 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting, the Animal Agriculture Policy Committee hosted discussion centered on highly pathogenic avian influenza and the important role of states in response. National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials President Dr. Beth Thompson shared her experiences with the committee and NASDA spoke with Dr.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I lost my key fobs in a peanut field this week after touring several fields. Learn more about the kindness of a farmer and what some patience, perseverance and prayer resolved.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

AGRIS Co-operative will unveil all the upgrades to its Dutton, Ont., branch on September 25, including significant upgrades to grain storage, crop input handling, and site infrastructure. Key upgrades at the Dutton Branch include: An additional 400,000 bushels of storage space, a 15,000 bushel-per-hour receiving leg, and a new Millennium dryer system that dries up.

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Agri-tech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Plants are incredible organisms, making up around 80% of all the biomass on Earth. However, despite their abundance, many people just don’t seem to notice plants. Dr Shannon Woodhouse, Education Programme Co-ordinator, explores this phenomenon. Look at the picture above, what was the first thing you saw? I can guarantee it was Rex the cat and not the beautiful crocuses next to him.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At today’s National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2024 Annual Meeting , the Animal Agriculture Policy Committee hosted a panel focusing on recent outbreaks of H5 influenza in poultry and dairy populations and its impacts on “secure” plans for the livestock sector. Serving as panelists were Dr. Danelle Bickett-Weddle, veterinary and public health consultant and Preventalytics owner, Dr.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Agriculture's fly-in to Washington D.C. helped sound the alarm about the urgency for a new farm bill. now. Support levels are at a 42-year low and growers are facing the prospect of enormous losses.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that the U.S. fat cattle market in the south and in the north the live market, appears to be gaining some ground, coming off of the early September lows. That being. Read More In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

During the day today, Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 became Tropical Storm Helene. It is continuing to strengthen and should be a hurricane soon. It is expected to continue to strengthen over the next day and become a major hurricane before making landfall along the Northern Gulf Coast sometime on Thursday.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At its 2024 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture recognized three exemplary employees of state departments of agriculture for their service, communication and administration on behalf of their state. “NASDA members are committed to strengthening and promoting agriculture across the country, and we could not do that without the excellent work of employees at our state departments,” NASDA President Blayne Arthur s

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

By Thursday morning, the rainbands swept across the region. Not much more could be done for Southeast farmers to prepare. Hurricane Helene was coming.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s (DFO) held its regular board meeting on Sept. 25, 2024, approving the elections of three board members by acclamation. Bart Rijke, board member for Region 1; Don Gordon, board member for Region 5; and, Vicky Morrison, board member for Region 9 will each serve a four-year term beginning Jan.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Farmer and USDA staff in hoop house. Credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This post is the sixth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Through a series of posts comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Committees’ proposals, we provide an assessment of how each chamber’s bill would address a given challenge, and our recommended path forward.

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