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Leaf twisting, burning, cupping, or crinkling — those are just some of the signs that a crop may be suffering from herbicide injury. Why do herbicides cause crop injury? University of Guelph weed researcher Dr. Peter Sikkema says injury causes can be classified into seven basic categories. That list includes extreme weather, unique or variable. Read More Leaf twisting, burning, cupping, or crinkling — those are just some of the signs that a crop may be suffering from herbicide injury.
I think it’s time to start a new “of the week” series of posts—this one on egregiously marketed food products. Thanks to Jerry Mande, who sent me this email: Are you writing about Veggie Cheerios ? An especially egregious case of misleading marketing. This could be Rob Califf’s Citrus Hill Fresh Choice moment. Particularly troubling is that original Cheerios, a go to finger food for moms of infants and toddlers, is lower sugar and higher in fiber than Veggie Cheerios – which only have 2g sugar
The DLG (German Agricultural Society) has announced the launch of 'FarmRobotix' as part of its DLG Feldtage (DLG Field Days) exhibition taking place in Erwitte, Germany from the 11th to 13th June 2024
Herlinda Huipe and her husband Carmelo Rojas operate Tierra HR Organic Farm on California’s Central Coast. It’s small, so they both still work part time on larger farms, primarily picking strawberries. But the couple has recently hit a milestone: During their busiest harvest days, they’ve had to hire people to help with their celery crop. “They are people who are really fast at cutting it,” Rojas said, “and we pay them as contractors.
Farm Credit Canada has added a sixth Sustainability Incentive Program for those who use FCC as their lending institution and use AgExpert Premium software. Curtis Grainger, director of lending products and sustainability programs for Farm Credit Canada, explains that this latest program provides up to $2,000 for farms that already use or implement 4R nutrient.
Jerry Hagstrom’s Hagstrom Report , to which I subscribe, often has information I would not otherwise see. Here’s one example. He reported that USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service finally released its analysis of dairy checkoff programs, supposedly due annually by law. No reports were published from 2020 through 2022. Some members of Congress complained in a letter to Secretary Vilsack.
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A reader, Kris, sent me this query: I hope in a future writing you can help sort out the mixed statements I’m reading about how pasture-raised meat lines up in terms of environmental/climate change concerns, (particularly if it doesn’t involve extensive shipping). I’ve seen statements and studies on both sides of the argument and I’m having a hard time determining what is supported science vs wishful thinking or greenwashing marketing hype.
Back in the ’90s, beef was what was for dinner. As a fourth-generation Georgia cattleman, you’d think I’d be a big fan of that catchy campaign—but the truth is, the ad is the product of a system that has been putting ranchers like me out of business for decades. The beef ads were paid for with funds collected through federal research and promotion programs, also called commodity checkoff programs.
Precision Planting’s Panorama platform and Climate FieldView, Bayer’s digital farming platform, have announced new connectivity for the 2024 growing season. Now, farmers using the Panorama platform, either by app or website, can transfer agronomic and farm equipment data to their FieldView accounts. Those using FieldView’s Gen 3 20|20 can view maps, input summaries, and agronomic.
Here’s where I first saw this one: Antioxidant supplement improves sperm quality and pregnancy outcomes, research suggests: Supplementing men with a combination of micronutrients and L-Carnitine shows promise in improving sperm motility and pregnancy outcomes, a new study concludes…. Read more I could not wait to fsee the research. The study: Effect of Micronutrients and L-Carnitine as Antioxidant on Sperm Parameters, Genome Integrity, and ICSI Outcomes: Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-C
John Zander’s family has owned a stretch of land along New Jersey’s southern coast for 30 years, but he only recently dubbed the farm “Cohansey Meadows.” Cohansey for the river that runs through it. Meadows for the term that residents of the region use to refer to the vast marshes that create a fluid transition between solid ground and the water of the Delaware Bay.
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When it comes to machinery shops, most farmers like to build them in their yard from the ground up. But farmers are also innovators and some just can’t resist looking for alternative ways to get the job done. That’s certainly the case for Dresden, Ont., grain farmer Mark Richards who in 2015 came up with.
Utilizing the Starlink network, this solution will allow farmers facing rural connectivity challenges to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies.
American Farmland Trust will be the Title Sponsor for the 2024 Solar Farm Summit, North America’s Agrivoltaics Expo, with a three-year commitment to collaborate in the development of an effective and catalytic annual event focused on solar projects that combine active farming with energy generation—a dual land use known as “agrivoltaics.
There’s never going to be a one-size-fits all recipe for top wheat yields — too much depends on fertility, soil conditions, and weather. That said, there are some practices that year in and year out are part of a successful stand. Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson says that the Great Lakes YEN project has helped to. Read More There’s never going to be a one-size-fits all recipe for top wheat yields — too much depends on fertility, soil conditions, and weather.
When Lauren Hawkins graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, she had a job waiting for her. Thanks to her participation in the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program , she was hired right away as an agricultural engineer with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Science (NRCS).
The world’s largest technology showcase is welcoming more and more ag tech into the fold. Here’s a quick rundown of what was on display from the world of ag.
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Texas A&M University becomes third research site Texas A&M University has been designated as the third research site within the Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science, CARFS, as part of the center’s Phase II. Texas A&M is collaborating with center-lead Florida International University and Sam Houston State University within the nation’s only forensic.
We asked seven commodity market analysts to give commodity market outlooks for 2024 With their insights, the bearish market conditions will carry over, with a slightly more optimistic outlook for soybeans over corn.
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The partnership to expand rural connectivity to farmers through satellite communications will have far-reaching implications. The post Rural Connectivity Gets a Major Boost: 5 Things to Know About the John Deere-SpaceX Deal appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
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