Food Politics

JUNE 5, 2024

In considering the effects of ultra-processed foods, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) only dealt with observational research. It excluded what I consider the most important study ever done to explain weight gain: the controlled clinical trial of ultra-processed versus processed diets done at NIH in 2019. This study is hugely important for four reasons: The ultra-processed and minimally processed diets were matched for nutrients and palatability; study subjects could not tell wh

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 4, 2024

How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding? And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School. In 2023, Myslik ran a trial to evaluate how tissue testing and foliar feeding could impact the PRIDE hybrid A6929G4.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 6, 2024

The latest version of the SPAM global crop area distribution model is out. You can play with it here. Some bullet points on the USDA’s National Plant Germplasm System outpost in Pullman. Yes, the above references Svalbard, as does this piece on Spanish tomatoes. Pity we can’t put olives in Svalbard, but there’s a another way to protect olive diversity.

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

Letter Dear Secretary Vilsack, We appreciate the ongoing efforts of your agency to respond to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle, especially the opportunity to regularly meet with you and your team to share information and concerns. State departments of agriculture, like USDA, are dedicated to protecting farmers, farmworkers, and the workforce throughout the entire supply chain.

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Food Politics

JUNE 7, 2024

At long last, Peter Byck’s Roots So Deep is available for viewing. Peter is at Arizona State. He’s done something quite remarkable, so much so that I wrote a blurb for his films. If we are going to do anything to prevent further climate change, soil degradation, and groundwater pollution, we are going to have to transform current agricultural practices to those that are more regenerative.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s like lemon juice on a paper cut for those in the far south of Ontario who haven’t got an acre of corn in the ground yet, but the initial look at the emerged corn crop in the U.S. is looking mighty fine. Ranulf Glanville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says that this early good. Read More It’s like lemon juice on a paper cut for those in the far south of Ontario who haven’t got an acre of corn in the ground yet, but the initial look at the emerged corn crop in th

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 2, 2024

Understanding the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport and health nexus in Europe. Meta-analysis shows that a lot of things people do affect biodiversity negatively, yet biodiversity affects most things people want to do positively. Food Systems Interventions for Nutrition: Lessons from 6 Program Evaluations in Africa and South Asia.

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Food Politics

JUNE 6, 2024

Despite all the fuss about the guidelines every five years, they say the same things every time: eat more fruits and vegetables (plant foods), balance calories (good luck with that), and reduce intake of saturated fat, sugars, and salt (euphemisms for ultra-processed foods). You don’t believe me? Take a look: Ancel and Margaret Keys’ 1959 dietary guidelines for prevention of coronary heart disease.* Do not get fat, if you are fat, reduce.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 7, 2024

Welcome to Frontlines: Geopolitics affecting agriculture with Jacob Shapiro of Cognitive Investments and Shaun Haney! On this podcast episode, Shapiro unpacks the results of this week’s Mexican presidential election. Shapiro says that electing Claudia Sheinbaum as its president-elect is a net positive for the country, but potentially negative for Canadian and American agricultural producers, as.

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USDA Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

This summer 14 students (PDF, 85.0 KB) from agricultural migrant and farmworker backgrounds will take part in paid 10-week internships with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

"I see this as, in some ways, a pretty natural outcome for a country that committed officially decades ago to increasing women’s presence in government," said UC Berkeley historian Margaret Chowning. The post Claudia Sheinbaum just became Mexico’s first female president. It’s not surprising, Berkeley historian says. appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Food Politics

JUNE 4, 2024

I don’t like writing about the dietary guidelines process while it is still ongoing because so much can change between now and the time the advisory committee submits its report, and USDA and HHS issue the actual guidelines. But this Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is dealing with the concept of ultra-processed foods and is tied in knots over it.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 6, 2024

The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry has released its report on the importance of soil health. “Critical Ground: Why Soil is Essential to Canada’s Economic, Environmental, Human, and Social Health” combines information from over 150 witnesses, 60 written briefs, and supporting documents from soil science researchers, agronomists, farmers, ranchers, foresters, environmental organizations, agri-businesses, industry.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 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. In 1948, E.M. Emmert, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky, was tinkering around with how to build a cheap greenhouse. He decided to use polyethylene sheets in lieu of the glass sides, bending the plastic film around a wooden frame.

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Agri-tech

JUNE 7, 2024

Two-day, online course: 12-13 November 2024 The BBSRC funded Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW) Institute Strategic Programme spans nine UK research institutes and universities and aims to develop new wheat germplasm containing the next generation of key traits. The aim of the DSW In Practice course is provide an entry level introduction to wheat research, giving a taste of the work in DSW.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Meyer comes to Berkeley from the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been dean of the School of Information since 2018. He will begin his new job on Aug. 1. The post Eric T. Meyer will lead UC Berkeley’s School of Information appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 6, 2024

The wheat market isn’t usually the exciting one to watch, but as Ranulf Granville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says over the last six to eight weeks there’s a lot of company that’s started to gather on the bullish side making for some excitement. But is wheat really in that much better a fundamental position. Read More The wheat market isn’t usually the exciting one to watch, but as Ranulf Granville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says over the last six to ei

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 5, 2024

Tiffany Lashmet discusses a case involving a landowner who had a negligence suit filed against them for a tree on their land that fell onto the highway and injured a driver. Who is liable?

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

Helmy Abouleish is the CEO of SEKEM , a sustainable development initiative that has transformed desert into vitally productive agricultural land in Egypt through biodynamic and organic agricultural principles. It is now a thriving enterprise, reflecting the incredible impact of land restoration on climate, nature and people. We invited Helmy to gives us his thoughts on climate change, water, sustainable development and the Economy of Love.

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Global Agtech Initiative

JUNE 7, 2024

To capture the full value of data, we need to do the right things up front to ensure accurate, understandable data is available to those asking for it downstream. The post Getting to the Root Cause of Incompatible Ag Data appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 7, 2024

The Canadian Angus Association is set to receive just over $1.6 million through the AgriScience Program – Projects Component, to help improve genetic evaluation tools for Canadian beef and dairy cattle. With this federal support, the CAA says it will “leverage cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, camera and computer vision systems to capture.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 3, 2024

Some Texas regions have received rainfall, while 46% of the state remains in some level of drought. Specialists discuss range management considerations, plus the latest Texas Crop and Weather Report.

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USDA Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off National Homeownership Month. Each year, as part of this nationwide celebration , USDA highlights programs that help people in rural and Tribal areas buy, build and repair affordable homes.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 6, 2024

Photo credit: Lindsey Scalera Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday, May 24. The first post provides an overview of the markup process and the bill as a whole, as well as its likely (or unlikely) path to becoming law.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 4, 2024

How often do we hear the old adage “farming is a lifestyle”? The simple fact is that while farming allows so many of us to live a beautiful way of life, connected to the land in a way that the majority of people could never imagine, it’s not an easy way of life. Unlike the. Read More How often do we hear the old adage “farming is a lifestyle”?

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 5, 2024

Estate Plan Edge: Here’s what the president’s proposals look like for farmers paying income taxes, capital gains taxes, estate taxes and more.

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Agri-tech

JUNE 3, 2024

The John Innes Centre has joined more than 25 leading research organisations in signing an environmental sustainability concordat. The Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice, hosted by Wellcome commits signatories and supporters to embedding environmental sustainability into all research and innovation practice.

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Food Tank

JUNE 5, 2024

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is a Nairobi-based research institute that elevates the role insects play in the creation of environmentally and socially sustainable food systems across Africa. Founded in 1970, icipe aims to understand how insects can best be introduced across the food system. They recognize the value of insects in agricultural environments and their potential to be used as a primary ingredient in consumer products.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 6, 2024

Methane emissions from cattle have received plenty of mainstream attention over the past decade, with calls to eat less beef often not accounting for the carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits of producing highly-nutritious food on grasslands. The panel in this episode of the Ag Policy Connection ruminates on how environmental policies can help or hinder.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 4, 2024

Ag Marketing IQ: Flooding in Brazil dropped 2023-’24 production and June WASDE and Conab reports may flow decreases into 2024-’25 grain estimates as well.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

JUNE 5, 2024

In summer months I typically write a monthly outlook for our Georgia cotton and peanut growers. Here is the latest edition for June 2024. It may be generally useful for folks across the Southeast although it is directed towards those in Georgia. Welcome to summer!

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Tillable

JUNE 7, 2024

What's new in CamoAg: Data Updates and Enhanced Features We’re excited to share the latest from our team. Read on to learn more about what product features were released and featured use cases for our platform. What’s New? Data Updates and Enhanced Features Our Ag-Specific dataset is central to the CamoAg platform, supporting sales, marketing, appraisal, and farm management workflows.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s stroke awareness week! Peter Johnson starts off this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word by talking about both volunteering and the importance of catching strokes early. Medical procedures can now reverse almost all of the negative impacts of a stroke if they can be treated within the first four to six hours. Remember the acronym. Read More It’s stroke awareness week!

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 3, 2024

The new, high-tech and innovative ideas are rolling into the Farm Progress Show and Husker Harvest Days. Here’s what you’ll want to see.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

The Science of Happiness is a podcast from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. This episode is about the science behind showing kindness to others. The post The Science of Happiness: Being kind is good for your health appeared first on Berkeley News.

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AgriLife Today

JUNE 5, 2024

AgriLife Extension specialist Cook works toward viticulture doctorate The post Top wine society award and scholarship helps educator continue learning appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Ranulf Glanville, chief market analyst with GrainFox to discuss the commodity markets. We will also hear some feedback from the audience and don’t miss the top ag news stories! Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio.

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