Real Agriculture
JUNE 27, 2024
Protein Industries Canada has announced that inaugural CEO, Bill Greuel, is leaving the organization that’s focused on developing Canada’s plant-based protein industry. Greuel, who has been with the organization since October 2018, has accepted the position of Deputy Minister of Agriculture with the Government of Saskatchewan. His last day with Protein Industries Canada will be.
Food Politics
JUNE 27, 2024
If you haven’t been worried about microplastics in your body, perhaps this study will get your attention. Here’s the abstract: Its alarming conclusion: The detection of MPs in penile tissue raises inquiries on the ramifications of environmental pollutants on sexual health. Our research adds a key dimension to the discussion on man-made pollutants, focusing on MPs in the male reproductive system.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
JUNE 25, 2024
Jeremy tackles food as medicine and superfoods in his latest newsletter. Do subscribe. The ultimate expression of food as medicine is the search for active ingredients. Why go to the bother of eating broccoli or Brussels sprouts if you can swallow a pill of glucosinolates and get all that cancer-fighting power directly? I’ve even seen arguments that beneficial phytochemicals be purified from wild plants and somehow incorporated into the batter for chicken nuggets.
Civil Eats
JUNE 27, 2024
Rebecca Genia walks out into Shinnecock Bay at low tide with a few of her great-grandchildren, using her feet to find hard-shelled quahogs buried in the sand. As a kid, she could fill a trash can with the blue-lipped mollusks in less than an hour—and could also gather other shellfish like oysters, mussels, or scallops, depending on the season. Now, she says, “it takes us a while to even get a couple of dozen clams.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 25, 2024
The national industry association that represents the Canadian cereal grains value chain is navigating some internal upheaval, as multiple grain company members have notified the organization of their intent to withdraw their membership in Cereals Canada.
Food Politics
JUNE 25, 2024
This is a big personal loss. I met Narsai David—chef, host, raconteur, radio personality, philanthropist, theater lover, friend—in 1955 when we lived at the student co-ops at Berkeley. These required 5 hours of work a week, and I did mine peeling potatoes under Narsai’s supervision at the co-op central kitchen. We stayed in touch over the years, sometimes memorably, as when we were both filmed with Craig Claiborne and Frank Blair for the KQED show, Over Easy in 1980 or so (that’s me on the rig
Western FarmPress
JUNE 27, 2024
Without pest control products it would take more land, more water, more greenhouse gas emissions and more energy.
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Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
When all the policy focus on a changing climate has been on slowing or stopping the change from happening, a second aspect has been largely ignored: adaptation. That’s the subject of a new policy concepts paper, “Climate Change in Canadian Agriculture: The Context and the Evidence Demonstrate that Policy Should Refocus on Adaptation,” penned by.
Food Politics
JUNE 24, 2024
The California Table Grape Commission funds lots of research for an explicit purpose: “to help discover how and why grapes are beneficial to health.” It lengthy list of funded projects is here. Published studies are here. You want to do one of these studies? Let them know here. Grape research is conducted using a freeze-dried table grape powder, designed to facilitate reproducible data and to provide researchers with a grape sample that is available year-round.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 25, 2024
Ep. 17. We're talking shop with Farm Futures Senior Editor Ben Potter, as he shares farmer perspectives on current carbon program details, as well as history of carbon credits.
Civil Eats
JUNE 27, 2024
Five years ago, the American farmed-seaweed industry barely existed. Wild seaweeds had been harvested for centuries by Indigenous peoples on both coasts, for a range of uses including insulation, medication, and fertilizer. Later, seaweeds were then harvested from the wild for agricultural fertilizers and the cosmetics industry. As for kelp farms, though, there were only a smattering of them in Maine, selling products to restaurants or natural-foods stores.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
The beast is back! Ontario’s winter wheat crop has high yield potential but there are also high levels of yield robbing fusarium in fields in some regions of the province. Real Agriculture agronomist Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson says it’s not as bad as 1996 when fusarium decimated the provincial winter wheat crop, but growers will.
Modern Farmer
JUNE 27, 2024
Sam Rudman, one of the first-year farmers of Friends Farm in Lafayette, Colorado, says covering a field with fertilizer shortly before 60-miles-per-hour winds started up was definitely one of his many “rookie mistakes” as a new farmer. He clearly remembers the day in February 2023 when winds threatened to blow away hundreds of dollars in supplies and hours of hard work as a big wakeup call.
Food Politics
JUNE 28, 2024
The USDA has just summarized its accomplishments with respect to food and nutrition assisttance since the pandemic. It’s an impressive list. The report has loads of enlightening charts. This one shows the substantial increase in spending on food assistance over the years, and recently. This report has the advantage of putting everything in one place.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
AgriCapture helps rice farmers with the first large-scale issuance of carbon credits.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 27, 2024
Cereals Canada has officially announced its vision for a new facility to be built in downtown Winnipeg that would be branded as the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate.) The national cereal grain value chain organization sees the facility serving as a hub for Canada’s grain industry, promoting the use of Canadian crops around the world.
Berkeley Blog
JUNE 25, 2024
“I think the glory years of libraries are coming,” says the University Librarian, who's retiring from UC Berkeley at the end of June. The post Jeff MacKie-Mason has seen the future of libraries appeared first on Berkeley News.
Food Tank
JUNE 28, 2024
In the United States, consolidation throughout the agricultural sector makes it difficult for smaller, independent farms to survive. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture , large farms comprise only 4 percent of the total number of farms in the U.S. but control two-thirds of agricultural land. Now many are calling for solutions to help support beginning farmers and revitalize rural communities.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 27, 2024
Slideshow: One simple trick also leads to better fuel economy and enhanced yield.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 24, 2024
Buried in the mountain of other things in Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, passed last week as Parliament shut down for the summer break, was a clause to amend Section 74.01 of the Competition Act.
Ohio State University
JUNE 27, 2024
The Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Alexis Villacis. Dr. Villacis earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Tech, an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, and a B.Sc. in Agribusiness Management from Zamorano University.
Agri-tech
JUNE 26, 2024
Crop science is beginning to reap the benefits of Arthur Ernest Watkins’ work in the early 20th Century to assemble a diverse collection of local cultivars of wheat. As wheat scientist Robert Koebner wrote of this unassuming pioneer in the Genetics Society magazine, “Over 50 years since Watkins’ death and about 100 years since his collection was assembled, the memory of this ostensibly quiet.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
One tractor museum in South Dakota and two in Nebraska should be on your travel schedule.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 26, 2024
For those following the grain markets, how do you tease out seasonal lows or ticks lower versus bigger issues dragging on prices? It’s not an easy distinction to make, says Chuck Penner, founder of Leftfield Commodity Research. This time of year, as the calendar flips to summer and the crop potential gets measured week by. Read More For those following the grain markets, how do you tease out seasonal lows or ticks lower versus bigger issues dragging on prices?
Organic Farming Research
JUNE 26, 2024
The Organic Farming Research Foundation leads a coalition of 90 farms, organizations, institutions, and businesses urging Congress to boost organic research funding in the next Farm Bill to bolster sustainability and economic growth. The post OFRF and 90 Partners Issue Urgent Call for More Organic Research Funding in Farm Bill appeared first on Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Agri-tech
JUNE 24, 2024
The Governing Council of the John Innes Centre has been strengthened with the appointment of three new members. We are thrilled to welcome Professor Jane Langdale, Professor Julian Hibberd and Professor Mark Searcey to the institute. Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett, Chair of the John Innes Centre’s Governing Council, said: “I am delighted to welcome the new members to bolster the multi-skilled team that.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 24, 2024
Business Basics: If you don’t treat your farm like a business, neither will the IRS.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 24, 2024
Did you know what you want to be at twelve years old? Kurtis Reid did, and he has spent his life chasing that dream, leveraging his network to make it happen. Joining me, Paige Warner, in this episode of The Successors is Kurtis Reid, Saskatchewan sales manager — independent business with Masterfeeds, host and creator. Read More Did you know what you want to be at twelve years old?
Modern Farmer
JUNE 28, 2024
At nine years old, I started a rabbitry. Raising my trio of Dutch rabbits to take to the fair, I fell in love with the breed and raising them. Before long, I expanded to include Polish rabbits, Dorset advantage sheep and Welsh Harlequin and Call ducks. I eventually added horses and hogs to my growing small business, raising animals for sale in my community.
Berkeley Blog
JUNE 24, 2024
With California Climate Action Seed Grant funding, ESPM assistant professor Miranda Redmond is assisting Tribal nations in managing culturally important pinyon-juniper forests in the eastern Sierra Nevada The post Working with Tribal nations to preserve pinyon forests and pine nuts appeared first on Berkeley News.
Western FarmPress
JUNE 22, 2024
John Deere and CNH Industrial to lay off hundreds from U.S. manufacturing facilities.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward. But that doesn’t mean that all the attendees of the forum agreed with each other at the outset. Instead, the forum worked hard to find areas of common interest and support to create. Read More The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward.
Organic Farming Research
JUNE 28, 2024
Our Board President, April Jones Thatcher, offers a heartfelt reflection on the joys and challenges of organic farming. In her inspiring call to action, April explores how you can be part of a healthier food system. Read her message and discover how your choices can cultivate a more sustainable future for our communities and our planet. The post The Song of One Thrush: Why We Need Each Other to Build a Healthier Food System appeared first on Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Agric4profits
JUNE 25, 2024
Mango pedicels, the small stalks that attach individual mango flowers and subsequently the fruits to the main inflorescence or cluster, are crucial components o
Western FarmPress
JUNE 28, 2024
June 28 Acreage: Higher-than-expected corn acres causes significant price drop; soybean plantings lower than trade guesses.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 28, 2024
The organization that brings together and represents Canada’s cereal grain value chain has a new board chair. Brett Halstead, who farms at Nokomis, Sask., and represents the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, was elected chair at Cereals Canada’s board meeting in Winnipeg on Thursday. Rounding out Cereals’ executive committee for 2024 are Adam Dyck (Warburtons), who.
Organic Farming Research
JUNE 26, 2024
At Lazy Eight Stock Farm, farmer Bryce Baumann has worked with local NRCS agents in Kentucky to transition to organic production, and is now implementing practices to reduce plastic use and protect soil through the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program coordinated by the Organic Association of Kentucky (OAK). The post Organic farmers lead the way toward climate-smart agriculture appeared first on Organic Farming Research Foundation.
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