Real Agriculture

JULY 12, 2024

The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a growing environment that’s high risk for disease. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin and Hensall Co-op. Read More The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a gro

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Food Politics

JULY 9, 2024

By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine, which said that the courts were required to uphold regulatory decisions of federal agencies unless Congress said otherwise. The court majority called the doctrine “fundamentally misguided.” The decision involves food politics in two ways: (1) the case, Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2024

Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn, a board member of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture today. As director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Chinn plays a crucial role in protecting the well-being of farmers and consumers while ensuring the vitality of Missouri’s diverse food supply within her state and beyond.

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Agri-tech

JULY 10, 2024

Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease. These non-flowering plants are often regarded as unsophisticated compared to their flowering relatives – which include major crops. However, new research carried out by the John Innes Centre has found that non-flowering bryophytes.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 12, 2024

Split application, variable rates, stabilizers and a side-dresser with Y-drops: it all adds up to better nitrogen use for Binbrook, Ont., corn grower Nik Oreskovic. On this episode of The Sharp Edge, Oreskovic tells Maizex agronomist Henry Prinzen how he has parlayed Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) cost-share funding into an advanced nitrogen management.

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Food Politics

JULY 12, 2024

IPES Food (International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems) has a new report, Food From Somewhere: Building food security and resilience through territorial markets. The report argues that territorial food systems are better able to promote food security than industrial food systems. This is because “corporate controlled global food chains offer a flawed recipe for food security, and are full of risks and vulnerabilities: the exposure of industrial commodity production to climate sh

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NASDA

JULY 12, 2024

The National Agricultural Statistics Service International Programs Office recently hosted a delegation from the Philippines for a knowledge exchange on agricultural survey and census methodologies. This visit, part of the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Cochran Fellowship Program, included 10 delegates from the Philippines Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff, National Dairy Authority, Bureau of Animal Industry and the Philippine Carabao Center.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 8, 2024

Why on earth should corn growers take a page out of wheat growers’ handbook? Paul Sullivan, of Sullivan Agro near Kinburn, Ont., says there are management lessons learned in wheat that apply to corn production, too. It all comes down to managing stress at key points in the growing season. Looking to the Great Lakes. Read More Why on earth should corn growers take a page out of wheat growers’ handbook?

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Food Tank

JULY 11, 2024

American Farmland Trust (AFT) recently kicked off their 16th annual America’s Farmers’ Market Celebration (AFMC). As part of the event, the organization is giving away US$15,000 to the most popular farmers markets in the United States, which will be determined by a public vote. First launched in 2008, the AFMC aims to highlight the role U.S. farmers markets play in communities across the country while recognizing the farmers, staff, and food producers who bring them to life.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2024

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is currently recruiting for a Water Quality Compliance Program Manager. This is a full-time permanent position located at the ODA Office in Salem, Oregon. The Water Quality Compliance Program Manager’s primary purpose is to serve as the program leader and manager for the Confined Animal Feeding Operation & Fertilizer programs to ensure a high degree of professionalism and service that meet the mission of the individual programs and to ensure that the mi

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Western FarmPress

JULY 9, 2024

Ep. 18 Farm Files: Curt and Sarah talk all things county fair. What’s the oldest fair in the U.S., what fair food is best and so much more.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 12, 2024

Reports of hay shed fires this week in southern Ontario are a stark reminder to continue to monitor hay and straw after it has gone in to storage. This year’s wheat harvest is proving challenging due to wet conditions, and that was before the tail end of Hurricane Beryl dumped between 4 and 7 inches.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 11, 2024

Last winter’s annual count of eastern monarch butterflies was the second-lowest on record. Many of the roughly 4,000 wild bee species native to North America are also imperiled. Replacement of habitat with agricultural land, lawns and urban development poses one of the main threats to these pollinators and other beneficial insects such as lady beetles that eat insect pests.

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NASDA

JULY 9, 2024

The Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture regional meeting was held June 24-26 in St. Louis, Missouri. NASS Administrator, Joe Parsons and Director of Western Field Operations, King Whetstone joined NASDA members from across the Midwest for this important event. Parsons presented key data from the Census of Agriculture and highlighted upcoming NASS surveys and reports.

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Agri-tech

JULY 9, 2024

Professor Martin Howard has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). Professor Howard, a group leader at the John Innes Centre, is among 100 New Members and 20 Associate Members joining the organisation as it celebrates its 60th anniversary year. The Howard group combines predictive mathematical modelling with long-term experimental collaborations.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 9, 2024

It was only a matter of time. In the last month, agriculture has been significantly impacted by two major cyber attacks. In June, CDK Global announced to its 15,000 car and equipment dealerships, some of them ag equipment sites, that its network was down as a result of a cyber attack. In the last two. Read More It was only a matter of time. In the last month, agriculture has been significantly impacted by two major cyber attacks.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 9, 2024

For growing high-yielding, quality peanuts with an unusual crop rotation, Shannon Nixon and his family are the 2024 Farm Press Peanut Efficiency Award winners from the lower Southeast.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 8, 2024

Cover crop experiment at Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility in Orono, Maine. Photo credit: Reana Kovalcik. On June 11, 2024, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2025 on a party-line vote. The bill – which provides Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 funding for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – totals $2

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USDA Blog

JULY 9, 2024

Being named a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG) Fellow means something different to each fellow. For Dr. Maureen Victoria, visiting assistant professor at Sam Houston State University’s School of Agricultural Sciences in Huntsville, Texas, it represented confidence, knowledge and inspiration. “It was life-changing,” she said.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 10, 2024

A large part of farming has always included trying new things to see what impact change can have on soil, crops yield, and ultimately profit margins. While traditional small plot research is imperative for testing new crop varieties, product efficacy, and evaluating individual management practices, there hasn’t always been an easy route to take small.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 12, 2024

Experimentation plays a key role in Jesse Dyck's peanut production. Learn more about his success secrets and his selection as Southwest's PEA winner.

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Agric4profits

JULY 11, 2024

Maize, also known as corn is one of the most useful cereal crop in West Africa, foods made out of maize is very nutritious as it is an important source of Carbo

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AgriLife Today

JULY 9, 2024

Disaster Assessment and Recovery unit provides guidance for initial response after a hurricane The post Hurricane recovery: Steps to safely begin the process appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 9, 2024

Canola growers can look forward to some new, short-season hybrid options in the 2025 line up. New from BASF for 2025 are InVigor L330PC and L333PC which feature strong standability, patented pod shatter resistance, first-generation clubroot resistance, and an R rating for blackleg. Growers can look for InVigor L341PC, also in the short-season 300 series.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 12, 2024

New — and old — research from University of Illinois weed scientists shows metribuzin can help control 90% of waterhemp up to six weeks after planting.

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Agric4profits

JULY 12, 2024

In the animal feed milling industry, different materials (Cereals, Coarse powders, and Fine powders, Mash, Bran, Liquids and Molasses) are milled, fed and weigh

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AgriLife Today

JULY 12, 2024

Equine economics, joint health and renowned horse trainer on the agenda The post Ranch Horse Program on Aug. 4 kicks off annual Beef Cattle Short Course in College Station appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 9, 2024

Different pulse crop types need a different weed-free window to reach maximum yield potential. Targeting weeds early — sometime as early as the year before — might be the best way to ensure that yield potential, but that’s not always possible. What’s the best course of action for in-crop weed control? To unpack the various. Read More Different pulse crop types need a different weed-free window to reach maximum yield potential.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 11, 2024

Universities across the Midwest were surveyed to determine which majors had the best graduation and job placement rates.

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Agric4profits

JULY 7, 2024

While green cabbage is the most commonly eaten variety of cabbage, we highly recommend trying red cabbage because of its added nutritional benefits and its robu

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Food Tank

JULY 12, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe now by clicking here. I’m still reflecting on something Zitouni Ould-Dada, a Senior Advisor at FAIRR, said during Food Tank’s inaugural London Climate Action Week Summit earlier this summer.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 10, 2024

Plenty of combines were rolling earlier this week before the wall of water that is the remnant of hurricane Beryl hit Ontario. Not only did this weather system bring sheets of water, but it may also have brought more tar spot spores from the south. Tar spot has already been found in Ontario, says Peter. Read More Plenty of combines were rolling earlier this week before the wall of water that is the remnant of hurricane Beryl hit Ontario.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 9, 2024

Slideshow: A Mineral Point, Wis., couple are raising 600 sheep all on grass on their 180-acre farm. Learn how they got started and how they achieve a higher-than-average lambing rate.

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Agric4profits

JULY 12, 2024

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is one of the most popular vegetables widely consumed by every Nigerians in East, West, North, and South and in other countries.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

JULY 6, 2024

In a big change from the past few weeks, rain is expected across most of the region over the next two weeks, bringing some relief to farms and farmers who desperately need it.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 12, 2024

All good things must come to an end, unfortunately. It wasn’t that long ago that crop prices ran up to incredible highs, where it seemed the only wrong selling decision was not hitting the *new* high. But this is not 2022, and those high prices did their job of discouraging demand or sending sales elsewhere.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 10, 2024

What’s Cooking in Illinois: Packed with nutrients and plenty of good-for-you stuff, blueberries are ripe for picking, eating and baking. Here are two favorite recipes.

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