Food Politics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The FDA has announced its 2025 Priority Deliverables for the Human Food Program. These cover the microbial and chemical safety of foods, but I am especially interested in what the FDA is and is not doing about nutrition and chronic disease prevention—something mentioned by FDA Commissioner Robert Califf as a priority for American public health. Based on FDA’s Nutrition Initiatives, the deliverables begin with: FDA’s Role in Empowering Consumers to Build Nutritious Diets that Support Health and

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Genetics and fungicides are the two pillars of disease defence when it comes to yield robbers like tar spot. But weather and technology also play a key role in helping growers defend their crops against the foliar disease. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Agribusiness pathologist Albert… Read More Genetics and fungicides are the two pillars of disease defence when it comes to yield robbers like tar spot.

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Press Release ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is excited to announce the hiring of Patrick Wade as Director of Public Policy. As Director, Wade will advance the organization’s public policy advocacy with his nearly 10 years of experience in agricultural policy and government affairs. Wade will be the staff lead for NASDA’s Plant Agriculture and Pesticide Regulations and Rural Development and Financial Security Committees. “I am thrilled f

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Following a membership dispute for its affiliate insurance company, Illinois Farm Bureau has been expelled from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A reader, Lynn Ripley, sent me a link to this article from the New York Times: What a Crackdown on Immigration Could Mean for Cheap Milk What Peter does know, however, is that without foreign-born workers, his dairy could not stay afloat. Americans are understandably reluctant to perform dirty, dangerous and demanding work — what economists call 3-D jobs — as long as they have better alternatives.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It’s no secret that farmers are looking for more productivity for their farm machinery dollar. A key part of that farming formula is capacity, specifically larger equipment that can get more done in a day and help cover the big acres that many farmers are working across vast tracks of land. Saskatchewan-based Bourgault Industries has… Read More It’s no secret that farmers are looking for more productivity for their farm machinery dollar.

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USDA Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“I had a plan, or maybe it was more of a dream,” said Brad Fourby, Navy veteran and owner of Leafy Green Farms. “The moment I saw a shipping container farm is how the idea for my farm started.” Leafy Green Farms is in southeast Kansas, where the population is 20,000 — a big difference from Brad’s hometown of Sacramento, California.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ashley N. Gearhardt, Kelly D. Brownell, Mark S. Gold, and Marc N. Potenza, editors. Food & Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook, Second Edition. Oxford University Press, 2024. 570 pages. This is the second edition of a book I wrote about in 2012. At the time, I said: Brownell and Gold have produced an instant classic. Food and Addiction presents a comprehensive, authoritative, and compelling case for considering whether food is addictive.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A low soil pH just needs some lime and is good to go — right? Not necessarily so, explains Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson in this latest episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. Correcting low soil pH can be very difficult and expensive if the soil in question has plenty of buffering capacity, plus the pH problem… Read More A low soil pH just needs some lime and is good to go — right?

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference is a special newsletter series running daily during COP29. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. Greetings from Baku, Azerbaijan! I am here for the United Nations’ annual climate change conference, COP29.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

IFB’s decision to eliminate non-farmer membership requirements at their affiliate insurance company has led to a war of words with AFBF, failed mediation, expulsion from the national group, and now, an immediate lawsuit to get back in.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Thanks to Stephen Zwick of Regenetarianism for sending this one. Charoenwoodhipong, P., Zuelch, M. L., Keen, C. L., Hackman, R. M., & Holt, R. R. (2024). Strawberry (Fragaria x Ananassa) intake on human health and disease outcomes: a comprehensive literature review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition , 1–31. [link] From the Abstract Of the 60 articles included in this review, 47 were clinical trials, while 13 were observational studies.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Two things are true when it comes to agriculture: where there is cattle, there is manure and where there are crops, there is a need for nutrients. Producers have found many ways to handle those two truths individually, but research is showing that some things really are better together. Feedlot operators have been spreading manure… Read More Two things are true when it comes to agriculture: where there is cattle, there is manure and where there are crops, there is a need for nutrients.

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Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

University of California experts have laid out path for nearly nixing plastic waste. The post A world without plastic pollution? A new study shows it’s possible appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Corn Commentary: Evaluate hybrid performance and make tough decisions for next season. Read why one grower decided to remove a previous top yielder from the lineup completely.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The latest ENSO forecast, released today, shows that La Nina is still expected to be officially declared soon but the likelihood has gone down a bit because it is taking so long to develop. When (or if) it does occur, it is likely to be a weak and short-lived one.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Ecosystems are strange and wonderful places, and the ecosystem within canola fields is no exception. It can be easy to overlook the incredible abundance of interactions between different arthropods, including insects and spiders, happening within the canola canopy. Plus, when a farmer or agronomist sees damaged plants, it can be challenging to figure out if… Read More Ecosystems are strange and wonderful places, and the ecosystem within canola fields is no exception.

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Agri-tech

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

James Piercy, communications and engagement officer, works with our scientists to share their work and research with different audiences, including engaging school groups with plant and microbial science. He is also passionate about nature and in this blog, hot on the heels of the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year 2024, he shares the trees that he loves most in Norwich.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Figuring your cost of production for crop and livestock enterprises is crucial, but adding family living expenses into the equation helps with budgeting and marketing.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Remember the first U.S. Dietary Guidelines from 1979? The infamous Food Pyramid? Twinkies and Nabisco crackers on the foundational bottom? Obesity and diabetes to follow? Well, not much has changed. The guidelines get updated every 5 years, so the proposal coming up for the latest perversion puts beans, peas, and lentils over meat. The Stanford University professor overseeing the committee writing the new guidelines says the emphasis is "plant forward.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In Episode 16 of The Truth About Ag podcast, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with Craig Lothian of Lex Capital Corp. A former lawyer, Craig is a serial entrepreneur having founded and sold a number of successful private oil and land companies. In this episode, they dive into the similarities and differences… Read More In Episode 16 of The Truth About Ag podcast, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with Craig Lothian of Lex Capital Corp.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in the Dirt with Pregnant Pigs”. The videos cover everything from dealing with his cattle and daily chores to advice for aspiring small farmers hoping to avoid burnout—many of whom leave comments thanking Larson for the tips.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As farmers face mounting economic challenges, all eyes are on Congress to determine if more government funds will be provided. Central to the debate are the FARM Act, farm bill and additional disaster assistance.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How the Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics helped Rachel Victoria ’16 thrive amid personal tragedy The post Loss, law and the power of the Aggie Network appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Grain markets, with the possible exception of soybeans, appear to have bottomed out, and are showing signs they’re entering a period of sideways trade, says the president of grain market consulting firm Intellifarm. He’s not feeling bullish yet, but after striking a negative sentiment in his regular appearances on RealAg Radio over the last two… Read More Grain markets, with the possible exception of soybeans, appear to have bottomed out, and are showing signs they’re entering a period of sidewa

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Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A metal-organic framework, or MOF, is capable of capturing CO2 at extreme temperatures The post Breakthrough in capturing ‘hot’ CO2 from industrial exhaust appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Catch up on American Farm Bureau’s decision to expel Illinois Farm Bureau, plummeting tractor sales, Trump’s pick for secretary of agriculture and more!

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Gillett-Kaufman and Paudyal receive national awards at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities annual meeting The post USDA honors Texas A&M AgriLife faculty with national teaching awards appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) says it has provided 100 per cent compensation to eligible producers for unpaid grain delivered to or picked up by LSM Grain Ltd. There were also 17 claims that could not be compensated because the deliveries fell outside of the 90-day eligibility period of the Safeguards for Grain Farmers Program,… Read More The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) says it has provided 100 per cent compensation to eligible producers for unpaid grain delivered to or picked up by LS

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference is a special newsletter series running daily during COP29. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. Smallholder farmers nourish the world. It’s the more than 500 million small, committed farmers around the globe that keep their communities fed, often in ways that are naturally regenerative and sustainable—not because it’s trendy, bu

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Wade Lowry was laid off the day before Thanksgiving in 2015. He and his wife had a skid steer and a dozen cattle. See how their circumstances thrust them into beef-to-consumer sales and how his wife's CrossFit community helped kickstart their business.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management student shares passion for land and country The post From combat to conservation appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Leaping off of the second day of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s event focused on ag policy and sustainability, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney tackles benchmarking; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) pressure; and driving change on this episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast! Hear from: Tara Drevet, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking, who talks about… Read More Leaping off of the second day of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s event focused on ag policy and sustaina

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DTN

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Still high-pressure blocking patterns at first Next week, there is an increasing risk for high pressure to move west of the U.K., so called Atlantic Ridge, abbreviated AtR regime. This should deliver a colder north-west or even northerly flows mainly downstream to the U.K. There is still low confidence for most of Great Britain. However, this pattern is likely affecting western, partly south-western and especially central-eastern Europe with colder, slightly wetter, and windier conditions.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Estate Plan Edge: With careful planning and ongoing nurturing, your estate plan can produce a bountiful harvest. Here is practical advice for how to get started.

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Agri-tech

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has awarded us a Doctoral Landscape Award, partnered with the University of East Anglia, The Sainsbury Laboratory, the Quadram Institute and the Earlham Institute, all located on the Norwich Research Park. These awards support discovery-driven research at universities across the UK to train the next generation of scientists.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! Host Shaun Haney discusses the U.S. election outcome and Daryl Harrison being named the new Saskatchewan agriculture minister. Haney is then joined by: Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock Exchange for the Beef Market Update; Neil Townsend with GrainFox App on the grain markets; and Greg… Read More Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend!

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