Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Farmers Weekly Breed records were reset at Kirkby Stephen market today (19 October) when a Ghyll House Swaledale ram sold for a chart-topping £105,000. The 21-year record was broken by Ghyll House Notorious from W Richardson and Son, Dufton, Penrith.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Tar spot leaf disease has been a little tardy in 2023, but the later-arriving yield robber is still having an impact on the Ontario corn crop. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plant pathologist Albert Tenuta says a dry start to the growing year meant tar spot arrived a little late in 2023. Read More Tar spot leaf disease has been a little tardy in 2023, but the later-arriving yield robber is still having an impact on the Ontario corn crop.
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Food Politics
OCTOBER 19, 2023
I ran across a notice about this video: The USDA’s wondrous fruit watercolors. It’s only 5 minutes and a revelation. It’s just what we need this week—something lovely at a dark time. I had never heard of the USDA’s collection of 7500 hand -illustrated fruits and vegetables, most of them contributed by women. I’m happy to know about them. The illustrations are available online at the National Agricultural Library.
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 14, 2023
Good question. The answer? It’s all part of a very nice exhibit at the Museum Koenig in Bonn on biodiversity research. Great to see agricultural research get a look-in. But pity there was nothing on genebanks , and indeed no call to action. There’s a whole website in Germany about “ edible landscapes ” that offers ideas about what to do to help preserve fruit diversity.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly A record-equalling £105,000 bid for a Swaledale shearling ram has been reported at Kirkby Stephen for a Gillside sire, one day after the previous 21-year-old record was broken. The new joint record ram is Gillside Keeper from Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside Farm, Glenridding, Ulswater.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Weeds can cause up to 58 per cent yield loss in edible beans compared to 50 per cent in corn and 35 in soybeans. That’s just one brick in a wall of weed control insights University of Guelph weed science researcher Dr. Peter Sikkema has accumulated over a 30-year career that includes induction into the. Read More Weeds can cause up to 58 per cent yield loss in edible beans compared to 50 per cent in corn and 35 in soybeans.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
There are five key rules to follow when making bourbon whiskey. First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. There can be no additives for color or flavor, and the alcohol content must be at least 80 proof at the time of bottling. Most importantly, however, is that bourbon whiskey must be aged in a fresh, white oak barrel for a minimum of two years.
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Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Farmers Weekly Milk production on farms is showing signs of a significant slowdown at a time of year when it should be increasing, as low farmgate prices continue to squeeze margins. Dairy producers have been limiting output, with daily milk deliveries falling below last year’s levels during September and October. GB daily milk deliveries were down 2.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The sun might come out tomorrow, or the next day, or another day, we hope, as Ontario farmers are hoping to wrap up bean harvest and get at corn in earnest. Not being in the field means Peter Johnson, host of Wheat Pete’s Word, has plenty of questions to tackle from the audience, including compaction. Read More The sun might come out tomorrow, or the next day, or another day, we hope, as Ontario farmers are hoping to wrap up bean harvest and get at corn in earnest.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Aaron LaPointe sits behind a desk in the Little Priest Tribal College’s library basement in Winnebago, Nebraska, ready to speak to a class in a new program he helped develop: diversified agriculture. He’s here, on this 100-degree August day, to show high school and college students—the future of the Winnebago Tribe—how Ho-Chunk Farms, the tribe’s farming company, is changing the face of agriculture on their reservation.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 20, 2023
As grain markets create the perfect storm for volatility, Prairie Farmer asked farmers and industry professionals to weigh in on capturing basis variability.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Farmers Weekly Suffolk County Council has become the latest local authority to agree that all its future catering should be sourced from local farmers, also committing to always include meat and dairy options alongside plant-based produce.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Syngenta Canada has launched Talinor a post-emergent cereal herbicide that brings a differentiated active ingredient to manage difficult broadleaf weeds, including herbicide resistant weeds. Talinor is a premix liquid formulation of bicyclopyrone (Group 27) and bromoxynil (Group 6) for use on spring wheat, durum wheat, and barley with an application range from the two-leaf stage.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Whenever a disaster strikes in Louisiana, Sprout NOLA springs to life to offer technical assistance to farmers, helping them navigate a wide range of challenges. The nimble group of New Orleans urban farmers and food justice advocates travels directly to farms across Louisiana to offer funds, lend tools, rehome animals, organize volunteers, distribute food, and help farmers with post-disaster paperwork.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 18, 2023
“I'm announcing that Syngenta, a Chinese state-owned agrichemical company, must give up its land holdings in Arkansas,” emphasized Gov. Huckabee.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Farmers Weekly Scottish farmers and crofters affected by the recent heavy rainfall and flooding can now apply for support from the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rsabi), as the rural charity announces a new £100,000 fund.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 18, 2023
There’s not a farmer alive who doesn’t know what diesel fuel or a diesel engine is, but there are likely rather few who know that both are named after their inventor, Rudolf Diesel. Fewer still likely know that in 1913, on an overnight ferry passage from Belgium to Great Britain, Diesel went missing, leaving only. Read More There’s not a farmer alive who doesn’t know what diesel fuel or a diesel engine is, but there are likely rather few who know that both are named after
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Attorney General Tim Griffin's decision was the first enforcement action taken under legislation banning prohibited foreign entities from owning Arkansas agricultural lands.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 18, 2023
“The public doesn’t realize what these animals are capable of,” says wildlife trapper James Dean. “Unfortunately, you’re going to see more and more reports of people getting hurt in wild pig encounters.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly At Paddock Farm in Warwickshire, 300 Hy-line and Dekalb hens follow beef cattle around the grazing rotation, producing an average of 240 eggs a day. They apply their manure directly on the land while rooting around in the cowpats for parasitic worm and fly eggs and larvae, roosting in a mesh-floored mobile shed at night.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. In today’s episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Wes Andersen, of Croptimistic Technology, to discuss focusing on nitrogen management and some of the consequences to application decisions. We will then hear from RealAgriculture’s in house agronomist, Peter Johnson on spending your first.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Bart Fischer counters two key aspects stated in a recent article in regard to reference prices and reinforces the point that the substance of the farm bill is far more important than the timeline.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Ken Ferrie offers five practical agronomic tips you can use during harvest this fall. These practices can help you improve corn performance and yield outcomes across your farm.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Farmers Weekly Mastitis was and still is one of the most significant diseases of dairy cows. Mastitis – in plain words, the inflammation of the udder – is a painful and potentially fatal condition for the cow itself.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Happy Compromise Farm + Sanctuary grows nutritious food for their local community distributed through a “free farm stand.” Though surrounded by farms in the rural Southern Tier of New York, the area is a food desert with a 16% poverty rate, a condition that often leads to higher risk for chronic health conditions and limited healthcare.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Slideshow: This virtual tour through Bayer’s Farm Progress Show display reveals key technologies in corn and soybeans for now and the future.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 17, 2023
USDA announced awards totaling $52.6 million under the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP), aimed at boosting domestic fertilizer manufacturing and reducing costs for farmers.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly For the past eight years a direct drill was the only piece of equipment Wiltshire mixed arable and beef farmer George Hosier has used to establish his arable crops.
Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast
OCTOBER 19, 2023
NOAA released their latest 3-month predictions for November through January today. The maps show a clear El Nino signal in precipitation with wet conditions expected across southern AL and GA and northern FL, as expected from previous strong El Nino events.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 19, 2023
My Generation: We all love to romanticize harvest. And it’s true: It’s beautiful. But it’s also really hard, and we don’t talk about that enough.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Weather in Brazil is as big of a market mover as forecasts in the U.S. Why has Brazil grown so aggressively? One economist recently spent six months in Brazil and says a combination of factors is aiding their growth.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly Work on Red Tractor’s planned Greener Farm Commitment is going full steam ahead, despite an urgent call from the NFU to pause implementation of the new bolt-on to its existing standards.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Enter just about any American supermarket and you’re bound to find a jug of maple syrup somewhere. Hickory syrup? Not so much. Maples and hickories make up a small fraction of the approximately 1,000 native North American tree species, but only the former is well represented within our modern regional food culture, despite the fact that something flavorful and nutritious can be harvested from many of these native trees.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Some say fall is marked by the changing of leaves. We in agriculture know it's the crops, the harvest equipment stripping, combining or chopping, and trips to the field with supper in tow.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2023
If your combine monitor is showing a wide range of yields in the field, Ken Ferrie says to investigate. Evaluate soybean stand, pod set and bean size while there’s agronomic evidence.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Farmers Weekly Recently launched in Pembrokeshire is Corston Farm, a dairy and arable holding offering scale and a good setup. It has 568 acres of early, productive grass and arable land, good buildings, two three-bedroom lodges and two semi-detached cottages.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 18, 2023
During a recent event, the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University launched its Food is Medicine Institute. Google also announced their plans to collaborate with the Institute to explore how technology can help provide consumers with accessible, evidence-based nutrition information. Led by its inaugural Director Doctor Dariush Mozaffarian, the Food is Medicine Institute will serve as a catalyst to drive change, improve health, reduce health disparities, and esta
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