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Chicken supplier passing off housed birds as free range

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Meat industry insiders have been warned to look closely at the traceability of any free-range chicken in their supply chains, with one unnamed company believed to be passing off housed birds as free range.

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The need for a Canada-wide action plan on water

Real Agriculture

Canada has a global reputation of having abundant, clean water, and water is essential for life and for food security. A new report from the Canadian Agriculture Policy Institute (CAPI) takes a look at Canada’s water resource and whether or not it’s being managed to the full benefit of Canadians. Tyler McCann, managing director of. Read More Canada has a global reputation of having abundant, clean water, and water is essential for life and for food security.

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Household food insecurity—bad news

Food Politics

How’s this for bad, but not unexpected, news: household food insecurity is up again. It’s especially up among households with children. And it’s the worst in years. Food insecurity declined during the pandemic because the USDA increased benefits and waived some restrictions to enable easier access. Guess what: if you make sure people have the resources they need, their food insecurity declines.

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Unlocking the Power of Peas: Genetic discovery promises high-iron vegetables and cereals

Agri-tech

A genetic breakthrough has opened new opportunities for iron-fortified vegetables and cereal crops to help address the global health issue of anaemia. John Innes Centre researchers used a newly available map of the pea-genome to identify the underlying genetic sequence responsible for two high-iron mutations in peas. Professor Janneke Balk, a group leader at the John Innes Centre and an author of.

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Trainee pilot stops farm fire spreading using What3Words

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A trainee pilot from Bedfordshire has been praised for stopping the spread of a field fire, after spotting smoke from a burning combine harvester while up in the air last harvest.

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Filing deadline for the Underused Housing Tax extended to April 30

Real Agriculture

Canadian homeowners affected by the Underused Housing Tax (UHT) will have until April 30, 2024 to file their returns for the 2022 calendar year without being charged penalties or interest.

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Happy Food Politics Halloween!

Food Politics

Halloween is about candy, no? Here are four thoughts on the topic. I. From CagleWorld.com II. From The CandyStore.com. III. From Consumer Reports : What 100 calories of Halloween candy looks like. IV. From my son Charles, who forwarded this, I know not from where: Enjoy the occasion! Everything in moderation! The post Happy Food Politics Halloween!

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Environment Agency blamed for farm flooding devastation

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly The Environment Agency stands accused of hypocrisy and negligence over its failure to maintain watercourses to prevent farms from devastating flood damage.

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Wheat School: Don’t count out a winter wheat crop

Real Agriculture

When a field of winter gets knocked down, don’t count it out. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says the 2022/23 crop is a perfect example of how winter wheat can absorb multiple agronomic and environmental blows and still get off the mat to deliver a big yield punch. On this episode of RealAgriculture Wheat School, Johnson. Read More When a field of winter gets knocked down, don’t count it out.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Flat, sprawling farm fields fill the screen. A fisherman tosses a net into pristine waters. Then, Rob Walton, eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, enters the frame in an outdoorsy vest over a dress shirt, tree branches blurred behind him. As he begins to talk, family photos appear one by one. First, just a few kids with their parents on a couch, then those kids with their kids outside on lawn chairs.

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New FoodPrint Report Exposes Shocking Impact of ‘Forever Chemicals’ on the Food System

Food Tank

FoodPrint recently released a new report and podcast episode about how PFAS are impacting the food system, including agricultural contamination, food packaging, preparation processes. “ The FoodPrint of PFAS ” studies the PFAS crisis in Maine, revealing how these forever chemicals affect farmers and how these stories can spearhead remediation, regulation, and advocacy efforts for protecting public health.

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Police urge farmer vigilance after cattle found slaughtered

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Livestock farmers must remain vigilant, police have warned, after cattle in Worcestershire were found slaughtered and beheaded in their fields. The incident is one of a number to occur in recent weeks, including cattle killed with their hooves bound and left behind in the field.

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Motion carried: How good governance pushes change forward

Real Agriculture

If you’ve ever attended a formal meeting, it starts with an agenda and an agreement of what’s to be discussed. These two simple things are actually profoundly important to a productive, respectful meeting. An agreed-upon agenda is just one small part of good governance, says Deb Stark, independent board member and former deputy minister of.

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Six Sources of Soybean Harvest Losses And How To Address Them

AgWeb Farm Journal

A handful of soybeans scattered on the ground doesn't look like much, but small numbers can quickly add up to large losses. Evaluating the situation and making adjustments can help you take more beans to the bin.

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A Culinary Worker Strike Could Reshape the Nation’s Restaurants

Civil Eats

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 early October, thousands of bartenders, culinary workers, and hotel attendants formed a picket line outside eight casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. It was the largest union demonstration on Las Vegas Boulevard in 20 years.

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Lowest ever sales of farm antibiotics recorded in UK

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Sales of antibiotics for use in livestock on UK farms have more than halved in the past decade, falling to their lowest ever levels, official government figures reveal.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 1: Managing fines, flat soys, snapping stalks, and the importance of calibrating

Real Agriculture

No one likes snow in October, but it’s especially unwelcome when there is still crop in the field. For Manitobans, it looks more like December than November 1 out there, but at least harvest is done. For Ontario, however, so many thousands of acres of corn are now very wet and covered in snow, and. Read More No one likes snow in October, but it’s especially unwelcome when there is still crop in the field.

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Illinois farmer maintains yields, saves money with cover crops

Western FarmPress

Chris Hausman dipped a toe into the cover crop world and learned he could grow soybeans with no yield drag and no tillage, saving upward of $14 an acre — all while improving his soils. Here’s how it worked.

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Telling the Story Behind the Seed

Food Tank

Seed saver, writer, educator, and worker and co-owner with the Virginia-based Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Ira Wallace wants people to know the story behind the seeds that are grown. Through her work, Wallace is trying to preserve history while ensuring a sustainable future for food systems. The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is a cooperatively managed seed company that encourages self-reliance in agriculture.

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Sheepdog School: Teaching a collie whistle commands

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Sheepdogs are often one of the farm’s greatest assets, and the value of a well-trained collie cannot be overestimated. But even the most experienced of dogs can have their quirks. Husband and wife team Emma Gray and Ewan Irvine are known for breeding, training and competing some of the country’s finest sheepdogs.

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Transport Canada seeking feedback on Bunge-Viterra deal

Real Agriculture

Transport Canada has launched public consultations on Bunge’s proposed US$8.1 billion acquisition of Viterra. Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez decided in September that the combination of the two grain companies warranted a review under the Canada Transportation Act regarding the impact it could have on Canada’s transportation system. Both Viterra and Bunge hold ownership interest in.

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Father, Son Die in Northwest Iowa Farm Shooting

AgWeb Farm Journal

Authorities first became aware of the incident when a man called 911 reporting his son was shooting at him. Dispatchers also received a call that livestock were running loose and there was a fire on the property.

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Tribes Are Building Food Sovereignty With Help From the Nation’s Largest Hunger-Relief Group

Civil Eats

Like so many Indigenous communities, the Hualapai experienced outsized food insecurity during the pandemic. The northwestern Arizona tribe received sporadic food donations through a local church but wanted to take matters into its own hands. In 2021, tribal council member and emergency manager Cheyenne Majenty started Helping Hands for Hualapai , a volunteer effort to facilitate food donations on a regular basis.

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Amazone, Claas and AgXeed team up for driverless tech

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Next-level planning, control and remote monitoring systems for driverless machines and tractors are being developed by a new consortium of manufacturers. Implement manufacturer Amazone, tractor maker Claas and the driverless tractor pioneer AgXeed – in which the former two have minority investments – have formed 3A (Advanced Automation & Autonomy) to combine their respective expertise.

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YEN competition leverages data and peer-to-peer learning to boost wheat yields

Real Agriculture

More than just a friendly competition, the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network is designed to better understand all the external factors and management decisions that drive wheat yields. Marty Vermey, senior agronomist for Grain Farmers of Ontario, says the network is about not just who grows the most wheat, but also about what’s the real. Read More More than just a friendly competition, the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network is designed to better understand all the external factors a

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USDA Reasonable Accommodations Help Disabled Veteran Succeed with Federal Career

USDA Blog

Many veterans and military spouses search for careers that can accommodate their health and physical needs. At the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), reasonable accommodations can be arranged to help employees succeed in the workplace.

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The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire

Civil Eats

In 2005, Walmart needed a war room. Under fire by union-organized critics of its wages, health insurance, and working conditions, the company recruited former presidential advisors to a public relations headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. Theirs was a battle plan to fortify a wounded image. The objects of the campaign were consumers then torn between American ideals and the lowest of low prices.

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Welsh farmers warned of more action to reduce emissions

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Achieving net zero in Wales by 2050 is going to be “very challenging”, according to a senior adviser on the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC), with some “tricky decisions” to be made on future emissions and carbon storage. Addressing the NFU Cymru conference in Llandrindod Wells on Thursday (2 November).

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RealAg Radio: All eyes on the Senate, carbon tax clawbacks, and if Trudeau stays on, Nov 3, 2023

Real Agriculture

Thanks for tuning into this Friday edition of the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture, and Meagan Murdoch of H+K Strategies to discuss a number of topics, including: Eyes on the senate with an upcoming pivotal vote on Bill C-234; Bill C-282. Read More Thanks for tuning into this Friday edition of the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio!

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U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol acres up 25%

Western FarmPress

Trust Protocol enrollment increases for the fourth year in a row to 1.6 million acres. Producers are reminded to enroll their 2023 cotton bales by March 1, 2024, and apply for the Climate Smart Cotton Program.

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The Future of Beer Grains is Uncertain. Can Farmers and Brewers Protect Your Pint?

Modern Farmer

According to a 2021 poll , the US drinks the second-most amount of beer in the entire world, a whopping 24 million kiloliters annually or 13 percent of the global market share. The American Malting Barley Association (AMBA) estimates that 67 percent of all barley grown in the US goes into beer. Americans, it seems, love beer. But as our summers continue to get hotter, the higher temperatures can cause heat stress to barley, resulting in decreased yields.

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Red Tractor calls temporary halt to Greener Farms Commitment

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Farm assurance body Red Tractor has put its controversial plans for a new Greener Farms Commitment (GFC) on hold, pending an NFU-commissioned review of the organisation’s governance.

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‘Tis the season — for deer hunting

Real Agriculture

If you are like me, you are positively elated that we’ve rounded the corner from spooky season (it is not my fave). For me, these next few weeks are focused on preparing for winter and honouring the fallen on November 11, before thoughts turn to the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season.

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U.S. and Europe: How farmers handle stress

Western FarmPress

What’s Your Story? Farmers struggle with their mental health and with high levels of stress across the U.S. No surprise, it’s happening in Europe, too. Here’s why and what to do about it.

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Looking toward a future in poultry nutrition research

AgriLife Today

Texas A&M Department of Poultry Science student shares her experiences and future research goals Camryn Wilder ’25, a student in the Department of Poultry Science within the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, grew up knowing Texas A&M University was going to be a big part of her life. “My Aggie parents sang. Read More → The post Looking toward a future in poultry nutrition research first appeared on AgriLife Today.

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TikTok farmer Will Young on mission to promote farming

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Love Island and TikTok star Will Young, known as “Farmer Will”, is on a mission to make farming more accessible to the wider public. In between working full time on his family’s Oxfordshire farm and attending last month’s Farmers Weekly Awards, Will has published his new book, For the Love of Farming.

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The Agronomists, Ep 130: Tires vs tracks and compaction, with Nick Dubuc and Marla Riekman

Real Agriculture

Every fall, farmers race against Mother Nature to bring in the harvest, and nearly as often equipment sizes increase putting significant pressure on soil and causing compaction. To navigate the risk of compaction at harvest — and at planting! — this episode of The Agronomists features Nick Dubuc, farmer and ag engineer, and Marla Riekman, Read More Every fall, farmers race against Mother Nature to bring in the harvest, and nearly as often equipment sizes increase putting significant pressure on