Real Agriculture

MAY 22, 2024

Fast-moving, highly destructive stripe rust is popping up in winter wheat fields across Ontario. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says the disease is a significant threat to the crop and can cause up to 50 per cent yield loss if not managed properly. He stresses that timely fungicide applications are crucial for controlling the disease. In. Read More Fast-moving, highly destructive stripe rust is popping up in winter wheat fields across Ontario.

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Food Politics

MAY 23, 2024

Since we are talking this week about the Farm Bill, take a look at this report from the Union of Concerned Scientists: Cultivating Control: Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill. Its major findings: Interest groups spent more than $523 million on Farm Bill issues between 2019 and 2023. Agribusiness spends more on lobbying than the gas or oil industries. 561 groups reported lobbying on Farm Bill issues.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 20, 2024

Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) launches SEED GIST , a quarterly repository of seed literature. A fun romp through potato history. A fun romp through coffee history. Hong Kong gets some rice seeds back from the IRRI genebank. No doubt Iraq will get some seeds back from the ICARDA genebank soon. Genebanks are only the beginning though.

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NASDA

MAY 24, 2024

Letter Dear Under Secretary Jacobs-Young: We, the undersigned organizations and associations represent a broad array of food producers, processors, and marketers as well as state departments of agriculture working cooperatively to address the unintentional presence of heavy metals in certain food products. We recently engaged with Steve Zeng, Division Director of the Food Safety Division as part of our engagement on issues surrounding heavy metals and we wanted to follow up on that conversation.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 22, 2024

Op-ed submitted byy Ian Boxall, president of Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan In a recent op-ed, Gregory Heckman, CEO of Bunge, defended the proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra, arguing that the combination would mean investment and growth for Canadian agriculture, particularly in Saskatchewan. While the optimism from a corporate standpoint is expected, given that.

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Food Politics

MAY 24, 2024

The first line in this report says it all: “This Global Report on Food Crises is a roll call of human failings.” It does not get cheerier: “In 2023, 281.6 million people, or 21.5 percent of the analyzed population faced high levels of acutte food insecurity in 59 food-crisis countries/territories.” This report does not make for easy reading, but we need to face the realities: conflicts, weather extremes, economic shocks, and decreased humanitarian funding.

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Berkeley Blog

MAY 20, 2024

By the end of this Wednesday, vote for your favorite set of four names; the winning set will be announced Thursday. The post Ready, set, vote! Here are your choices to name Berkeley’s new falcon quadruplets. appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

There are lots of good things happening as heads emerge in Ontario winter wheat fields. There’s plenty of potential but final yield will likely be determined by how the crop deals with the many stresses it could encounter between now and harvest. What role could biostimulants play in managing those stresses? Could this burgeoning category. Read More There are lots of good things happening as heads emerge in Ontario winter wheat fields.

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USDA Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Yimmuaj Yang, community director of the Wisconsin-based nonprofit and community organization Groundswell Conservancy, explains its mission in the simplest terms: “We protect special places forever.

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Ohio State University

MAY 21, 2024

AEDE is proud to share that Professor Brian Roe has been elected to serve a term as President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Brian is the Fred N. VanBuren Professor of Farm Management, was chosen as an AAEA Fellow, served as an editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics , and leads major research and policy initiatives on sustainable food systems.

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NASDA

MAY 23, 2024

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is hiring for a State Veterinarian. The State Veterinarian directs the overall responsibility of the Animal Health and Livestock Division, performing administrative, supervisory, financial, technical and professional duties relative to functions of the Department of Agriculture. This individual educates the public on the prevention, control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases, and the regulation of livestock programs within the state.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

It seems that when the spring hits each year, images start showing up on social media asking if a newly discovered arachnid might be a tick. While ticks have been a common sight in Ontario and Manitoba for a while now, they seem to be venturing further west as they travel on migratory birds. Along. Read More It seems that when the spring hits each year, images start showing up on social media asking if a newly discovered arachnid might be a tick.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Around 6.5 tons of [mostly] plastic-wrapped dog poop winds up in landfills in the United States every year. As most cities see it, that’s the only safe option. Unlike wildlife scat , which spreads seeds and returns nature’s nutrients in a balanced way, most conventional pet diets yield large amounts of waste. The average dog produces about three quarters of a pound of poop per day, or 275 pounds per year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Food Tank

MAY 18, 2024

Swipe Out Hunger is a nonprofit organization in the United States working to build a movement of university students that advocate for improved food security on college campuses. The organization is empowering students to push for the Hunger Free Campus Act and implement creative solutions for food security on campuses. “This movement is particularly looking at how we can increase the availability of public benefits resources, food resources, things like healthcare, housing, childcare, and trans

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Ohio State University

MAY 23, 2024

A recent evaluation by AEDE Associate Professor Anne Fitzpatrick , summarized here shows how to improve learning in secondary schools in India Background Existing evaluations from primary schools show that teaching children at their learning level instead of grade level can significantly improve overall educational achievement ( Banerjee et al. 2017 , Banerjee et al. 2010, Duflo et al. 2020 , Duflo et al. 2011, Lakshminarayana et al. 2013 ).

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Real Agriculture

MAY 23, 2024

Governments in many countries are enacting policies aimed at mitigating climate change — massive subsidies, carbon levies, and strict regulations — that also have consequences on trade flows. Billions of dollars of incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S., the Canadian government’s carbon taxes, and the EU’s biofuel feedstock requirements and carbon border.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 20, 2024

One area includes specific portions of Benzie and Manistee counties, and the other includes portions of Crawford and Otsego counties.

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AgriLife Today

MAY 24, 2024

Texas 4-H Youth Development program full of scholarships, competitions, workshops and service projects The post Texas 4-H Roundup ‘ignites’ June 3-6 in College Station appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Berkeley Blog

MAY 21, 2024

Designed to boost entrepreneurship, the Spark Awards this year are getting a boost from a new deep tech funding platform The post Bakar Fellows program partners with Academic Innovation Catalyst to announce 2024 Spark Awards appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 21, 2024

Technology is making it easier for nutritionists and producers to manage dairy cow diets. Trouw Nutrition Canada’s DNA Connect is a new mobile app that allows feed managers to change dry matter levels and update diets with a click of a button. In this report from the Canadian Dairy XPO in Stratford, Ont., Elgin Feeds. Read More Technology is making it easier for nutritionists and producers to manage dairy cow diets.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 23, 2024

I would like to focus my attention in this article on the environment and plant metabolism as they relate to some of the 2024 production season issues that many growers have experienced.

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Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

There’s not enough coffee in the world. In 2023, the world produced 3 percent less than it consumed. Growing consumer demand in Asia exacerbates the deficit, while climate change affects supply. Coffee is susceptible to heat and drought. It needs predictable conditions to thrive, and conditions now are anything but predictable. Heat and novel rain patterns harm plants and encourage coffee rust , a devastating fungal disease.

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Berkeley Blog

MAY 23, 2024

Genetic screen identifies many mutations associated with autoimmune diseases that could help target therapy The post Tracking down the genetic causes of lupus to personalize treatment appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

The prime minister announced the appointment of a new deputy minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on Friday. Lawrence Hanson, currently associate deputy minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, has been chosen to replace Stefanie Beck, effective June 3, 2024, as the top bureaucrat in the federal agriculture department. Beck is moving on.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 21, 2024

The APRES annual meeting is set for July 9-11 in Oklahoma City. The early registration deadline is nearing. Peanut topics to be covered include soil conservation, climate resources, and aquifer health.

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CABI

MAY 23, 2024

In Nepal, digital tools are strengthening agricultural advisory services by providing timely information, facilitating remote training, and promoting the dissemination of best practices and innovations efficiently and widely. PlantwisePlus has been developing and updating various digital tools to support agricultural extension workers, private-sector farm advisory service providers, plant protection officers, farmers, researchers, and students.

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Food Tank

MAY 21, 2024

Beekeeping While Black is an online platform founded by Karyn Bigelow in 2022 that is working to build a community of Black apiarists. The platform connects Black beekeepers across different regions of the United States, and offers resources and services to support people throughout their beekeeping journey. As part of her work, Bigelow hosts virtual seminars that discuss topics including the economics of beekeeping and its mental health benefits.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

It only takes a split second of inattention, spurred by rushing or fatigue, for a near-miss to become a life-altering event. If that sounds dramatic, so be it. I’m not sure I’ve ever spoken to someone who has been in a farm accident who said they saw it coming. Too often we think we’re fast.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 22, 2024

Ag Marketing IQ: Delayed planting decreases opportunity for grain crops to yield at trendline, but the market also needs strong demand to move the needle on price.

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Global Agtech Initiative

MAY 21, 2024

Building on a record-breaking year in 2023 with LaserWeeder sales, Carbon Robotics has continued accelerating its growth in 2024. The post Carbon Robotics Named to the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50 List appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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AgriLife Today

MAY 24, 2024

AgriLife Extension entomologist talks all things chiggers, from why they make you itch to ways to avoid them The post Chigger season tips to beat the itch appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

The Manitoba Crop Alliance is now four years old and the amalgamation of five producer groups is moving on from getting itself up and running, to charting big things for its next strategic plan. The organization that represents spring and winter wheat, flax, sunflower and barley growers in Manitoba has a focused vision for the. Read More The Manitoba Crop Alliance is now four years old and the amalgamation of five producer groups is moving on from getting itself up and running, to charting big t

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Western FarmPress

MAY 21, 2024

A warm, wet spring has laid the groundwork for black cutworm feeding in corn. Here’s what you need to know, what to look for and what to do about it.

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Ohio State University

MAY 24, 2024

On May 15, 2024, Dr. Anna Parkman was reappointed as full Professor of Practice in the department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). Dr. Parkman was promoted to full Professor of Practice in May of 2023. In her seven years in AEDE she has been an inspiring classroom instructor and student internship coordinator.

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Global Agtech Initiative

MAY 24, 2024

Verdi partners with NEC X to rapidly scale its groundbreaking platform for farm automation. The post NEC X Invests in AI AgTech Startup Verdi, Integrates Technology Into NEC’s CropScope appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

It seems that everywhere you go right now, farmers are talking about cover crops. Producers across the country are not only using a diverse plant mix to provide feed for livestock, but also as potential solutions to compaction, a lack of nutrient availability, and to address weed issues in their fields. In this Farming Forward. Read More It seems that everywhere you go right now, farmers are talking about cover crops.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 21, 2024

Ag Marketing IQ: Difference on key market indicators – particularly crop size and export expectations for corn and soybeans – compound traditional weather worries.

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