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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Berkeley Blog

MAY 23, 2024

A contest open to the public to name UC Berkeley's four falcon chicks has ended in a landslide. The post Meet the falcons: Aurora, Eclipse, Nox and Sol appeared first on Berkeley News.

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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 21, 2024

Last week, the FDA essentially took tara flour out of the food supply. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted on its website its determination that tara flour in human food does not meet the Generally Recognized As Safe (or GRAS) standard and is an unapproved food additive. The FDA’s assessment of the ingredient is detailed in a memo added to the agency’s public inventory.

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Civil Eats

MAY 22, 2024

Seven years ago, Tyson—one of the largest chicken producers in the world— made headlines with its commitment to “eliminate antibiotics in chicken.” Then, last summer, the company changed its policy : Instead of “no antibiotics ever” (referred to as NAE in the industry), Tyson’s farmers would go back to using antibiotics. They would refrain only from using drugs considered “important in human medicine.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Civil Eats

MAY 20, 2024

A version of this article originally appeared in the “Revitalizing Home Cooking” issue of The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter. Become a member today and get the next issue directly in your inbox. San Francisco’s Civic Kitchen buys enough fruits and vegetables every month to completely fill 10 shopping carts. More than 250 students take classes each month at the school, which is geared toward home cooks.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 20, 2024

Georgia survey reveals deer cost cotton farmers as much as $152 million in 2023 alone.

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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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NASDA

MAY 24, 2024

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is seeking applicants for a director of public affairs. This position will administer public affairs policies and procedures, maintaining positive relations with the public, the press and electronic media. The director will develop and oversee the delivery of all publications, press and media communications, calendars, special promotions and general public information on activities, events and crises.

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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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Western FarmPress

MAY 23, 2024

No matter the size or the model of your sprayer, these basic steps will keep it in operating condition.

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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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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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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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Western FarmPress

MAY 20, 2024

Dairy Outlook: The milk price skyrocketed from $16.53 per cwt to $21.36. Here’s why, and what to expect through the summer.

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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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NASDA

MAY 21, 2024

Letter Dear Chairman Heinrich and Ranking Member Hoeven, We write to you today to request full and adequate funding for the U.S. Codex Office (USCO) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Agriculture-Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill. As a representative of the U.S. food and agriculture sector, the USCO plays an instrumental role in advocating and developing science and risk-based food standards on behalf of farmers, ranchers, and the food industry to protect the health of consumers and ens

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Food Politics

MAY 20, 2024

I learned about this one from FoodNavigator-Europe. Ashwagandha has ‘tremendous potential’ for promoting healthy aging: Review : Ashwagandha could serve as a potent anti-aging ingredient by improving immune system function and acting as an antioxidant, according to a review published in Frontiers in Nutrition…. Read more This is the kind of headline that makes me ask: “Who paid for this?

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USDA Blog

MAY 22, 2024

May is World Trade Month and this is World Trade Week – a perfect opportunity to celebrate U.S. agriculture’s trade successes and highlight the importance of trade to the farm sector and to our nation as whole. After all, about 20 percent of all U.S. agricultural production is exported, providing a critical source of farm income, supporting more than a million jobs, and generating nearly $200 billion in additional economic activity each year in our rural communities and beyond.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 21, 2024

North American cattle industry representative met last week in Mexico to attend the Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas’ (CNOG) annual meeting and a trilateral meeting between the parties. Up for discussion was sustainable global trade that encourages efficient production practices, as well as focusing on protecting herds from animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth and lumpy.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 24, 2024

The 2024 cotton planting season proved mostly ideal, a rarity with the area's rich, fertile farmland that hugs the Atlantic Coastline.

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Food Tank

MAY 20, 2024

Five Black farmers recently received a combined US$72,000 in funding to enhance access to resources and health outcomes for people across Maryland. The funding was a part of the EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator. The EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator —a collaboration of the American Heart Association (AHA) and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield—is designed to support Black farmers in Maryland.

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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 24, 2024

Rain makes grain, sure, but rain also makes green grass and that makes for a very happy Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange who joins Shaun Haney for this episode of the Beef Market Update. Green grass in many parts of the Prairies is a welcome change compared to the last few years, and. Read More Rain makes grain, sure, but rain also makes green grass and that makes for a very happy Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange who joins Shaun Haney for this episode of the Beef Market U

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Western FarmPress

MAY 24, 2024

Arkansas soil test provides vital information for growers.

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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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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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Real Agriculture

MAY 22, 2024

Farms are workplaces where interaction with several classes of chemicals is inevitable. Chemicals can enter the body in different ways: through inhalation, absorption, ingestion and injection, so it’s important for farmers and farm workers to understand the risk associated with each type of chemical and how to avoid exposure whenever possible.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 22, 2024

Slaughter cattle in most any condition are bringing a high price due to the need for lean grinding beef.

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