Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Farmers Weekly A group of 11 Somerset farmers, who operate in the same constituency as Jacob Rees-Mogg, has written to the former minister lambasting his understanding of agriculture and accusing him of undermining British farming values.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 12, 2023
It’s been a long process, but Canada is nearing a final decision on the use of gene editing in crop development. Krista Thomas, vice president of seed innovation and trade policy with the Canada Grains Council, explains the final assessment — that of feed for livestock — is nearing completion, as the consultation wraps up. Read More It’s been a long process, but Canada is nearing a final decision on the use of gene editing in crop development.
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Food Politics
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The answer: it depends on how much money you have. USDA’s Economic Research Service has just issued a chart on how much countries throughot the world spend on food on average as a percent of their total expenditures. As a general rule: As incomes rise with economic development and urbanization, the share of income spent on food tends to fall while discretionary spending on household goods, education, medical services, and recreation tends to increase.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The ground-breaking career of Professor Dame Caroline Dean FRS has been recognised with the prestigious Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies. The international award is made to outstanding plant scientists working on genetics and genomics. “I am thrilled and honoured to receive this award in recognition of the work of my group at the John Innes Centre over many years,”.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Farmers Weekly Michael Spencer won his claim against the estate of his late father, John Spencer, on the basis that he had been promised he would inherit the family’s Lincolnshire farm. The claim in Spencer v Spencer followed the father’s death in October 2018.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 13, 2023
There’s always something to cover in the beef and cattle markets, but this week marks a decidedly non-volatile week in trading. Anne Wasko, with the Gateway Livestock Exchange, brings an update from the south to the north and from beef prices to live weights in this episode of the Beef Market Update. The theme of. Read More There’s always something to cover in the beef and cattle markets, but this week marks a decidedly non-volatile week in trading.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 10, 2023
I can hardly believe this, and had to laugh when I read all the articles last week about how worried the food industry is about the new obesity drugs. Imagine: if the drugs really do reduce appetite and interest in food—horror of horrors—people might eat less. Eating less, as I have pointed out repeatedly, is very bad for the food business. In Food Politics, I explained how the fundamental purpose of food companies is to get you to eat more food, not less.
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Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Farmers Weekly Sugar beet growers have made an unusually early start to this year’s beet harvest as British Sugar offers a premium for early-lifted crops in an attempt to make up for last season’s 250,000t sugar shortage.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Short-term bounces in grain prices should be viewed as selling opportunities in an overall bearish market, according to the president of grain marketing advisory firm IntelliFarm. The lack of bullish news on both the supply and demand sides of the balance sheets for most major crops has resulted in prices sliding over the last few. Read More Short-term bounces in grain prices should be viewed as selling opportunities in an overall bearish market, according to the president of grain marketing adv
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Refineries worldwide are facing challenges in meeting the rising demand for diesel, exacerbated by disruptions in global oil flows caused by OPEC+ output reductions and the conflict in Ukraine.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Georgia native Topeka Ham found a new calling serving the American public through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) after 26 years in the South Carolina Air National Guard.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Farmers Weekly A petition urging supermarkets and their suppliers to give fairer treatment to farmers has received more than 60,000 signatures, but the “big six” retailers remain silent on the issue. If the #GetFairAboutFarming petition receives 100,000 signatures, it will be debated in parliament.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 12, 2023
After a two-year review, the the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) has chosen the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) to provide live cattle chain of custody tracking for the CRSB’s Certified Sustainable Beef Framework. CRSB says it is confident working with the CCIA will enable consistent implementation of its Chain of Custody Requirements and.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Texas A&M AgriLife plant scientist joins a NASA-funded project to help understand how plants grow away from Earth A Texas A&M AgriLife plant scientist is joining the space race, of a sort, by helping to understand how plants can survive in space to support human space exploration. As a Texas A&M AgriLife Research crop physiologist/agroecologist and professor in.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The innovative and inspiring research of Professor Diane Saunders has been recognised with a major award by a leading society in the field of plant pathology. Diane is a group leader at the John Innes Centre and becomes the latest recipient of the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) RKS Wood Prize The award celebrates excellence in the study of plant disease biology and its application in.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Farmers Weekly It feels like the main focus for the past couple of weeks has been battling slugs. Any spare time was used for planting crops. We have already lost a few early skirmishes, with a couple of oilseed rape fields succumbing to a combination of slugs and flea beetle.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 13, 2023
What would you try if you knew you couldn’t fail? Fear can be very motivating (ever been chased by a bull in a pasture?) but fear — of failure, of success, of the unknown — can also be paralyzing. Each person’s experience with fear is different, but it’s the very real stories of overcoming fear. Read More What would you try if you knew you couldn’t fail?
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Texas A&M AgriLife experts celebrate water conservation, safety and efficiency practices that ensure food security There is no mistaking the critical role water plays throughout the world — it is essential to life on Earth. Texas A&M AgriLife is celebrating the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ World Food Day, celebrated on Oct. 16, Read More → The post Today’s water research bolsters tomorrow’s food availability first appeared on AgriLife Today.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Annandale Terrace Elementary School in Annandale, Virginia, where he unveiled two new grant opportunities plus a training and technical assistance partnership to help schools continue to invest in nutritious school meals.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Farmers Weekly Plans by Red Tractor to introduce a new environmental “bolt-on” to its existing farm assurance schemes have been heavily criticised by farmers and their representatives, who fear the organisation is overstepping its remit and object to the way it has been developed.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 11, 2023
If you’re waiting for a sign to pick up the phone and check in with a friend, this is it. Yesterday was Mental Health Day and host Peter Johnson wants you to take the Wheat Pete 15 challenge and call up someone just to chat. That’s just one tidbit from this episode of Wheat Pete’s. Read More If you’re waiting for a sign to pick up the phone and check in with a friend, this is it.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Role includes leadership position in Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Amir Ibrahim, Ph.D., has been selected as the new associate director and chief scientific officer of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and associate dean for research in the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, effective Dec. 1. Ibrahim is a.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 12, 2023
As Congress let the last farm bill expire at the end of September, I was navigating an ongoing drought on my Iowa farm for the third year in a row. Iowa is known for its lush, green summers and abundant rivers and streams. Today, most of those streams are dried up and the rivers are at all-time lows. The soft rains we used to see from April to October are gone and now we’re facing longer bouts of drought, high heat events, torrential downpours, and polar vortexes.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Farmers Weekly Andrew Wilson at Brickyard Farm near Slingsby, North Yorkshire, has just made a start on his 60ha of potatoes for McCain. “In digs, yields look pleasing, although quality is a little variable in places, but nothing I’m majorly concerned about,” says Andrew.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 12, 2023
What’s top of mind on the policy front this week? Well, there are some fireworks over grocery store prices and what’s really driving food costs, a plant breeding technique is edging ever-closer to the finish line, and farmers are weighing in on a proposed grain company acquisition. On this episode of RealAg Politics, host Shaun. Read More What’s top of mind on the policy front this week?
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 12, 2023
SARE, the Conservation Technology Information Center and the American Seed Trade Association surveyed about 800 farmers in 49 states to get their thoughts on cover crop incentives.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Like mushrooms after an autumn rain, a new flush of books have popped up on Amazon that claim to provide everything you need to forage your next meal from local parks and woodlands—an increasingly popular hobby in the wake of the pandemic. The books appear to part of a large new wave of books that are being assembled and “published” using artificial intelligence (AI).
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Farmers Weekly Like many farmers, I’m a frequent user of social media. But like many, I also struggle to work out exactly how I feel about it. For a while my platform of choice was Instagram.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 11, 2023
According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the average person over the age of 15 consumes the equivalent of 53 bottles of wine per year. These consumption trends matter to the environment. According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 8, 2023
The historically low water levels on the Mississippi River have caused a trifecta in the soybean market. Its increased freight weights, slammed basis levels and taken a real toll on exports.
Farming First
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The global seed sector is working to advance sustainable food systems — creating coalitions, delivering innovative seed to farmers and more. The post Planting Seeds for Sustainable Future Food Systems appeared first on Farming First.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Farmers Weekly An intense workload at calving, combined with a winter routine, often creates a temporary labour gap in an autumn block-calving herd. One extra person – sometimes only a half – is required, but for just 12 weeks.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Livestock Risk Protection was first offered in 2003. Changes made in 2018 offer opportunities for ranchers to set a price floor. LRP-Feeder Cattle insurance is available in all counties in all states.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) and HEAL Food Alliance recently released the report Procuring Food Justice: Grassroots Solutions for Reclaiming Our Public Supply Chains. The authors challenge corporate control of institutional procurement markets and advocate for a value-based food purchasing strategy. FCWA and HEAL are working to implement this strategy through the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP).
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences senior aims to aid rural farms A student choosing to attend Texas A&M University when they come from generations of Aggies is probably no surprise. As a seventh-generation farmer, senior Clayton Moore’s choice of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and Crop Sciences was also. Read More → The post Clayton Moore: Seventh generation farmer sees future in hemp first appeared on AgriLife Today.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Farmers Weekly The battle to build the highest output combine harvester is hotting up, with New Holland set to launch its biggest machine yet. Details are still thin on the ground, but we understand the new model has been some 10 years in development and shares few components with the current CR10.90 flagship.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Catch up on highlights from the October WASDE report, highly pathogenic avian influenza cases resurfacing in the U.S., the major setback for a carbon pipeline company and more!
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