Real Agriculture
JUNE 2, 2023
Ontario-based Dairy Distillery has already proved you can make amazing things from a “waste” product, through its creation of Vodkow vodka using milk permeate. Now, the company is partnering with the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) to create a milk-made biofuel. Currently, MMPA runs a facility that produces 14,000 tonnes of permeate per year that’s.
Jayson Lusk
MAY 29, 2023
That’s the title of a new publication from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine summarizing the outcomes from a workshop on alternative proteins. I served on the planning committee and gave a talk about the market prospects for alternative proteins. The report (pages 23-30) summarizes my talk. Here are a couple excerpts from my portion: “ Jayson Lusk, Purdue University, explored the socioeconomic impacts of increasing the intake of alternative proteins.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
MAY 28, 2023
Predictors of vitamin A rich food consumption among women living in households growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in selected regions in Uganda. Women who knew less about vitamin A consumed more vitamin A-rich foods. Go figure. Degeneration of cleaned-up, virus-tested sweetpotato seed vines in Tanzania. Those orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes better be regularly cleaned, or resistant to viruses.
Thought Farmer
JUNE 2, 2023
There are a lot of intranet vendors that oversell how easy intranet adoption is. Not that I blame them, but low intranet adoption isn’t so much the problem, but rather a symptom of something deeper. When your employees are not adopting, they are conveying something about the technology. They are trying to tell you that the old way of doing things is still better.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 2, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, as well as Meagan Murdoch of H&K strategies, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss many topics, including: Bill 97 walk back; Cow/calf vs. grain profits; interest. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio!
FreshFarm Blog
JUNE 2, 2023
In a new frontier of collaboration between our programs, FRESHFARM is now running our first school farm stands at two FoodPrints schools
The Lunatic Farmer
JUNE 2, 2023
The feedback from the fence line blog was great and it makes me want to offer more nuance to the discussion. I’m very aware that cutting the autumn olive and multiflora rose does not kill it. New sprouts are edible if you have something that can graze it. Grazing animals will nip it; the goal is to arrest it, to get it into a more tender edible state.
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Real Agriculture
MAY 31, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Errol Anderson, president at ProMarket Wire Communications, to discuss the highs and lows of the current commodity markets, and Keith Currie with Canadian Federation of Agriculture, on their new program. Plus, don’t miss our spotlight. Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio!
Food Environment and Reporting Network
JUNE 1, 2023
Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 26 MILLION WEBSITE VISITORS A MONTH 220 MILLION SOCIAL USERS REACHED National Geographic Early on a cool spring morning, in far Downeast Maine, Severine von Tscharner Welcome and her husband, Terran, scrambled along a point jutting into Cobscook Bay. The Passamaquoddy people named the bay Kapskuk after the immense tides and wild currents that make the water seem to boil.
Todays Farmer Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
Educating children often takes creative thinking. MFA’s new natural resources conservation specialist, Emily Beck, recently donned a bee costume and handed out custom activity booklets, crayons and seed packets to help teach youngsters about pollinator conservation. Beck participated in the American Royal Spring Field Trip on May 2-3, during which some 2,400 second- and third-graders from the Kansas City area toured interactive, educational stations designed to connect them with where their food
Share Food Program
JUNE 1, 2023
Gov. Josh Shapiro, Tracey Specter kicked off the nonprofit’s first-ever capital campaign with an event at Share’s Philadelphia headquarters. Today, the first day of National Hunger Awareness Month, Share Food Program announced its first-ever capital campaign, The Campaign for Food Justice , a $35 million effort to revolutionize the future of food security and the nonprofit’s ability to combat the persistent and growing rates of hunger in the Greater Philadelphia region.
Real Agriculture
MAY 30, 2023
It’s time to talk fusarium control — by zeroing in on an upright, narrow target. Achieving excellent coverage of a wheat head is a huge challenge, so to talk about better control and spray technology, this episode of the Agronomists brings together Dr. Dave Hooker, with the University of Guelph-Ridgetown, and Dr. Tom Wolf of. Read More It’s time to talk fusarium control — by zeroing in on an upright, narrow target.
Farming First
JUNE 1, 2023
Ten innovative solutions in food and agriculture that can improve sustainability while supporting health and livelihoods. The post Tweaks and Disruptions: Ten innovations that could revolutionise food systems appeared first on Farming First.
Todays Farmer Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
The 11th summer of MFA’s Ag Experience internship program kicked off May 15 with 13 participants who will spend nearly three months learning more about the agriculture industry as trusted and professional employees. During orientation at MFA Incorporated’s home office in Columbia, interns had the opportunity to learn about the company’s standards and policies.
Farmbrite
JUNE 1, 2023
These days, farming is a lot more than just plowing the field and planting seeds. Farming also includes marketing your goods, managing finances and employees, keeping up with technology —and that's just the beginning. Young farmers face even more challenges to getting started in agriculture than their predecessors did: tighter budgets, higher costs of living, stricter lending standards and less land availability to buy.
Real Agriculture
MAY 30, 2023
A controversial proposal to allow up to three severances off an Ontario farm property will be walked back, according to a letter sent to Ontario farm groups by Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Steve Clark. The decision comes after several farm groups, led by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, lobbied the government to drop the.
Rodale Institute
JUNE 1, 2023
The Rodale Institute Pacific Northwest Organic Center at Cascadian Farm (PNWOC), the historic property formerly known as Cascadian Home Farm, is set to open its fields to the public for […] The post Rodale Institute Pacific Northwest Organic Center at Cascadian Farm Will Open to the Public in June 2023 appeared first on Rodale Institute.
Ohio State University
JUNE 1, 2023
The Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Jared Grant. Grant received his PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics, from the University of Georgia. Grant’s research interests include food accessibility, food security, economics of trust, and behavioral economics.
The Lunatic Farmer
JUNE 1, 2023
Today I did one of the most enjoyable things I ever get to do: clean an electric fence with a chainsaw Conventional farmers do this with an herbicide. The interesting thing is that it seldom actually kills; it temporarily appears to kill, but then sure enough, next year, new leaves come out on the base of the brush and it’s off to the races. Autumn olive, multiflora rose, greenbrier and other noxious vegetation encroaches on fence lines, gradually dragging down the fence.
Real Agriculture
MAY 30, 2023
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Cam Dahl, with the Manitoba Pork Council, to discuss concerns on Califonia’s Prop 12 and U.S. label changes. We will also hear an interview RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin had with Senator Rob Black on supporting agriculture and Bill C-234. Read More Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio!
Caff
MAY 31, 2023
Chris and Christy Locke share the history of Locke Ranch and their participation in the original BIOS project. (Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Locke Ranch on May 23rd. Attendees were treated to a walk through the orchard with Chris and Christy Locke, who were participants in the original BIOS project over twenty years ago.
iFarm
MAY 31, 2023
I often compare bookkeeping to exercise… it’s something we know we should do and the benefits are clear. With regular exercise, you can maintain a healthy body – it helps to keep your weight, blood pressure and cardiovascular health in check. Is it a panacea for a long, healthy life? No. But your chances are greater if you do exercise. Likewise, with regular bookkeeping, you can maintain a healthy business.
Trimble Agriculture
MAY 31, 2023
Learn more about the five Cs of credit lenders use to evaluate your farm loan application. The five Cs of credit is a common technique lenders use to evaluate your farm loan application and include character, capital, capacity, collateral, and conditions. Character : Borrower’s credit history and managerial reputation and capability. Capital : Borrower’s personal investment in the ag operation.
Real Agriculture
MAY 29, 2023
For all crops, there’s a critical weed free period — a time early in the season where the crop must be kept weed-free to prevent yield loss potential. For pulses, the length of time ranges depending on the pulse type. Ken Wall of Federated Co-operatives Ltd., joins this Pulse School episode to discuss why early. Read More For all crops, there’s a critical weed free period — a time early in the season where the crop must be kept weed-free to prevent yield loss potential.
Agri-tech
MAY 31, 2023
A £1m Innovate UK project that aims to have a significant impact on reducing the need for UK imports of soya has been announced today. The ‘Pea Protein’ project is a collaboration between Germinal, a grass and forage seed specialists, and seed breeders, using a discovery made by John Innes Centre scientists 30 years ago. The gene for flavourless peas was first identified in the 1990s by scientists.
Agribusiness Blog
MAY 31, 2023
Producers were given a reprieve last week related to applications for Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) and Emergency Relief Program Phase Two (ERP2) programs. Applications for the program opened on January 23, 2023 and were scheduled to close on June 2, 2023. However, the USDA has extended that deadline to July 14, 2023 to give producers more time to accumulate information and apply.
The Lunatic Farmer
MAY 31, 2023
Last weekend I made four presentations to the Florida Parent Educators Association in Orlando and the last one was titled simply “Backyard Chickens.” Imagine my surprise when several hundred people showed up to that late-in-the-day final session. The high energy group listened intently as I gave some basic principles but then Q&A and the informal afterward discussions yielded a painful reality: almost nobody had a functional chicken coop.
Real Agriculture
MAY 29, 2023
The deadline to submit applications for the 2024 Nuffield Canada Agricultural Scholarships is June 30, 2023. The Nuffield Scholarship is a rural leadership program available to Canadian citizens who are involved in any aspect of agriculture. Its goal is to attract mid-career applicants with a passion for agriculture who are ready to challenge themselves in.
Sustainable Food Trust
MAY 31, 2023
In our series of butcher profiles, food and farming writer, Marianne Landzettel, meets butchers from across the UK who have built their business around high welfare, sustainably produced meat. Farmer, Will Simkin, has developed an extensive farm shop with a tearoom and restaurant, selling his own pork and beef, along with vegetables produced on the farm.
West Texas Livestock
MAY 31, 2023
With summer arriving, treating pinkeye is an issue many cattle producers will face. As things get drier, it means more dust which means an increase in eye irritants. However, there are things that you can do when this bacteria makes its appearance on your ranch. Treating the pinkeye infection early in your cattle is crucial. […] The post Getting control of pinkeye is now easier than you think appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.
World Agri-Tech
MAY 30, 2023
The face of the fruit industry in Chile is being revolutionized as A.I.-driven robots picking apples in Linares. Tevel’s autonomous harvesting system was deployed in Unifrutti Chile’s apple orchards from March to May, harvesting several varieties of apples and picking the highest-quality fruit with unparalleled efficiency. The global agriculture industry has faced significant challenges in the past decade due to labor shortages during harvest time, resulting in lower fruit quality, higher labor
Real Agriculture
MAY 27, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, discussing the Taiwan beef market access news. We will also discuss the latest RealAgristudies results looking at barriers to farm transition, and hear from Garner Deobold on the upcoming Saskatchewan. Read More Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend!
Sustainable Food Trust
MAY 31, 2023
How can measuring sustainability on farms help us to understand and value the produce and services that farmers deliver? In this new series, we explore how metrics can inform the transition to a more sustainable food and farming system, and we meet some of the people who are leading the way when it comes to producing nutritious food that supports the health of people and planet.
AgriEpiCenter
MAY 30, 2023
Agri-EPI has recently hired an Agricultural Laboratory Technician to join their technical team. Kayleigh Breen comes from an academic background in Applied Bioscience and Forensics and previously worked in science-based […] The post Kayleigh Breen joins Agri-EPI Centre as Agricultural Laboratory Technician appeared first on Agri-EPI Centre.
OECD: Environment
MAY 30, 2023
by Sho Yamasaki, OECD Environment Directorate Israel is one of the world’s most arid countries, but its small open economy is fertile ground for tech-driven innovation. The country boasts the highest concentration of start-ups per capita in the world. Tech start-ups and their dynamic ecosystem in Tel Aviv represent Israel’s increasingly vibrant economic scene.
Real Agriculture
MAY 29, 2023
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! You’ll hear from Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, on a number of topics including: wrapping up seeding in Ontario, nitrate samples, dry conditions in southwestern Ontario, and favourite things to BBQ. Listen on for an audio clip from a recent Soybean School with Jason.
The Lunatic Farmer
MAY 30, 2023
I just spent a couple of days in and around Orlando, Florida, the heart of Florida’s orange production country. Instead of beautiful green trees, I saw thousands of acres of dead, scraggly trees. Just a few years ago, Florida produced 240 million 90-lb. crates of oranges. Last year it was about 40 million and this year the crop is expected to be below 20 million.
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