Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Unlike some other North American ports, the St. Lawrence Seaway shipping corridor is seasonal, and the labour dispute holding up product movement is putting serious stress on Ontario’s agriculture sector during the harvest period. An estimated $20 million per day of grain isn’t moving through the St. Lawrence Seaway after members of UNIFOR went on.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Farmers Weekly With large swathes of farmland under water and with more heavy rainfall predicted in the coming days, the NFU has called on government to commit to a comprehensive water management strategy. After an unseasonably wet harvest this year, farmers in some parts of the country are seeing next year’s crops rotting under floodwater.
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Food Politics
OCTOBER 27, 2023
José Tenorio. School Food Politics in Mexico: The Corporatization of Obesity and Healthy Eating Policies. Routledge, 2023. I was asked for a blurb for this one: From first-hand observations and deep research, José Tenorio makes it clear that school food in Mexico is about much more than feeding hungry kids; it’s about how food corporations have taken advantage of social inequalities to replace native food traditions with less healthful but profitable products.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2023
If you follow the #PeoplesGarden on social media, you’ve seen informative videos by Jorge Penso, the lead gardener at the national headquarters People’s Garden in Washington, D.C.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 26, 2023
It’s time for another episode of RealAg Politics with your host, Shaun Haney! On this episode, hear from: Mike Flynn, new and first executive director of Alberta Grains, introduces himself and why he chose agriculture; Dave Carey, with the Canadian Canola Growers on the Senate holding up Bill C-234; and, Kelvin Heppner, with RealAgriculture, to.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Farmers Weekly Renewed calls for greater support for black and people of colour (BPOC) within UK agriculture have been heard this week, in a Nuffield Farming report by farm vet Dr Navaratnam Partheeban.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Oklahoma producer Marty Williams was once known as an early adopter. He's traded that status for 1990s equipment and a different perspective, a strategy that's benefitting his mental health.
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Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Corn harvest is finally underway in Ontario, and plenty of optimism abounds when it comes to the yield potential of this crop. There is a concern, however, that the challenges of a wet summer are showing up in deoxynivalenol (DON) levels in the grain. A mycotoxin produced by the gibberella fungus, DON levels over 2. Read More Corn harvest is finally underway in Ontario, and plenty of optimism abounds when it comes to the yield potential of this crop.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Farmers Weekly After 99 years farming near Blandford, earlier this autumn the Harding family decided to wind up their mixed arable and livestock operation. Their entire fleet was put up for auction, along with an even greater number of introduced lots, making for one of the biggest sales of the year.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
OCTOBER 25, 2023
On October 1, 2023, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 – more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill – expired. The expiration did not come as a surprise, as Congress’ timeline for reauthorizing the 2018 Farm Bill has been increasingly drawn out for a variety of reasons such that neither the House nor Senate Agriculture Committees have yet been ready to unveil their bills.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Ant keepers enjoy a fun and educational hobby, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) also has an interest in it. You might wonder what ant keeping has to do with American agriculture and natural resources. Some invertebrates that people—including ant keepers—import into the U.S. or move between states could threaten our crops, forests, and community landscapes if they escape.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 25, 2023
A frosty week in Ontario and a snowy one out west means all those pre-winter jobs just moved up the priority list a notch or two. For Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, that just means there’s more time-sensitive topics to cover on this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. From an alert on corn harvest field. Read More A frosty week in Ontario and a snowy one out west means all those pre-winter jobs just moved up the priority list a notch or two.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Farmers Weekly Autumn drilling had got off to a good start, with some excellent seed-beds. Unfortunately, Storm Babet has brought an abrupt halt to things for the moment. With a reasonable amount still to drill, I have everything crossed for a kind and dry November.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Special canines save sheep, goats from predators Livestock guardian dogs are rockstars in the canine world, even if most people never see them perform live. These unique animals are so important to the ranching industry that the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in San Angelo created an entire program dedicated to these livestock.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Epigenetic silencing, which involves the suppression of gene activity, is a fascinating and increasingly influential branch of biological sciences. It allows cells to remember and maintain specific gene expression patterns throughout development and respond to environmental cues such as winter cold in the case of vernalization in plants. The silencing activity, conserved in both animals and plants.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Every sprayer operator has the ability to mitigate sprayer drift. The first and easiest thing an operator can do is change their droplet size. “It’s simple physics,” says Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs application technology specialist Jason Deveau. “When you go to a larger droplet, it’s more likely to continue to travel.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Farmers Weekly Late-drilling winter wheat growers on heavy soils need to focus on crop nutrition as rapidly cooling soils give slow availability of nutrients, and so feeding crops is key to preventing stress and disease getting a hold.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Farmers applying NH3 can maximize their dollars and use of the product by not applying it until soil temperatures are no more than 50 degrees and trending lower, according to Iowa State University Extension.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Gifting your first catch, whether a moose, a deer or berries, is a Tlingit tradition. “As a child, you learn that giving away the first catch is part of the respect for the animal, culture, and people, so I had my grandson go with me to pick berries,” says Naomi Michalsen. “When you pick little lingonberries, it’s like picking up marbles off the ground—it’s a lot of work.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. In today’s episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter Johnson to discuss: an update on the eastern soybean and corn harvest, fall nitrogen application, soil sampling, and much more! Also hear from Chad Garrod for a spotlight interview for.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 21, 2023
Farmers Weekly During a week in mid-September, we had our annual TB test, and also dipped all the sheep. These are not the jobs we look forward to but at the end of the week, it was a great peace of mind for us all to learn that we were TB and scab free.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The projected 2023/24 wheat marketing year stocks-to-use ratios imply that the 2024 Oklahoma and Texas wheat harvest prices should be above the 2009 through 2023 average harvest prices.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 70,000 pageviews a month Investigate Midwest By the time the sun came up over the rolling green hills of Harrells, North Carolina, on June 23, 2021, a charred metal platform was all that remained of the old trailer. An investigation by the local fire department determined that the fire started at the electric stove in the kitchen.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Applications are open, as of Oct. 26, for the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program — the title that’s been given to the federal and provincial AgriRecovery initiative aimed at helping livestock producers in Saskatchewan affected by drought. Producers in eligible parts of the province can find more info and application forms through the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Farmers Weekly Labour appears to be backing away from a more widespread “right to roam” policy for England that would have seen the public given far greater access to farmland than is currently the case.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Farmers are wary about naturally-derived crop treatments, like microbiologicals. Research, trust and affordability can raise growers' comfort levels in the products.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 23, 2023
On a hot July day on Michigan’s vehicle-free Mackinac Island, people swarm the downtown streets on foot and bikes and in horse-drawn carriages. Sitting high atop a cart emblazoned with the mission of “Keeping Mackinac Beautiful,” a city sanitation worker maneuvers a two-horse team through the fray, stopping periodically to collect trash and compost.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 25, 2023
PRIDE Seeds is moving away from a sole distribution model and towards an ag retail network model for Western Canada. The move will increase the locations farmers can find PRIDE Seeds’ corn product portfolio. “Our enhanced dealer network will now work, directly and exclusively, with PRIDE Seeds. This will optimize the customer experience, allow greater.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Farmers Weekly Incremental changes made over more than 20 years to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase soil carbon sequestration have resulted in Doug Christie from Scotland being crowned the first Carbon Farmer of the Year.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Stephanie Porter, Illinois Soybean Association outreach agronomist, says farmers have become complacent in managing soybean cyst nematode in their fields. Here’s what ISA is doing to help.
AgWeb Farm Journal
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Grains see fund selling with risk off in outside markets, plus a lack of bullish news beyond a soybean sale to China. Cattle and hogs see an oversold technical bounce. Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net,has more.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 24, 2023
It’s time for Tuesdays with Lyndsey on RealAg Radio! On this show with host Lyndsey Smith, we will hear from: Todd Lewis, first vice president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture on the St. Lawrence Seaway value and the impact of the strike happening there; An interview Kelvin Heppner had with Dave Carey on the. Read More It’s time for Tuesdays with Lyndsey on RealAg Radio!
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Farmers Weekly John Deere is finally ready to roll out its spot spraying system in Europe, five years after its $305m (£250m) acquisition of Californian start-up Blue River.
AgriLife Today
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Patil also distinguished panelist at inaugural Asian Citrus Congress-2023 The Indian Society of Citriculture has bestowed an honorary fellowship to Bhimu Patil, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences. Patil is also director of the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center at Texas A&M.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 26, 2023
A transition in weather patterns from La Nina to El Nino is expected to be beneficial for wheat production. The world wheat market continues to be influenced by the Russia-Ukraine war.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Weed control is not an exact science, especially when Mother Nature throws curveballs at growers throughout the growing season. BASF agronomist Ken Currah says the extremes of the 2023 growing season are a good example of why it’s best to think season-long when planning a weed control program. During spring, as dry conditions continued through.
Farmers Weekly
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Farmers Weekly Woodlands are the focus this week, with the farmland market quiet in terms of new launches. Recently launched in north Wales is almost 157 acres of mixed woodland just south of Abergele in Denbighshire. This has maturing conifer crops, mixed broadleaves with ancient woodland and good internal infrastructure.
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