Real Agriculture
MARCH 6, 2024
Loralee Orr has been named as Canada Commercial Leader for Corteva Agriscience. Orr will remain based at Corteva’s Canadian head office at Calgary, Alberta, where she will lead the organization as it delivers a pipeline of new seed and crop protection solutions to Canadian farmers in the years ahead.
Food Politics
MARCH 5, 2024
In my Monday postings of industry-funded studies of the week, I mostly have stopped listing the names of authors because I view industry influence as a systemic problem, not something to be blamed on individuals. But a recent article on meat industry influence on climate change science, sent to me by one of its authors, focuses on two individual recipients of meat industry funding.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
MARCH 3, 2024
NBPGR-PDS: A Precision Tool for Plant Germplasm Collecting. Fancy software can manage germplasm collecting info in the field. The role of genotypic and climatic variation at the range edge: A case study in winegrapes. Fancy software and analysis can predict how different grape varietals could expand in distribution under climate change. ClimMob: Software to support experimental citizen science in agriculture.
Agri-tech
MARCH 8, 2024
International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Here Dr Rosaria (Ros) Campilongo, CEO of PfBIO a John Innes Centre spin-out company based at Norwich Research Park, takes time out of her busy day to give some inspiring thoughts on work, life, and balance. Ros is a familiar face for visitors to the Norwich Research Park (NRP).
Real Agriculture
MARCH 6, 2024
Advanced grazing can be summed up in one word: GRASS. But we’re not talking the actual grass, we’re talking about the GRASS principles of advanced grazing. In this episode of the Farming Forward video series, Steve Kenyon of Greener Pastures Ranching, explains the principle that stands for: G – Graze period R – Rest period A.
Food Politics
MARCH 7, 2024
Two examples of beef-industry attempted influence: I. Science teachers This one comes from Wired: Inside the Beef I ndustry’s Campaign to Influence Kids Big Beef is wooing science teachers with webinars and lesson plans in an attempt to change kids’ perceptions of the industry. A beef industry group is running a campaign to influence science teachers and other educators in the US.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 6, 2024
“Does anyone realize we’re headed toward plastic armageddon?” That’s how Bradley Aiken of Portland, OR began his response to our call for reader questions about where their food comes from. “My weekly visits to the local farmers’ markets still find an overabundance and reliance on plastic pint containers of berries, single-use plastic bags,and straws!
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Real Agriculture
MARCH 5, 2024
Bayer’s CEO has ruled out the possibility of spinning off the company’s crop science division as a separate business. In a news conference on Tuesday, Bill Anderson said the company has completed a thorough review of its current structure, which includes three divisions: pharmaceuticals, consumer health, and crop science. He said the company will not.
Food Politics
MARCH 4, 2024
Lately, I have been asked repeatedly to explain just how the food industry exerts influence to protect and promote product sales. This week’s posts address that question, starting with the usual Monday industry-funded study of the week, in this case an opinion piece sponsored by the potato industry. Potato trade associations work hard to overcome concerns about this food’s rapidly absorbable starch content.
AgriLife Today
MARCH 5, 2024
Texas A&M AgriLife responds to community needs alongside volunteers and other agencies in support of the Texas Panhandle Wildfires that ripped across the Texas Panhandle left in their wake destroyed homes, blackened earth, downed power lines and wandering livestock. But also, an outpouring of support that arrived by the truckloads in the form of hay, Read More → The post Inside the fire line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek fire – the largest wildfire in Texas history appeared f
USDA Blog
MARCH 5, 2024
Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN) President Starry Krueger is working to keep people on their traditional lands, and to keep the land grounded in agriculture.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 4, 2024
Houston, we have a problem — and it’s larger than ideal crop supplies available combined with lagging demand for some oilseed and crush byproducts. That’s at least part of what is going on in the oilseed complex, says Tyler Schau, of AgMarket.net. He spoke with Shaun Haney at Commodity Classic last week being held at —. Read More Houston, we have a problem — and it’s larger than ideal crop supplies available combined with lagging demand for some oilseed and crush byproducts.
Food Politics
MARCH 8, 2024
Dr Katie Pereira-Kotze, a part time Senior Nutritionist at First Steps Nutrition Trust wrote me to ask if I might comment on the conflicts of interest displayed at a conference sponsored by the British Journal of Midwifery (BJM). This journal accepts sponsorship for its annual conference from breastmilk substitute companies (Nutricia, Kendamil, Nestle).
NASDA
MARCH 8, 2024
Comment Re: Docket ID No: AMS–SC–23–0073 Request for Information Specialty Crops Competitiveness Initiative Dear Associate Administrator Morris, The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the USDA’s efforts to administratively support the specialty crop industry in remaining competitive in domestic and international marketplaces as part of USDA’s Specialty Crops Competitiveness Initiative (SCCI).
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 5, 2024
To go truly big-time, John Deere needed an unfettered pipeline to a particular resource: steel.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 4, 2024
By Tyler McCann, managing director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute Many in Canadian agriculture and food are proud of the sector’s position as a major exporter. Many are also proud of Canada’s position as a sustainable food producer. But many are worried about the relationship between trade and sustainability. While the landscape is shifting, Read More By Tyler McCann, managing director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute Many in Canadian agriculture and food are proud of the s
Food Politics
MARCH 6, 2024
This one is about activities of the National Pork Board , a USDA-sponsored checkoff program recipient (see comment at end). It comes from a reader, Lily Doher, reproduced with her permission. I receive emails from the National CACFP [Child and Adult Care Food Program] Sponsors Association and occasionally click to see what free trainings they’re offering providers.
USDA Blog
MARCH 8, 2024
When Green Technologies, LLC began operations in 1999, sustainability was an early concept in the agricultural industry. Still, the company remained dedicated to growing as a market leader in sustainability and innovation. Now, as the company celebrates 25 years, there is a push from all sides of the industry to adopt sustainable practices and provide more eco-friendly options to consumers.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 8, 2024
“Smart farming means making your life more efficient, so you don’t have to focus on the mundane but instead on making the best product possible,” says Nebraska farmer Lukas Fricke. “We only have so many hours in a day.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 6, 2024
Before the invention of autonomous tractors all the intelligence needed to operate the machine and implements sat squarely in the tractor seat — the farmer controlled all aspects of the operation. In the case of tillage, for example, the farmer monitored the speed of the tractor and when the cultivator clogged they were there to. Read More Before the invention of autonomous tractors all the intelligence needed to operate the machine and implements sat squarely in the tractor seat — the farmer co
Western FarmPress
MARCH 5, 2024
A loophole allowing small textile and apparel imports is hurting the U.S. textile industry.
Civil Eats
MARCH 4, 2024
It’s no wonder that hospital food gets a bad rap, says Santana Diaz, executive chef at the University of California Davis Medical Center, a sprawling, 142-acre campus located in Sacramento, California. As a seeming compromise between nutrition and institutional efficiency, food has long been dished up as an afterthought to patient care. “That was never the focus of hospitals,” he adds.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 6, 2024
The latest Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor projects a major drop in net farm income this year. Economists are also growing more pessimistic about the potential for interest rate cuts in 2024.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 5, 2024
There are aspects of soil that are unchangeable — the amount of sand, silt, and clay, for example. But many other measures of soil can be nudged, either to the good or bad, when it comes to soil productivity and health. Organic matter, porosity, and bulk density are all changeable, but how do they impact. Read More There are aspects of soil that are unchangeable — the amount of sand, silt, and clay, for example.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 4, 2024
Beef Outlook: With fewer exports, the value of beef traded matters.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 7, 2024
Visitors to Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island just outside of Portland, Oregon last October didn’t encounter a corn maze but rather a kid’s maze cut through a field of sorghum. It’s easier on the soil, explains Kat Topaz, who owns the farm along with Jim Abeles. Topaz and Abeles put up a sign explaining the choice, and they frequently take the opportunity to explain their farming decisions to visitors.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 5, 2024
Four-dollar corn dominated discussions, but farmers remain open to new innovations and machinery as spring planting and the promise of a new production season beckons.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 4, 2024
Corteva Agriscience and the Pioneer seed brand are looking to new Z-Series soybeans to deliver agronomic advantages, better disease defence, and higher yields for North American soybean growers. Canadian growers will have access to limited seed from 20 varieties for planting in 2024 — 50 will be available in the U.S., with full availability expected.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 6, 2024
These 2024 Prairie Farmer Master Farmers from Blue Mound, Ill., prioritize diversification, conservation and leadership to keep the farm viable for the next generation.
Ohio State University
MARCH 4, 2024
An Ag Outlook and Policy meeting is scheduled for March 8 at the Buckeye Agricultural Museum, 877 W. Old Lincoln Way, Wooster. Speakers and topics, in the order they will be presented at the meeting, are: Grain Market Outlook: Susie Spettle and Felicia Prosser, grain originators for Centerra Co-op International Markets and Foreign Policy: Dr. Ian Sheldon , professor and Andersons Chair of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, Ohio State University Dairy Market Outlook: Dr.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 8, 2024
In South Dakota, after years of debate surrounding a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline, lawmakers passed three bills aimed at bolstering protections for landowners while maintaining a regulatory path for the project.
Real Agriculture
MARCH 8, 2024
Precision Planting says it wants to create a new product category with its CornerStone planting system. “CornerStone really is everything but the planter bar,” says Caleb Schleder, Precision Planting’s director of technical services and support. At the Commodity Classic earlier this month in Houston, Texas, he shared how the company set out to build a.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 5, 2024
Mental health first aid training is being offered to agents and local community members by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service as residents deal with the trauma of the Texas Panhandle fires.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 4, 2024
Fungus is usually a good sign of things going bad. But it can also indicate good things happening to very bad stuff. For Audrey Speyer, founder of PuriFungi , seeing fungi blooming on cigarette butts is proof that they’re at work, doing what they do best: decomposing matter. Her Belgian start-up cultivates mycelium—the thread-like root structure of fungus—using the plastic- and toxin-laden stubs as fodder.
AgWeb Farm Journal
MARCH 4, 2024
Reports say China has purchased more than 20 cargoes of feed grain in the past two weeks. Where is China buying from, and what's behind the sudden surge?
Real Agriculture
MARCH 6, 2024
Equipment manufacturers transported seven combines to the Commodity Classic at Houston, Texas last week. They came in all colours but the green machines created the biggest buzz as John Deere showcased two new S7 Series combines on the tradeshow floor. RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin was on location to report on the S7 Series combine family rollout, Read More Equipment manufacturers transported seven combines to the Commodity Classic at Houston, Texas last week.
Western FarmPress
MARCH 5, 2024
Sorghum Focus: As farmers start up planters, it’s good to know there’s a market demand for the harvest.
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