Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Canada’s largest port, the Port of Vancouver, is at a standstill this week, as labour negotiations between the B.C. Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 broke down and resulted in a lockout and strike on Monday. This is not the first time this port has been impacted by labour. Read More Canada’s largest port, the Port of Vancouver, is at a standstill this week, as labour negotiations between the B.C.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Well, it’s all over now, and very moving it was too. You can read about the 2024 World Food Prize laureates here , and also watch edited highlights of the ceremony. Wonderful to see Cary and Geoff — and genebanks — properly recognized. Me? I was taking pics of the agrobiodiversity.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. Bordered by sand dunes and barren mountains, the region receives less than three inches of rainfall per year, 27 inches less than the U.S. average. From June to September, high temperatures here often exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. By most measures, the Imperial Valley is not a great place to grow food.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Diversification is the key to the resilience of our food systems. This is true around our climate-impacted world, but especially so across Africa and in my home country of Zimbabwe. Through both my academic research and my work as a farmer, I have come to understand farmers’ challenges when it comes to resilience. I have also learned about, and advocate for, opportunities.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In life, there are several topics traditionally avoided in conversation when gathering with friends, such as politics, religion, and money. Some ideas are best left parked in your head instead of being debated in the open as they can fray long-time friendships or even family. For the bond of Canadian agriculture going forward, the idea.

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USDA Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Imagine you are 18 years old, from a rural town, and figuring out your next steps. You want opportunities to learn, meet new people, and travel the world.

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Ruralism 145

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Before he was appointed head of Utah’s Department of Natural Resources, Joel Ferry was a full-time farmer—and a very good one. “I was the top ‘Young Farmer and Rancher’ in the state of Utah a few years ago,” he said on a recent phone call, as he drove across the state, minutes before heading into a meeting with the governor. “My wife was the Utah ‘Farm Mom of the Year.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Wheat Pete wishes he didn’t have to talk about safety but he has to. More farmers are telling him that they’ve had draw pins stolen. Make sure you do a circle check and check the pins before moving wagons — you could save a life. Farmers also have to stay safe around grain bins. Pete. Read More Wheat Pete wishes he didn’t have to talk about safety but he has to.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Longtime farmers share their advice on making it through tough times, especially when it comes to equipment.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The post It’s election day. VOTE! Please. appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Agri-tech

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Microbes are found almost everywhere on Earth, and have evolved over the past 3.5 billion years to survive and thrive in diverse habitats, including in and on plants. Microbes are organisms that are too small to be seen without using a microscope, so they include things like bacteria and single cell eukaryotes — cells that have a nucleus, like an amoeba or a paramecium.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A cattle rancher who also spent more than thirty years working in the oil industry has been named as Saskatchewan’s new agriculture minister. Premier Scott Moe unveiled his new, slightly-smaller cabinet on Thursday following a fifth-consecutive Saskatchewan Party win in the provincial election last month. Daryl Harrison, who has served as the MLA for Cannington.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

When IFB affiliate Country Financial decided to no longer require nonfarm policy memberships earlier this fall, the decision rippled to the national level and could result in the American Farm Bureau Federation expelling IFB from membership.

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Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Ava is revolutionizing how the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community understands the world. It couldn't have happened without the spirit of innovation fostered at UC Berkeley. The post This company’s mission is to make the world accessible to Deaf people. It all started at Berkeley’s Big Ideas Contest appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This is the second part of a series exploring the work of EARTH University as they provide resources and support to future food systems leaders. Read part one. EARTH University’s curriculum is training students to effectively meet the needs of rural communities around the world. Today, its alumni are working to end hunger, empower women, and build more resilient food systems.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Do More Agriculture Foundation (DMAF) has named Merle Massie as the organization’s new executive director. Massie runs a grain farm in west-central Saskatchewan alongside her family and draws on her experience at the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health. She brings a unique dual perspective, both personal and professional, to lead DMAF in.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

USDA announced an additional $250 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding for automatic payments for distressed direct and guaranteed Farm Service Agency-loan borrowers.

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Farming Farming 128

AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Gene editing, phage technology, crops and livestock among projects supported The post Texas A&M AgriLife faculty earn Advancing Discovery to Market Innovation Awards appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Do you want to maximize your land’s productivity?

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Do More Agriculture Foundation (DMAF) has named Merle Massie as the organization’s new executive director. Massie runs a grain farm in west-central Saskatchewan alongside her family and draws on her experience at the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health. She brings a unique dual perspective, both personal and professional, to lead DMAF in… Read More The Do More Agriculture Foundation (DMAF) has named Merle Massie as the organization’s new executive director.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

New political landscape could spur negotiations.

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Farming Farming 126

UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We recently had the privilege of attending the National Future Farmers of America convention in Indianapolis, Indiana to represent Understanding Ag. Mingling with a sea of over 70,000 kids wearing the classic blue and gold FFA jackets with their home states emblazoned across the back is an unforgettable experience. It brought back memories of my own time in FFA over 30 years ago.

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Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A new study used facial recognition technology to track the amount of time actors appear on screen in more than 2,300 films. The post With the help of AI, UC Berkeley researchers confirm Hollywood is getting more diverse appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The B.C. Maritime Employers Association served its employees with a lockout notice, effective November 5th, 8 am Pacific, after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 served its own 72-hour strike notice late last week. The last contract between the employers and union members expired in March 2023. The strike/lockout includes 700 foremen based… Read More The B.C.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Organic agriculture, which has a clear, legal definition, shares many of the same principles and goals of regenerative farming.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Belladonna, scientifically known as Atropa belladonna, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Solanaceae family, which also includes tomatoes

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

New facility to advance technology development, public-private collaboration and education The post Board of Regents approves AgriTech Innovation Farm Hub for design appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) program for winter wheat has expanded from 43 farms in 2021 to 184 farms across Ontario and a growing number of U.S. states in 2024. In four short years, the program has identified key agronomic and management strategies that consistently drive higher yields for YEN grower participants. On. Read More The Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) program for winter wheat has expanded from 43 farms in 2021 to 184 farms across Ontario and a growing

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Beef Outlook: Pay attention to heifer replacement numbers to pace beef herd expansion.

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Cattle 122

Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Baby’s-breath, scientifically known as Gypsophila, is a delicate, airy flowering plant commonly used in floral arrangements.

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Farmers in many parts of the world, particularly smallholder, Indigenous, and family farmers, are increasingly seeing their agriculture practices turn against them. After years of following the orthodoxies of modern agriculture to boost production – often through monocropping and cropland expansion at the expense of natural environments – they stand astride degraded fields, their soils depleting, their waters dwindling, their pollinators fleeing, their rains becoming more mercurial, and their te

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index for October 2024 is out, and it is very clear that farmers are pessimistic about their current farm financial performance relative to twelve months ago. Although farmers see improved financial performance in the future over their current state, even future performance is still seen as negative overall at 84 out.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Seminole, Texas, producers find water in the Chihuahuan Desert, where they are producing cotton with yields as high as 7 and 8 bales in some spots. They discuss successes, challenges, and the learning curve that accompanies farming in a remote location.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Bougainvillea, scientifically known as Bougainvillea spp., is a genus of thorny ornamental vines native to South America.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Kelly brings 20 years of experience to help producers amidst changing growing conditions The post AgriLife Research names new cotton breeder in Lubbock appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There’s never a shortage of field work to be done in the fall, but fall conditions can sometimes be very unfavourable for tillage, manure, or fertilizer applications. To dig into considerations for fall field work, including compaction, nutrient losses, and cover crop success, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Curtis Cavers of AAFC, Glen Arnold… Read More There’s never a shortage of field work to be done in the fall, but fall conditions can sometimes be very unfavourable for tillage, manure, or fe

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Claas Omaha factory has history of producing more than 500 of those “seed green” combines annually for North American farmers.

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