Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The board of directors for a large farmer-owned grain elevator in western Saskatchewan has decided to idle its facility as a result of negative margins that it anticipates will continue into next year. North West Terminal Ltd. (NWT) at Unity, Sask. is suspending all purchases of grain, and has cancelled its elevator license with the.
Food Politics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) has issued this new report. It’s well worth a look. By now, soda taxes are well established to decrease consumption and raise revenues that can be used for social purposes. As you might imagine, the soda industry does not like such taxes. As the report explains, Recently, Big Soda has adapted their [the cigarette industry’s] playbook and shifted their approach from outrightly opposing SB [sugary beverage] taxes to favoring weaker SB tax standards.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Never thought I’d see the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Psychology Today , yet here we are. The Pacific’s regional genebank is set for more work on lesser-known crops. Too bad most of them won’t be able to go to Svalbard. How to make a genebank beautiful as well as sustainable. Australia has a rice genebank. For some reason. Bangladesh gets a new genebank.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Vilsack says funding will help lower grocery prices.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Children have enjoyed playing with nesting dolls for years and years. You know the ones — where opening one doll leads to finding another, smaller doll inside. What does a delightful children’s toy have to do with pea aphids in lentil crops? Let’s explain. Pea aphids are parthenogenic and much like the beloved nesting dolls, Read More Children have enjoyed playing with nesting dolls for years and years.
Food Politics
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
The USDA has released its annual report on Household Food Security in the United States in 2023. The news is not good. What’s especially tragic is the reversal of the pandemic decline in food insecurity. Pandemic income support and higher SNAP benefits did exactly what they were supposed to. They reduced poverty. Congress, in its infinite wisdom, stopped those benefits.
Agricultural Biodiversity
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Is Xylella — cause of the olive plague that has been stalking southern Europe for a decade — a blessing in disguise for the Salento? Jeremy asks the hard questions in his latest Eat This Podcast. Spoiler alert: Silvestro Silvestori thinks it might just be: …at the heart of Xylella and the Salento is an identity crisis, that we’re all the children of farmers, we’re all farmers ourselves.
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Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Why is it so important for corn growers to get their combine settings right before they roll into the field to harvest grain? University of Guelph Ridgetown College instructor and combine mechanic TJ Poehleman has a simple answer to that question. He says when growers are paying $800,000 or more for a combine and the. Read More Why is it so important for corn growers to get their combine settings right before they roll into the field to harvest grain?
Food Politics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
I’m late in getting to this but do not want you to miss it. It’s a really important story. PFAS, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are synthesized chemicals resistant to water, grease, and heat, ubiquitous in consumer products, and widely dispersed in nature and in our bodies. Their health effects are alarming : they are endocrine disruptors with adverse effects on the immune system, liver, birth weight, cancer.
Agricultural Biodiversity
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago. There was more to the peopling of the Pacific than seafaring. Identification of breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ) and South American crops introduced during early settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), as revealed through starch analysis. Though seafaring took these people all the way to South America , it sees.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Determining factors such as production costs and your working capital can help you form a plan to survive lower corn and soybean prices amid stubborn input costs.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
A lot of time and attention goes into cattle research, discovering new ways of doing old things and then extending that information to producers across the country that can make use of it on their own farms and ranches. One important part of research, and then extension, in agriculture is having a good understanding of. Read More A lot of time and attention goes into cattle research, discovering new ways of doing old things and then extending that information to producers across the country that
Agri-tech
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Dr Chris Morgan has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to carry forward his exciting investigations into the mysteries of meiosis. From October Dr Morgan will take the important first steps towards becoming an independent group leader at the John Innes Centre when he begins the eight-year Royal Society University Research Fellowship.
Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
This fall, Food Tank serves up a list of 23 new titles that explore the complex world that food eaters face today. Awaiting Their Feast, and Life and Death of the American Worker dive into some of the realities that workers face within the food system. Transfarmation and Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health focus on the experience within the animal agriculture industry.
Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Nadine Strossen, professor emerita of the New York School of Law and former national president of the ACLU, discuss a range of topics, from First Amendment rights to what steps universities can take to avoid free speech controversies. The post Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. cattle population, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising against all Canadian cattle — dairy or beef — travelling to and participating in agricultural exhibitions in the U.S. at this time. The CFIA does not recommend travelling to these shows as it.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Talking and listening to an individual’s mental health issues can be therapeutic.
NASDA
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Letter Dear Chairmen Wyden and Smith, Ranking Members Crapo and Neal: The undersigned American agricultural and food organizations write to urge you to promptly advance legislation to reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and restore certainty amongst key trading partners of the United States. Agriculture, food, and related industries contributed roughly $1.530 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 and help support over 22 million jobs, so our united voi
Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
“The deeper purpose of speech is not to weed out bad ideas or surface the best ideas, but it is to lead to deeper understanding,” says UC Berkeley’s Stephen Menendian The post What good is free speech if no one’s listening? appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
In a world where a laptop or cellphone usually travels thousands of miles before it’s used, what does it mean to trade when electronic devices are made to explode en masse? Jacob Shapiro, head of geopolitical and macro research for Bespoke Group, isn’t exaggerating when he likens this week’s electronic-based attack in Lebanon as a.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Will we get a farm bill in 2024? A congressman said, “It’s possible.” Meanwhile, farmers cannot yield their way out of a loss this year.
NASDA
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
The NASS Mountain Region held a successful training retreat August 27-28 in Denver, Colorado, for NASDA field supervisors. Supervisors from Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, along with state statisticians and NASDA coordinators, came together for team-building activities and refresher training on key systems like iSolved and iHire.
Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Insights from the model could help communities adopt more effective mitigation strategies to save lives and property The post UC Berkeley researchers simulate how wildfires spread through communities appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Two people each from Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia have been selected as 2025 Nuffield Canada Scholars. The four recipients will each receive a $20,000 scholarship to challenge themselves in self-directed research programs with international travel and experiential learning thanks to Nuffield Canada and its sponsors. The four scholars are: Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel is from Mossbank, Saskatchewan, and.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Medgene, a South Dakota company, says its avian flu vaccine for dairy could come early next year.
AgriLife Today
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Camp jump starts Madison Perkins' path to the Department of Poultry Science The post Wings and nuggets and a passion for helping others appeared first on AgriLife Today.
Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The second year of life may be a critical time when children recognize and prefer people who have more resources, new UC Berkeley research shows. Those biases can last a lifetime. The post Can toddlers help explain the origins of our bias for wealth? appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
For the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is on borrowed time. There’s always been the hard deadline of October 2025 when a federal election must happen, but the end of the NDP’s supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals means that Trudeau’s government will likely face several confidence motions in the coming months.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
My Generation: Five farm women circle up to share the businesses they’ve launched, the projects they’ve failed at and the ways they’ve pivoted. What’s your dream?
USDA Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Known as the Farmer’s Lawyer, Equity Commission Agriculture Subcommittee member Sarah Vogel has been vocal on issues impacting rural and Tribal communities; farmers who are young, new, and beginning; women; and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and farmworkers. Vogel became passionate for those involved in the agriculture industry through her upbringing in North Dakota where the linkage between family farms and the vitality of small towns is strong.
Global Agtech Initiative
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Advanced digital solutions offer a way to streamline field trials, accelerating time to market and reducing the number of required trials. The post 5 Reasons to Digitize Agronomic Field Trials appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Not even a week into this latest sitting of Parliament and the sparks are flying. Question Period has been spicy, to put it mildly, and we’re already looking at a Conservative non-confidence motion to be voted on next week. What could this sitting mean for the Liberals, election timing, the official opposition, the Bloc and. Read More Not even a week into this latest sitting of Parliament and the sparks are flying.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Nebraska researchers offer tips on management of two expanding soybean pests.
USDA Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The Southern Region of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), which includes Alabama , Florida , Georgia , and South Carolina , is home to nearly 144,000 farming operations that produce a variety of commodities. Agriculture is deeply rooted in the region and has shaped it into an area known for its warm hospitality and delicious comfort food.
Philabundance
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
For the 15th year, we’ve partnered with the Tri-State Toyota Dealers Association to fight food insecurity, hauling over 345,000 pounds of food to help our neighbors in need. The Toyota Tundra Food Drive is a key part of the “Haul Away Hunger” initiative, supporting Philabundance in its mission to address hunger now and end it for good. With food insecurity still a major issue in Philadelphia, this event plays a crucial role in ensuring families receive the nutritious food they need.
Real Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
A week of unseasonably hot, dry weather has got crops roaring to the finish line, and that has got crops exhibiting some interesting symptoms. On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson explains what the heck is happening to corn plants, why the combine needs to move quickly into the beans, and. Read More A week of unseasonably hot, dry weather has got crops roaring to the finish line, and that has got crops exhibiting some interesting symptoms.
Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
A Firth, Neb., farmer fell 40 feet from the top of a grain bin and lived to tell his story. This is part one of this cautionary tale of farm tragedy and miraculous courage.
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