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Weekend reading: FAO’s Statistical Yearbook 2024

Food Politics

Pesticides increased by 70% between 2000 and 2022, with the Americas accounting for half global pesticide use. G reenhouse gas emissions from agrifood systems rose 10% between 2000 and 2022, with livestock contributing to around 54% of farmgate emissions.

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The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture sets its federal policy focus for 2025

NASDA

They include the farm bill , food systems , pesticide regulations , PFAS and state cooperative agreement funding. Pesticide Regulations NASDA will engage with EPA to ensure science-based standards and state input are incorporated in regulatory initiatives such as the Endangered Species Act Workplan. Press Release ARLINGTON, Va.

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Policy Perspectives: Patrick Wade Discusses NASDA’s Rural Development Policies and NASS Data

NASDA

Q&A In a recent interview, NASDA Director of Public Policy Patrick Wade talks about NASDAs work on agricultural labor, pesticide rules, and rural development. For Plant Agriculture & Pesticide Regulations, this means a commitment to science-based, transparent, and enforceable regulations.

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Op-ed: The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape Hatch

Civil Eats

It also necessitates petroleum-based pesticides, from fungicides to herbicides, to ward off weeds and stop sprouting. Another 38 percent comes from retail consumption and waste; and the rest is from industrial inputs (like pesticides and fertilizer) and agriculture production. Irrigation and farm equipment also depend on fossil fuels.

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The politics of PFAS

Food Politics

Farmers are starting to find the chemicals contaminating their land, water, crops and livestock. Consumer Reports detects PFAS in some milk The politics: from Civil Eats: Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to AddressPFAS? RISE also deploys a grassroots network of individuals who work in and with pesticide companiese.g.,

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Pro Tips for Livestock Health, Care, and Wellness

Farmbrite

Livestock health and wellness can directly impact the productivity, yields, product quality, and overall safety of livestock and the community served by your farm. 6 Key Livestock Wellness Management Practices Measure & monitor the overall wellness of your herd/flock/etc. safe and well.

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Sustainability Means ‘Freedom to Really Farm How We Should Be Farming’

Food Tank

I sold pesticides for 10 years, and now I don’t. She studied agriculture in college and worked for a pesticide company for about a decade. In fact, now I am a regenerative farmer.” Trisha grew up farming with her family, and she knew she would one day raise her own family on a farm.

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