Food Politics

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

My next forthcoming book is now available for preorder. I say next, because this one is a bit of a surprise, even to me. Its a spinoff from my forthcoming (in September, I think) new and thoroughly revised edition of What to Eat, retitled What to Eat Now the book Ive been working on for the last three years. Heres what the publisher says about The Fish Counter : A standalone extract from the newly revised edition of her groundbreaking What to Eat (which is being reissued as What to Eat Now ).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Hamilton High School signs its charter for a new FFA chapter.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Hi-Tech Farming: New techniques could get a handle on how much biomass exists with a cover crop.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces partial fund release for conservation payments, but many farmers still uncertain about their payment status.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Mike Pearson takes a look at two other states stepping into the debate of cell cultured and plant based meat.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Road Warrior: Next-Gen farmers will not only be tech savvy but they will role in bridging the gap between urban and rural communities.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Weather, interest rates, increased production costs and more. Heres some help to make better decisions and increase farm profits.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Beef Column: When cattle nutrition requirements arent met, performance is hindered and profits are lost.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Heres a new strategic plan for dealing with the pest to save corn yield in 2025.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Corn prices are improving, making acreage prospects appear better for corn than soybeans. However, demand disruptions and competition from South America raise concerns.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Illinois Department of Agriculture recently announced a new program for cover crop payments of up to $105 per acre, depending on the crop and termination.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

A good cover crop mat for weed control can help.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Consumers are decrying the price of a dozen eggs, but HPAI is taking a toll on poultry farmers around the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Next week will mark one year since the Smokehouse Creek fire scorched the Texas Panhandle. Thousands of miles of fencing still need to be replaced, while mental health and healing also continue to be a concern.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The company has been roughly doubling sales every year. It just debuted its next-generation machines at World Ag Expo.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Soybean Pest Beat: Plan to overlap soil residual herbicides for the greatest control.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

From 1972 to 2024, the cotton industry encountered insects intent on cutting yield. Learn how Extension, growers and industry partnered to overcome.

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