Real Agriculture

APRIL 26, 2024

After a decent start of better markets in terms of cash cattle, the futures market ended the week to the down side. This volatility is related to news around the ongoing outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), currently confirmed in eight U.S. states and in 33 herds of U.S. dairy cattle. Earlier in the. Read More After a decent start of better markets in terms of cash cattle, the futures market ended the week to the down side.

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Food Politics

APRIL 26, 2024

An investigative report from Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN): “How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries.” Nestlé’s leading baby-food brands, promoted in low- and middle-income countries as healthy and key to supporting young children’s development, contain high levels of added sugar. In Switzerland, where Nestlé is headquartered, such products are sold with no added sugar.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 21, 2024

These days, the Canadian Federal Government and multinational food companies are investing hundreds of millions to support BMPs on Canadian farms. Here’s the thing, nobody knows your operation better than you do. These programs need YOUR feedback on what you want and need. Everyone in agriculture is focused on productivity and profitability, and so Food Water Wellness.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 24, 2024

The livestock industry needs a comprehensive, cohesive plan to address the virus. Producers, their employees and veterinarians need clear answers and support from U.S. agricultural leadership, moving forward.

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 24, 2024

On the University of Illinois campus, fewer animal sciences students than ever before have actual farm experience. A new program aims to get those students on the farm with livestock.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 24, 2024

Nearly four decades ago, Ron Mardesen and his wife Denise stopped using antibiotics on their hog farm, A-Frame Acres, in Elliot, Iowa. He decided there was a better way to raise his animals, one that wouldn’t require the need for routine antibiotics. After prioritizing clean feed, fresh air, comfortable bedding and plenty of space, he says his pigs began to thrive.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

What do you do if you’re a woman working in agriculture and you can’t find comfortable work clothes? How about starting your own clothing line? That’s what independent agronomist Michelle Durnin did in 2021 when she launched Durnin Farm & Ranch Wear to design and sell women’s workwear. At the Canadian Dairy XPO in Stratford, Read More What do you do if you’re a woman working in agriculture and you can’t find comfortable work clothes?

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 24, 2024

USDA Now Requiring Mandatory Testing and Reporting of HPAI in Dairy Cattle as New Data Suggests Virus Outbreak is More Widespread apiuser Wed, 04/24/2024 - 12:15

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 24, 2024

There are plenty of reasons to pasture your horses in the summertime, but proper pasture and grazing management can increase the nutritional value of horse pastures.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 23, 2024

David Reed, Ph.D., finishes his final semester teaching Horticultural Science and Practices The post 46 years of HORT 201 appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 22, 2024

Incorporated farms in provinces where the federal carbon tax is collected should receive a little more back on their tax return under the “Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses” proposed in the federal budget last week. The federal government said it would “urgently” return more than $2.5 billion in accrued carbon tax revenue going back.

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Food Politics

APRIL 25, 2024

I kn0w you wwill want to know about this. Take your pick: PRO Eating snakes offers ‘healthy and sustainable’ protein source: A new study has found that python meat could represent a more sustainable source of protein compared to conventional animal meat…. Read more However, a new study co-authored by Dr Daniel Natusch and Dr Patrick Aust, among others, has suggested that the commercial farming of snakes could help improve agricultural food security and offer a more sustainable alternative to m

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

APHIS issued its final rule on animal ID that has been in place since 2013, switching from solely visual tags to tags that are both electronically and visually readable for certain classes of cattle moving interstate.

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USDA Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

For Savonala “Savi” Horne, every day is like Earth Day, a day celebrated on April 22 annually since 1970 as a call to mobilize millions of Americans to drive positive action for our planet. As the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP) and a member of the USDA Equity Commission’s Agriculture Subcommittee, Horne stands as a steward of equitable land access and a formidable force in the field of environmental justice and sustainab

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 25, 2024

The N.C. State University Thrips Infestation Predictor is based on local weather forecasts, and accuracy improves closer to planting. Growers should check it just prior to planting.

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Food Politics

APRIL 22, 2024

I learned about this one from this article: Prune consumption may prevent bone loss for postmenopausal women. Dietary supplementation with prunes can have a broad range of effects on immune, inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in postmenopausal women, according to a recent study…. Read more When I see a headline like this, my first question is , as always, who would pay for something like this?

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

“If we step back and look at what that means for farmland, we're taking our energy production system from highly centralized production facilities and we have to distribute it,” says David Muth.

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Global Agtech Initiative

APRIL 24, 2024

A 2023 survey reveals a consistent trend in increased technology use by cotton farmers. The post Precision and Agricultural Technology Adoption Trends in Cotton appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 25, 2024

Survey reveals the economic impact of the horse industry in Texas. Land owned or leased for horse-related uses is estimated at 1.6 million acres or about 2.2 acres per horse.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops seeded at the same time (in one pass or two) that are then also harvested at the same time. The seeds are separated post-harvest, and the yield can, at times, out yield what each crop would have yielded on its own. But not all crops. Read More Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops seeded at the same time (in one pass or two) that are then also harvested at the same time.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

APRIL 25, 2024

Finnish startup, NPHarvest has raised US$2.2mn to take its proprietary nutrient catcher machine to the market While nutrient fertilisers are essential for securing food production, excessive amounts of fertilisers—particularly nitrogen and phosphorus—which end up in the environment through wastewater or nutrient leaching from agricultural areas, pollute the ground and cause eutrophication in seas and lakes.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Grain and livestock close mixed Thursday. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing says wheat rallied for a 6th day pulling along corn and may still have some upside. Cattle recover with the help of better cash news.

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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

Agriculture is a low margin, high operating leverage business, where being just a little bit more efficient in all areas can have an outsized effect on profits. Farmers are in the business to make food not waste, but even so, an inevitable 88.7 million tons of food went unsold or uneaten in the United States in 2022 , roughly 38 percent of our nation’s total food supply.

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 24, 2024

Tech for ultrasound image interpretation, body weight estimation, and testicular ultrasound may determine productive versus nonproductive boars.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 24, 2024

Farmers can look for more horsepower, more efficiency, and simplified precision technology from 2025 model year Magnum tractors. Case IH rolled out the new tractors for public viewing at the Commodity Classic in Houston, Texas. Morgen Dietrich, tractor segment lead at Case IH, believes Magnum upgrades will help drive productivity on the farm. He says the.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 23, 2024

Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 23, 2024 Corn prices are down, and acres in Texas and across the U.S. are expected to follow as improved overall growing conditions could deliver above average yields, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension grain marketing economist in the Texas. Read More → The post Corn crop conditions improve as acres and prices decline appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

The European Commission cut its forecast for the 2024 European Union wheat crop to a four-year low amid a projected bigger decline in planted area than previously expected.

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Agri-tech

APRIL 25, 2024

Different types of barley recruit distinct communities of soil microbes to grow around their roots by releasing a custom mix of sugars and other compounds, research from the John Innes Centre finds. Beneficial soil microbes that live on or around plant roots can provide nutrition, help the plant withstand stress and protect it from pathogenic microbes.

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 23, 2024

Rural community resistance to solar development is expressed at the focal point of county zoning approval, with citizen testimony raising concerns over negative environmental and property value impacts on the surrounding community.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 22, 2024

For Ingersoll, Ont., dairy farmer Darryl Markus it’s all about giving back. Earlier this month at the Canadian Dairy XPO (CDX), Markus and his family, and the entire Canadian dairy industry, were on hand for the Calves for a Cause auction to benefit London Children’s Health Foundation. Markus started the auction four years ago to show. Read More For Ingersoll, Ont., dairy farmer Darryl Markus it’s all about giving back.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Fisheries management major inspired by childhood in state parks As a kid who loved nature, Hannah Evans grew up with what was perhaps the world’s best backyard — a 30,000-acre natural playground. Evans, a senior in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, graduates in May.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

A Margin Squeeze is Setting in Across Row-Crop Farms, and 80% of Ag Economists Are Now Concerned It'll Accelerate Consolidation apiuser Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:31

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Agric4profits

APRIL 25, 2024

The almond peduncle is a vital part of the almond fruit. It is responsible for transporting nutrients and water from the tree to the developing almond seed.

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Western FarmPress

APRIL 24, 2024

With favorable crop condition ratings, wheat and sorghum production is projected to be higher than 2023 -- up 120 bushels for wheat and 75 million bushels for sorghum. See why.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 24, 2024

From hitch pin to closing wheels, Kinze plans to introduce a new 5670 pivot fold, split-row model planter for the 2025 planting season. “It’s kind of the next member of our 5000 series family,” says Kinze product specialist Brad Niensteadt. In this report from Commodity Classic in Houston, Texas, he tells RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin that.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Programs will focus on pest scouting on cotton The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host three cotton scouting schools in Buckholts, El Campo and Ennis in May. The events will be held at the following dates, times and locations: The cost to register is $10 and an RSVP is needed from those planning to. Read More → The post Cotton scouting schools will be held in Buckholts, El Campo, Ennis in May appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

As the U.S. escalates economic sanctions against China, Beijing is preparing its retaliatory measures while cautiously considering the potential economic repercussions, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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