Real Agriculture

APRIL 3, 2025

It is the first warm day of spring and the smell of a good ribeye steak on the barbecue wafts in from an open window. That familiar scent might make your mouth water, but what truly defines the best-tasting beef? Is it the breedAngus, Hereford, or Charolais? The feeding systemgrass-fed, grain-fed, or grain-finished? Or does Read More It is the first warm day of spring and the smell of a good ribeye steak on the barbecue wafts in from an open window.

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NASDA

APRIL 24, 2025

Letter Key points: U.S. participation in FAO is essential to advancing science-based global standards, supporting food security and protecting American agricultural trade interests. Leadership in Codex and IPPC ensures fair trade by reducing non-scientific barriers, safeguarding plant and animal health and enabling market access for U.S. farmers. Institutional reforms and increased resources are needed to strengthen U.S. influence, align FAO activities with national priorities and ensure effecti

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Food Politics

APRIL 24, 2025

Apparently, dog chews made in China may be causing werewolf syndrome in dogs in the UK. A total of 10 different Barkoo and Chrisco branded chews have been linked to werewolf syndrome by teh FSA [Food Standards Agency] and EU. They have best before dates ranging from Decembrer 2025 to June 2027. Werewolf syndrome? The term werewolf syndrome has gained traction online as shorthand for a cluster of symptoms reported in dogs who appear to have consumed certain chew products.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

APRIL 9, 2025

A bit of a roundup of data stuff today. Things have been piling up in my to-blog folder, and the time has come to tidy up. First up, and most relevant here, is the webinar on how to use Genesys. It’s long, admittedly, but well worth it if you have anything to do with genebanks. Genesys can accommodate phenomic data, of course, and coincidentally here’s a set of training materials on how to do characterization and evaluation of plant genetic resources.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 1, 2025

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JAKE PRICE A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter. Become a member today and get the next issue directly in your inbox. When thinking of Manhattans Chinatown, many vibrant places and events come to mindNew Year celebrations, bustling restaurants, and lively shops lining the streets.

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Food Tank

APRIL 7, 2025

The Mexican government has amended its constitution to prohibit the use of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. It is only the second country to do so. After signing the reform into law, President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated in a press conference that its primary objectives are to guarantee biodiversity, food sovereignty, and the health of Mexicans.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 2, 2025

Submitted by Lauren Comin, Seeds Canada and Tyler McCann, CAPI Canadian farmers increasing concerns about whether they will be able to continue to get the new varieties they need is warranted. Improved genetics, in the form of new varieties, are critical to boosting profitability and productivity on the farm, helping farmers manage disease pressures and Read More Submitted by Lauren Comin, Seeds Canada and Tyler McCann, CAPI Canadian farmers increasing concerns about whether they will be able to

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Food Politics

APRIL 29, 2025

I am greatly in favor of removing synthetic dyes from foods, and applaud RFK Jrs enthusiasm for doing this. The Mic Drop ( according to Bakery & Snacks ): If you want to eat petroleum, do it at home. But dont feed it to our children. But this is not a ban. Not even close. Heres the official announcement. The FDA is taking the following actions: Establishing a national standard and timeline for the food industry to transition from petrochemical-based dyes to natural alternatives.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

APRIL 8, 2025

Grains of Wisdom: Insights into the Minds of Top ChefsA Synthesis of Expert Interviews and Literature. A good chef can make even quinoa palatable. Citizen science informs demand-driven breeding of opportunity crops. I wonder if tricot can make quinoa palatable. Never mind, it’s good for a lot of other things. Recurrent evolution of cryptic triploids in cultivated enset increases yield.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 9, 2025

This story was co-published and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. In the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation story, the goddess Hoohkkalani gives birth to a stillborn son, who is buried in the fertile soil. In her grief, she waters the soil with her tears, and a sprout emerges, becoming the first kalo plant. This plant nourishes her second-born son, Hloa, the first Native Hawaiian.

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Food Tank

APRIL 1, 2025

If you look around a Senegalese village, you will see connection. Farmers under a mango tree drinking the afternoon pot of attaya (tea). A cluster of children from all corners of the community magnetically gathering around a soccer ball like Mecca and the idea that they could be the next Sadio Man. Or a group of women at the well staying a little longer than they need to, talking about everything under the hot Senegalese sun and pulling more than just water but also information, gossip, and ofte

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 3, 2025

The Manitoba government has announced provincial funding for a top-up to the AgriStability program that was proposed by federal Agriculture Minister Kody Blois prior to the federal election campaign. Premier Wab Kinew announced $10.7 million to match federal AgriStability funding during a visit to the Maple Leaf Foods hog processing plant at Brandon, Man. on Read More The Manitoba government has announced provincial funding for a top-up to the AgriStability program that was proposed by federal A

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NASDA

APRIL 30, 2025

The experience I gained interning with NASDA has been invaluable. NASDA genuinely values its interns, not only as contributors but as learners. Throughout my time here, NASDA staff encouraged me to ask questions, take on challenges and develop new skills. As I complete my masters degree at Abilene Christian University, NASDA helped me integrate theory into praxis, and its been exciting to see how my education translates into real-world settings.

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Food Politics

APRIL 17, 2025

This announcement on X of his resignation from NIH comes from Kevin Hall , who did the study I admire so much on how ultra-processed foods induce people to eat more calories (500 more a day!). Unfortunately, recent events have made me question whether NIH continues to be a place where I can freely conduct unbiased science. Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency

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The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 18, 2025

Bill Mollison, co-founder of permaculture, always said the solutions to the world's seemingly complex problems are amazingly simple. I've been thinking about food, farm chemicals, RFK Jr., and policy. The MAHA movement and spotlight on autism especially are putting a lot of attention on food additives, food quality, ultra-processed food (now 75 percent of Americans' diet), and chemicals used on farms, from fertilizers to herbicides.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 23, 2025

Last month, California moved to ban particularly harmful ultra-processed foods (UPF) from school meals. This initiative is a hot topic in several other states and also has a fair chance of taking hold on a federal level, given that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is clearly very opposed to UPF and has just taken steps to phase out certain food dyes , commonly used in UPF.

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Food Tank

APRIL 9, 2025

ShrimpVet is a research company working to develop sustainable shrimp farming practices inVietnam. The approach seeks to tackle the industrys environmental, food safety, and economic challenges while providing a replicable model for global shrimp aquaculture. “The mission of [ShrimpVet] is to revolutionize the way we do farming inVietnamand globally, Loc Tran, ShrimpVets Founder, tells Food Tank.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 1, 2025

The people side of agronomy doesnt always get the attention it deserves. Every three months, The Agronomists takes a look at this other side of agronomy. This week, were focused on navigating the busy growing season! On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Terry Aberhart with MNP AgIntellect and Joanna Read More The people side of agronomy doesnt always get the attention it deserves.

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NASDA

APRIL 3, 2025

The NASDA Foundation Food Safety team successfully hosted the Eighth Produce Safety Consortium in Fort Worth, Texas, from March 17-20, 2025. This years Produce Safety Consortium was attended by 46 state programs as well as their university extension partners. The consortiums purpose is to bring a wide array of presentations, resources and opportunities to share and collaborate with federal, state, university and organizational partners in produce safety.

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Food Politics

APRIL 30, 2025

The USDA announced last week that it is withdrawing its proposed framework for reducing Salmonella in raw poultry. Oh great. Why? FSIS received 7,089 comments on the proposed frameworkfrom a variety of stakeholders that included poultry and meat industry trade associations, small poultry producer and processor trade associations, large and small poultry processing establishments, consumer advocacy organizationsThe issues that generated the most comments[were] the proposed Salmonella levels and s

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The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 14, 2025

I've been in Iowa the last couple of days doing a farm consult and then a homestead summit. One of the other speakers was D. C. Savage whose book Agritopia tackles the crop insurance/farm subsidy program. In my Shenandoah Valley, we certainly have gullies from erosion, but even our worst ones are not as bad as the ones in Iowa. Blessed with 30 feet of loam soil, Iowa did not present me with a single rock the 70 miles from Des Moines to Lamoni.

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

By: Kyle Richardville, Understanding Ag, LLC About the Understanding series Agriculture isnt rocket science. Its much more complex than that. Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Companies make a fortune off many farmers and ranchers on such topics because its impossible to study everything and still have a life outside of work.

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Food Tank

APRIL 28, 2025

Farm workers in Sunnyside, Washington and labor union United Farm Workers (UFW) are calling for a boycott of Windmill Farms mushrooms due to the farms failure to recognize the union. Workers point to unrealistic harvest quotas, union-busting, and mistreatment of workers as additional reasons for the boycott, UFWs first since 2005. We don’t do it lightly, Antonio De Loera-Brust, an organizer with UFW, tells Food Tank.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 3, 2025

CNH Industrial, the parent company of Case IH and New Holland, as well as other brands, has announced it is temporarily halting all shipments from North American plants and European plants as of April 1, 2025. A statement on the decision to ground shipments was made just ahead of the so-called Liberation Day tariff announcement Read More CNH Industrial, the parent company of Case IH and New Holland, as well as other brands, has announced it is temporarily halting all shipments from North America

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NASDA

APRIL 29, 2025

Letter Dear Secretary Rollins: On behalf of the members of the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance (MCFA) and other members of the agricultural community, this is to express our strong support for assuring the continuation of the Departments important Pesticide Data Program (PDP), administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service. Since 1991, the PDP activities have been particularly critical to specialty crops because they include the sampling, testing, and reporting of pesticide residues on agricultur

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Food Politics

APRIL 16, 2025

Washington Post : As egg prices soared at the supermarket, so did producer profits : A USDA program doled out hundreds of millions in relief payments to big egg companies, even as the largest earned record profits. On Tuesday, the nations largest egg producer, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine, announced quarterly profits of $509 million, more than three times what it made in the same period a year ago.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 7, 2025

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter. Become a member today and get the next issue directly in your inbox. Environmental activist and author Robin Greenfield is known for his fully committed experiments in ecological living. His most recent book, Food Freedom: A Year of Growing and Foraging 100% of My Food , covers his efforts to live entirely independently from the industrial food system.

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Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 1, 2025

In a recent article for Speciality Food Magazine, our CEO and organic farmer, Patrick Holden, discusses the inaccessibility of good food often organic or sustainably produced compared to so-called normal food which is often cheaper to pay for at the checkout, but costly in other hidden ways. Why is it that speciality foods are confined to people who have privileges, who maybe have more income, who have more knowledge, and out of those privileges, want to source food with a better story behind

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Food Tank

APRIL 23, 2025

The Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) , in collaboration with ReFED , is helping foodservice operators repurpose food and reduce food waste while supporting their triple bottom line. MCURC is a global collaboration of more than 80 colleges and universities, foodservice companies, and research collaborators advancing plant-forward diets and reducing food waste in campus dining.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 4, 2025

Variable rate strategies can make a big difference when it comes to optimizing inputs and maximizing yield potential, but any VR strategy needs good data to draw from. To know how much of a difference a variable rate strategy is making requires counting plant stands and comparing those to pre-set targets, says Derek Rude, vice-president Read More Variable rate strategies can make a big difference when it comes to optimizing inputs and maximizing yield potential, but any VR strategy needs good da

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NASDA

APRIL 14, 2025

Comment RE: Updated Mitigation Proposal for the Atrazine Interim Registration Review Decision (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0266, Case Number 0062) Key Points: Support for Science-Based Regulation and EPA Improvements : NASDA supports the EPAs science-based regulatory process under FIFRA and appreciates improvements made to the atrazine review, particularly the revised CE-LOC and the expanded mitigation measures aligned with the final Herbicide Strategy.

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Food Politics

APRIL 18, 2025

Stuart Gillespie. Food Fight: From Plunder and Profit to People and the Planet. Canongate, 2025. I wrote a blurb for this book: From his years of experience working in international nutrition, Gillespie has on-the-ground knowledge of why and how global food systems lead to widespread hunger, obesity, and environmental damage, and what needs to be done to make those systems healthier for all.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 1, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Laura Zaks, Associate Director of Communications and Development Tel: 347.563.6408 Email: press@sustainableagriculture.net Release: New bill introduced in the US House and Senate proposes bipartisan solution to the farmland access crisis Washington, DC, April 1, 2025 Today, the bipartisan New Producer Economic Security Act was introduced in the U.S.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 10, 2025

April 10, 2025 Despite a prevailing sense on Capitol Hill that passing a farm bill this year is highly unlikely, lawmakers in both chambers introduced a flurry of marker bills over the past 10 days. Marker bills are small bills that senators and representatives attempt to insert into the larger legislative package during farm bill negotiations. Mike Lavender, policy director at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), said getting bills out there, even when the future of the farm

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Agricultural Biodiversity

APRIL 7, 2025

As well as the 3rd State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the 2nd State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was also launched at FAO Commission meeting the week before last. Some headline numbers? There are about 58,000 tree species worldwide, about 30% of whch are threatened and 1,400 and 1,100 species are included in in situ and ex situ conservation programs, respectively.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 2, 2025

Growers will have access to a new configuration of Case IHs Early Riser planter for crop year 2026. The planter will be the 10th configuration of the Early Riser and feature a 90-foot wide frame, 24-rows, and 22-inch row spacing. In this interview from Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado, Case IH planter marketing manager Dave Read More Growers will have access to a new configuration of Case IHs Early Riser planter for crop year 2026.

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NASDA

APRIL 23, 2025

Comment Re: WOTUS Notice: The Final Response to SCOTUS; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Recommendations, EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0093 The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) and United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Request for Recommendations regarding defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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