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The truth about the harvest hangover with Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert

Real Agriculture

In Episode 14 of the Truth About Ag podcast, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert discuss this year’s challenging harvest, from managing unpredictable weather to empowering the team through cross-training and delegation. They talk about the role of guilt in farm decision-making, how to step back and let your team shine, and whether the “post-harvest.

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Pet Food I. Is the FDA doing enough to ensure its safety?

Food Politics

Two items about pet food this week. Today: safety. Tomorrow: environmental sustainability. I have a long-standing interest in pet food, which I view as an integral—essential—component of our overall food system , not least because pet food uses food components that would otherwise be wasted. I co-authored a book about pet food issues: Feed Your Pet Right.

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The biofortification debate continues

Agricultural Biodiversity

Sorry everyone, but I totally forgot to remind you all that Jeremy would be presenting a GROW webinar on biofortification yesterday. But fear not, the recording will be up soon , and of course Jeremy interviewed one of the authors of the Global Food Security paper behind the whole thing last year. Yes, he interviewed himself, take it up with him. Anyway, there was a reply to the paper.

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How to Help Farmworkers Impacted by Hurricane Helene

Civil Eats

Hurricane Helene triggered massive flooding and landslides when it barreled through Western North Carolina in late September, wiping out homes, businesses, roads, bridges, and farms —and claiming nearly 100 lives in the state alone. While farmworkers experienced loss as well, their stories have been largely absent from the headlines. Because these workers are isolated in rural areas and often lack immigration papers, English language skills, and full control over their housing, transportation,

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Edible Bean School: Harvesting with high-capacity combines

Real Agriculture

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin rides along with Fred Van Osch of Van Osch. Read More High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines

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The fuss over the slight downtick in obesity prevalence

Food Politics

What started all this was this graph of obesity prevalence in the US from the Financial Times: The most complete account of what happened next comes from Helena Bottemiller Evich in Food Fix (a must-read for anyone interested in following the food scene): “ Have we passed peak obesity? New data sparks speculation. ” The Financial Times was the first to pick up on new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that the obesity rate for U.S. adults declined two percentage poi

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Brainfood: Beverage edition

Agricultural Biodiversity

Crop-to-wild gene flow in wild coffee species: the case of Coffea canephora in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. DNA bits diagnostic of domesticated coffee is finding its way into wild rainforest populations, but not all that much. The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars.

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New Zealand ramps up dairy dispute with Canada

Real Agriculture

New Zealand’s government is ramping up its dispute with Canada over market access for dairy products. On Friday, New Zealand’s trade and agriculture minister, Todd McClay, notified the Canadian government and other countries in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that New Zealand is triggering mandatory negotiations over the dairy dispute.

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‘Invisible’ Waste: For Restaurants, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

Civil Eats

This is the fourth article in a five-part series about restaurants and climate-change solutions, produced in collaboration with Eater. Rifrullo Café, a cozy farm-to-table restaurant in Brookline, Massachusetts, hums with customers on a steamy July mid-morning. Patrons sip coffee on the shady sidewalk patio. Inside, people hunch over laptops or chat with friends, waiting for Turkish poached eggs with harissa-spiced eggplant or cinnamon custard French toast.

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Nibbles: IUCN report, Land Institute, Climate smart beer, BioLeft seeds, Cryo coral

Agricultural Biodiversity

Big IUCN report says that biodiversity and agriculture are in conflict, they don’t really need to be, but it’s really complicated for them not to be. So that’s us all told. If only annual crops were perennial , for example, eh? If only we incorporated more sustainable agriculture in education , for example, eh? Apart from anything else we could still have beer.

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USDA Intern Gains Hands-on Experience and Learns the Value of Networking

USDA Blog

Marco Antonio Alcantar Alvarez, a rising sophomore at California State University majoring in graphic design, was one of 14 students selected for an internship over the summer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) High School Equivalency Program (HEP)/College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). Established in 2023 with eight interns, this year’s intern cohort has nearly doubled in size.

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Coca-Cola awards ALUS with $162,500 grant to promote watershed health in 3 provinces

Real Agriculture

Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) is set to receive $162,500 in grant funding from The Coca-Cola Company in Canada. The grant will be used to support community-based efforts to improve watershed health in three of the communities that ALUS and Coca-Cola operate. These communities are: Rocky View in Alberta, Peel Region of Ontario, and Laurentides.

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U.S. to host North American agriculture officials to seek trade and rural development opportunities

NASDA

Media Advisory WHO: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture President Secretary Wes Ward is hosting the 33 rd Tri-National Agricultural Accord to discuss opportunities and challenges to North American agricultural trade between the three countries on Oct. 21-24, 2024. Press are invited to the opening ceremony where remarks will be given by delegates from each country along with updates from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and a keynote address by Dr.

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World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge

Berkeley Blog

The ambitious report — complete as of today — was a six-year global effort that includes 10 recommendations for how to protect the humanities. The post World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge appeared first on Berkeley News.

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More rice sales to Cuba could help both countries

Western FarmPress

Increased trade only strengthens economic ties between the U.S. and Cuba but also plays a crucial role in addressing food security challenges on the island, according to USA Rice.

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Ag Policy Connection Ep. 15 — Should we make sustainability Canada’s number one competitive advantage?

Real Agriculture

A competitive advantage in the business world refers to factors that allow a company to produce goods or services for more value than their rivals. It’s when a business is better at making, selling, and ultimately, profiting from a product than their competitors. Canada’s agriculture and food sector, as a whole, has a strong story. Read More A competitive advantage in the business world refers to factors that allow a company to produce goods or services for more value than their riva

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2025 Winter Policy Conference

NASDA

2025 Winter Policy Conference The commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture from around the nation will gather with federal agencies, congressional leaders and industry stakeholders to talk about pressing agricultural and food policy issues. Join us February 23-26, 2025! Hotel Information This year’s Winter Policy Conference will be held at the Conrad Washington, D.C.

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Migratory Freshwater Fish Populations Have Declined by 81 Percent Due to Habitat Loss and Exploitation

Food Tank

In a recent report , researchers from six organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), find that the Living Planet Index (LPI) of migratory freshwater fish has declined 81 percent globally over the last 50 years. LPI refers to the measurement of biodiversity based on population trends of different animal species using data sourced from the Living Planet Database.

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Powered by AI, new tool helps soybean planting decisions

Western FarmPress

Free open-source, web-based tool is informed by thousands of data points from North Carolina State University field trials conducted statewide over five years.

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Feds announce $7.3 million for Cereals Canada

Real Agriculture

Cereals Canada is receiving up to $7.3 million from the federal government for a pair of initiatives aimed at boosting the competitiveness and sustainability of Canadian cereals crops. The national grain value chain organization is receiving up to $6,660,817 through the AgriMarketing Program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to continue its work on increasing.

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Tri-National Agricultural Accord

NASDA

The 2024 Tri-National Agricultural Accord will be held in Arlington, Virginia, from October 21 – 23, 2024. This annual event is an important opportunity to gather senior state and provincial agricultural officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States to work together collaboratively on agricultural trade and development issues. Background The Tri-National Agricultural Accord represents a longstanding commitment among the senior state and provincial agricultural officials of Canada, th

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Texas A&M AgriLife to develop market for high-oil peanuts

AgriLife Today

Peanut breeders establishing new opportunity to support U.S. growers The post Texas A&M AgriLife to develop market for high-oil peanuts appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Drought-resistant wheat clears hurdle, not here yet

Western FarmPress

HB4 wheat from Bioceres Crop Solutions received a major approval from U.S. regulators, but you won’t see it in your fields for at least a couple of years.

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Soybean School: Solving field-level challenges through digital agronomy

Real Agriculture

Dale Cowan has seen a lot of changes in agronomy and its application over his career. Well known for his exploration of new technology, the AGRIS Co-operative agronomy strategy manager and member of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame gets excited when he discusses the benefits digital technology is bringing to the practice of agronomy. Read More Dale Cowan has seen a lot of changes in agronomy and its application over his career.

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2025 SASDA Regional Meeting

NASDA

The 2025 SASDA Regional Meeting will be held June 15-17, in Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee. SASDA is comprised of the commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and the Virgin Islands.

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California Bans ‘Sell By’ Dates to Simplify Labels and Cut Food Waste

Food Tank

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to standardize food date labels and ban the use of “sell by” dates. California is the first state in the nation to require clear standards to cut food waste. California’s Assembly Bill 660 helps consumers better understand the shelf-life of their food by allowing just two categories. “Best if used (or frozen) by” will indicate peak food quality, and “use (or freeze) by” will indicate food safety.

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How will La Niña affect winter weather?

Western FarmPress

The atmospheric flow pattern will determine what your winter looks like.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 16: Yield swings, scouting reminders, ugly ducklings, and carbon cycling

Real Agriculture

There isn’t any one thing that creates a healthy soil. Instead, building soil health and resiliency takes a combination of plant growth, nutrient additions, and careful management. Turns out, it’s not just building organic matter that adds to this dynamic — growing high yielding crops is also key part of nutrient cycling and productive soil.

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New AgriLife Research genomicist plans to start at the molecular level to improve Texas crops

AgriLife Today

Jayakodi to focus on turfgrasses and controlled environment crops The post New AgriLife Research genomicist plans to start at the molecular level to improve Texas crops appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

The Equation

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science said the range of possible protection loss is between a fifth of nontidal wetlands to nearly all of them. Lead author Adam Gold , a watershed researcher for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the wild uncertainty is because the court arbitrarily created a new stan

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U.S. hog inventory up slightly; weaned pigs per litter still strong

Western FarmPress

Hog Outlook: Averted port strike is good news for the U.S. pork industry.

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Tractor and combine sales tumble in September

Real Agriculture

North American tractor and combine sales are feeling the effects of a difficult agriculture economy and poor commodity prices. In its monthly report, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers is reporting significant declines in monthly sales of combines and tractors in the U.S. and Canada. AEM reports that U.S. sales of ag tractors decreased 19.2 per.

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2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

USDA Blog

When Congress enacted the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926 , it directed the USDA to create a range of federal services in support of producer-owned cooperatives. For nearly 100 years, USDA has gathered statistics, conducted research, provided education, and offered cooperative development to America’s agricultural cooperatives.

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Berkeley Talks: A return to monarchy? Bradley Onishi on Project 2025

Berkeley Blog

“Project 2025 is a deeply reactionary Catholic vision for the country,” said Onishi, a scholar on religion who gave the 2024 Berkeley Lecture on Religious Tolerance. The post Berkeley Talks: A return to monarchy? Bradley Onishi on Project 2025 appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Introducing the villagers of Taylor

Western FarmPress

Down the Road: The Sandhills ranch town of Taylor, Neb., may only have 180 residents, but if one resident has her way, the town’s population could double … sort of.

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Alberta Grains invites farmers to upcoming meetings to help inform future direction

Real Agriculture

Alberta wheat and barley producers will have the opportunity in the next couple of months to see where their checkoff dollars have been going and have their voices heard when it comes to the future direction of the commission. Alberta Grains has officially announced their upcoming annual meetings and they will span across six regions.

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Texas A&M AgriLife outreach improves producer-focused resources for enhanced grazing land management

AgriLife Today

Landowner input, capacity-building techniques integral part of federal grant-funded projects The post Texas A&M AgriLife outreach improves producer-focused resources for enhanced grazing land management appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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