Premier Doug Ford announced that he will keep his original promise to not alter Ontario’s Greenbelt.

5 key reports to watch that could have significant impacts on commodity markets the week of September 24th

Top farm leaders gathered at the NA/EU Agri-Conference in PEI to foster international collaboration and address major global agricultural issues. Discussions spanned sustainability, global trade, and consumer trends.

Kansas State University agricultural economics and veterinary medicine staff have developed a record-keeping app for cattle producers that now is available for iPhones and Android devices.

When it comes to technology, I would not consider myself an early adopter.

Orange smokey skies. Heat advisories. Long, heavy rains. This summer brought several memorable extreme weather events across the US. In mid-July over 32 states were affected by poor air quality from wildfires in Canada (Hauser, C. and Moses, C. 2023) and in late July, about 60% of the US population was under heat or flood advisories (Costley, D; Frederick, J.B; and Vejpongsa, T. 2023). And while agriculture is no stranger to managing the risk of difficult weather, research has shown that extreme weather events are more likely to occur and may become more intense due to climate change (see EPA, 2023, IPCC, 2021). In this article we discuss public experiences with extreme weather events. We also explore public preferences for government policy to address climate change and extreme weather and whether recent extreme weather events have impacted confidence in the food system. To do so, we utilize results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey (GFAPS), which surveys approxima

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an additional $25 million investment to expand efforts to prevent and reduce food loss and waste.

Much smaller and more uniform in size and shape than nitrogen fixing nodules, the female SCN darkens in color and dies with 200-250 eggs inside her as her body hardens to form a cyst.

A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged participants to plant twice as many acres of cover crops as they did prior to receiving funds – a change that can both improve their farms and mitigate climate change.

This work concludes that using nutritional strategies to regulate CH4 emissions is becoming increasingly possible.

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Farming groups are urging Defra to make progress on its New Entrants Support Scheme, which is yet to be launched almost a year since it piloted. The scheme is being introduced as part of Defra’s agricultural transition and it aims to support new entrants into farming to develop successful land-based businesses in England. Defra says […]

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One of the UK’s biggest milk hauliers, Lloyd Fraser, is reported to be in administration and has had its operating licence revoked. This has resulted in an unknown number of tankers being locked up in dairies and unable to pick up milk on Friday 22 September. Fridays are known to be one of the biggest […]

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Choosing whether to splash out on swish new tractors or save cash by running higher-hour machines has long been a quandary for agricultural contractors. Lower risk of breakdowns, access to the latest tech and the reassurance of a warranty are all ticks for the buy-it-new fraternity. But for those willing to take a gamble on […]

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Arable growers are being encouraged to enter the new 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for England as it is simpler and more flexible than previous financial support packages. The new schemes run for three years and can be increased in scope or decreased by 50% over their lifetime. This compares with Countryside Stewardship (CS) schemes, […]

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A high percentage of dairy and suckler farmers report that calves are born dead on arrival. In an exclusive Farmers Weekly survey, 21% of dairy farmers and 29% of suckler farmers said this was one of the leading causes of mortality among calves. Farmers Weekly invited farmers, vets and industry partners to a roundtable discussion […]

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Upland farmers in the Lake District say their traditional sheep farming communities face an uncertain future due to reductions in stock numbers to comply with environmental policy. Keith Rowand, an upland farmer with long-standing heritage in the Lake District, has written to King Charles to raise concerns about the preservation of traditional upland farming in […]

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The autumn market will see several launches over the next week. Among them are some decent parcels of bare arable land in Suffolk totalling more than 550 acres. The sales have been generated by a variety of reasons, but include instructions from deceased estates and farms that are restructuring, said selling agent Oliver Holloway of […]

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Agroforestry is attracting a lot of attention from policy makers, environmentalists and farmers seeking new opportunities. Environmentally, the benefits are well recorded. The Woodland Trust’s Farming for the Future report found that over a 30-year period, silvoarable systems can sequester the equivalent of 8t of carbon dioxide/ha/year, which is equivalent to the average annual carbon […]

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I’d go a long way to see a good old oak tree, and often have. But we’re also blessed with a lot of extraordinary examples in this part of the world, too. Just a short distance from here is the atmospheric Oak at the Gate of the Dead, or Derwen Adwy’r Meirwon to use its […]

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We are more than a month into bedding on sawdust and mattresses, and I can say with a degree of confidence we made the best decision for the cows and the system. Touch wood, I haven’t had a mastitis case to deal with and, since trimming the tails, cows are staying clean, with only about […]

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