Free, virtual symposium to take place on March 8, 2023.

OMAFRA to hold two webinars – on January 30 and February 3, 2023.

Some acres of fall corn were being harvested as well. The amount of dead, dry plant materials in fields and pastures raised wildfire concerns.

The Southeast Farm Press had an interesting article this week on a new world record yield for dryland corn of over 459 bushels per acre set in North Carolina this past year

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the details of additional assistance for dairy producers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP) and a new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP). The update to PMVAP and the new ODMAP will enable USDA to better support small- and medium-sized dairy operations who weathered the pandemic and now face other challenges.

Rising global temperatures due to climate change are changing the growth cycles of crops worldwide. Recent records from Europe show that wild and cultivated plants are growing earlier and faster due to increased temperatures.

USDA, through its administration of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, is the largest global donor to school feeding efforts, providing U.S. agricultural commodities, funding, and technical assistance to reduce hunger, support nutrition, and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls, around the world. The McGovern-Dole program is also an integral part in advancing U.S. diplomatic interests and strengthening alliances.

Farmers have till March 15, 2023, to change commodity title decisions. Farmers can use the Farm Bill What-If Tool to evaluate alternatives. Payments are unlikely from any alternative, so spending much time on analysis seems unwarranted. We suggest ARC-CO for soybeans. Choices for corn and soybeans depend on preferences for risk protection.

With a new photovoltaic panel, researchers harness sunshine to harvest energy and food together, taking advantage of the full light spectrum

Ontario Federation of Agriculture is offering its Financial Literacy & Succession Planning Road Show, presented by Farm Life Financial, which will provide education on financial strategies for farms and farmers, as well as succession planning tools to keep the farm in the family.

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Defra secretary Therese Coffey has defended her record at the department, insisting she is a “hands-on” minister amid claims she is “asleep at the wheel”. NFU president Minette Batters has previously spoken of her difficulty in getting a one-to-one meeting with Ms Coffey and suggested Number 10 and the Treasury were more supportive of agriculture […]

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The UK agricultural sector is undergoing the biggest policy shake-up in 60 years, and government support for farmers is facing a radical overhaul. Defra has started its new Environmental Land Management (ELM) programme, which pays farmers in England public money to deliver environmental outcomes. Devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are looking to […]

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Grazed grass is the cheapest form of nutrition for beef cattle, and it will almost certainly outperform even the highest-quality silage in terms of daily liveweight gain in growing animals. Exceptional rainfall in November 2022 forced cattle to be housed early, resulting in heavy grass covers ahead of spring grazing. To avoid loss of nutritional […]

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Based on the premise that development damages biodiversity, it is expected that from November this year all planning permissions granted in England will have to demonstrate a minimum 10% uplift in biodiversity associated with their sites. This biodiversity net gain (BNG) will be achieved by enhancing existing habitats or creating new ones, either on or […]

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Maize is a crop often perceived to be damaging to the environment, causing issues such as soil compaction, erosion and nutrient losses, which can lead to run-off, affecting nearby watercourses. A “maize charter”, pioneered by the Maize Growers Association, is aiming to tackle concerns, by providing field evaluations to encourage best practice when it comes […]

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A 26-strong farmer network set up by Agri-EPI is a key testing bed for emerging start-up precision farming companies and researchers to evaluate and demonstrate their new technologies in a commercial farm situation. One of these is Suffolk organic farmer John Pawsey, who is trialling two new technologies for the arable side of his 650ha […]

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The Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show will return to the York Auction Centre in Murton on Wednesday 8 February. Now in its ninth year, the event is set to host 200 exhibitors and the organisers expect to match last year’s attendance record, when 15,000 punters poured through the gates. See also: Revealed: Britain’s biggest farm machinery dealers […]

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The UK must better provide for its own needs and farmers are absolutely essential to its success. The Covid pandemic, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the resultant economic uncertainty have all had us thinking about how we can better support ourselves, both nationally, and within our own families. We are increasingly debating food security […]

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The trouble with being part of a multi-generational farming family is that you tend to accrue multi-generational junk in your attic. I know this all too well because we’ve been sorting ours out lately, and the old truth that farmers never throw anything away in case it comes in useful one day has never been […]

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At last, more information on what Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will look like for farmers in England. This week’s announcement of six additional standards marks a major expansion in its scope. It includes three modules that have apparently been brought forward from 2024 as the department responds to criticism that the sloth-like pace at […]

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