Randy Krotz
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Trade (Commodities), Coronavirus/COVID,
This is an extremely informative article regarding the pandemic and previous high-profile public health concerns and their impact on consumers.
https://www.palisadeshudson.com/2021/01/...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Europe, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
2021: The year of the CAP
2019 is likely to be the year in which the much awaited reform of the main EU's massive farming subsidies programme, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), will see the light.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Government / Policies,
Working with EU on food sustainability requires redefining US agricultural governance
The Biden administration must begin a food diplomacy revolution, starting with food system transformation at home and learning from other countries, writes Sophia Murphy.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Ag India, Weather,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, USDA,
USDA projects lowest Nebraska winter wheat crop on-record
The United States Department of Agriculture Winter Wheat Seedings report shows a record-low number of acres planted to wheat in Nebraska. The January 12 report estimated the seeded area for 2021 at 810,000 acres in Nebraska. The estimate is down from last year’s seeded area of 900,000. If the figure is realized, it would be [...]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag India, Government / Policies,
Farmers welcome govt's proposal to keep agricultural laws on hold
Farmer leader Shivkumar Kakka, who has been a part of all the 10 meetings held with the government at Vigyan Bhawan here so far, said: "We do not trust the committee, but the government has offered to put the laws on hold... It is definitely a matter to consider. We will discuss this and eventually try to form an opinion."
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01/21/2021 SOURCE: www.weforum.org
Art, innovation and sustainable agriculture collide, creating an illuminating new way to grow food.
This light show in a field isn’t just pretty – it’s helping grow crops with less need for pesticides
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01/20/2021 SOURCE: www.fwi.co.uk
France is on a collision course with the European Union after it said gene-edited crops should not be classified as genetically modified organisms (GMs).
Gene-edited crops not the same as GMs, says France - Farmers Weekly
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global,
Do we only have 60 harvests left?
Claims that the world has only 100, 60, or even 30 years of harvests left often hit the headlines. These claims are overblown, but soil erosion is a problem and we can do something about it.
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01/19/2021 SOURCE: modernfarmer.com
Massive monocrop farming of corn, in the United States, brings with it a whole host of push-and-pull requirements. This style of agriculture drains the soil of nutrients, making it incapable of high-yield production. To make up for that, farmers have to drench the soils in fertilizer. A new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder ran models to get a sense of what the economic costs of this system are and found they are quite staggering. A key problem with trying to figure out exactly how degraded soils are, at least in the US and some other countries
Degraded Soil Costs Corn Farmers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year: Study
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