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White House Invites South Dakota Rancher & Two Farmers to Give Input
By Lura Roti It’s harvest in South Dakota and De Smet farmer Rob Lee is behind getting soybeans out of the field because he accepted an invitation to the White House. “It was the worst timing, but when you have the opportunity to sit in a room and meet with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture…
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Hundreds of Cattle Producers Rally Against EID Eartag Mandate; Next Steps Announced
RAPID CITY, S.D., Oct. 11, 2024 – On Monday, over 400 cattle producers gathered and hundreds more joined online for the Livestock Producers Freedom Rally. Producers from nine states were represented at the rally as they joined together in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS’) final rule mandating…
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Corn, wheat, soybean supplies at four-year highs
Corn, wheat, soybean supplies at four-year highs  Food Business News
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Dry weather patterns impact on global wheat prices
Dry weather patterns impact on global wheat prices  Agriland
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Dell and Moyo launch AI-powered drone to combat crop diseases in South Africa
Dell and Moyo launch AI-powered drone to combat crop diseases in South Africa  FreshPlaza.com
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Sona Machinery Unveils AI-Driven Color Sorter Machine with Advanced Camera Technology for Precise Grain Sorting
Sona Machinery Unveils AI-Driven Color Sorter Machine with Advanced Camera Technology for Precise Grain Sorting  Farmers Review Africa
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War, politics and crop inputs
War, politics and crop inputs  Farm Progress
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USDA forecasts challenging season for Florida citrus with decline in orange production
USDA forecasts challenging season for Florida citrus with decline in orange production  FreshPlaza.com
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Ukraine Exports 75 Million Tons of Cargo via Maritime Corridor, Including 50.1 Million Tons of Agriculture
Ukraine Exports 75 Million Tons of Cargo via Maritime Corridor, Including 50.1 Million Tons of Agriculture  Odessa Journal
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UK leads study focusing on flash flooding in Appalachia, preparation, prevention
UK leads study focusing on flash flooding in Appalachia, preparation, prevention  UKNow
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Africa fights rising hunger by looking to foods of the past
Africa fights rising hunger by looking to foods of the past  MIT Technology Review
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Robots May Provide Answers to Herbicides Resistance
Farmers are looking to weeding robots as herbicide resistance solution. A new survey by the Illinois Center for Digital Agriculture finds more than half of corn farmers would adopt weeding robots. Ag economist Shadi Attallah says the prevalence of herbicide resistance weeds is a major factor. A $40,000 robot and a $20,000 robot were tested,…
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Oregon Rewrites Dairy Regulations, Small Farmers Drop Lawsuit
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has rewritten its regulations on dairies, following push back from some small farmers. Previously, the ODA had warned dairy farms that they could face fines if they failed to register as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. In a memo from last year, the agency said several raw milk producers…
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Scientists Examining Corporate Influence over Food and Farm Bill
The Union of Concerned Scientists recently released a report analyzing the influence of lobbying on food and agriculture systems. The report finds that agribusinesses, industry associations, and other interest groups have spent more than $500 million to influence legislation, including the Farm Bill, between 2019 and 2023. The Farm Bill is an omnibus bill that…
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Continued Fallout in Upper Midwest from Poultry Company Bankruptcy
(Charles City, IA) — Farmers and thousands of animals are left in the dark still as the fallout continues from a closure of a Minnesota poultry company’s processing plant in Northern Iowa. It was reported last week that Pure Prairie Poultry closed its processing plant in Charles City, IA and stopped paying for feed for…
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Lawmakers Ask EPA to Ban Paraquat
Forty-seven Democratic members of Congress have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to ban the use of the herbicide paraquat. The lawmakers, led by Texas Congressman Greg Casar, told Regan the chemical is particularly dangerous for farmworkers. The EPA says it has yet to find a scientific link between the use of the herbicide…
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3 Big Things Today
3 Big Things Today, October 14, 2024Â Â Successful Farming
