Climate change, Covid-19, the War in Ukraine, all of these overlapping crises are forming the backdrop of surging investments in agrifood technologies. Alternative investments are no doubt appealing when global markets are in flux. But an investment in agrifood tech is an investment to secure one of our most basic human needs. According to AgFunder’s …
As hot and miserable as summer can get, we all know it will eventually being overtaken by the cold of winter. For those looking for hints as to what the winter months might have in store this year, the “Farmers’ Almanac” has released its Winter 2022/2023 forecast, and a bit earlier than usual this year. …
Farmers’ Almanac Warns of a Cold and Stormy Winter 2022-23 Read More »
Farmland prices continue to climb across all regions of the US. The average farm real estate value, which includes all land and buildings on farms, climbed by +$420 an acre in 2022 to an average $3,800 per acre, up +12.4% versus 2021 and up more than +50% from 2012 ($2,520 per acre). Cropland values are …
I thought this was a crazy cool idea and what a great experience for the boys! Luke Konson and Daniel Balserak set out during their gap year (time between high school graduation and college enrollment) to catch the state fish in all 50 states and ended up with an unforgettable adventure. Below is an excerpt …
COOL STORY – Two Kids Spend “Gap Year” Catching State Fish from Every State Read More »
I tried to buy a few pounds of turkey at some local Kansas City BBQ joints the past few weekends and they all told us they were no longer selling turkey in big bulk because of the shortage. My wife went to two different grocery stores this week and they were both out of turkey …
Farm production expenditures in the United States reached an estimate $392.9 billion last year, an increase of +7.3% over 2020. Of the 17-line items tracked by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 15 showed an increase from the previous year while only “interest” and “seeds and plants” witnessed a decrease. The four largest expenditures …
China has begun work on what will be the world’s largest water tunnel, designed to transport water from Three Gorges Dam (also the world’s largest) to the Han River, where it will then connect to what will be the world’s largest canal. The nearly 125-mile-long Yinjiangbuhan tunnel is just a tiny portion of what’s known …
China Saying they Could Become a Net-Food Exporter with NEW Water Project Read More »
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) released a new report highlighting how the American pork industry is a significant contributor to the US agricultural and overall economy. The report covers the last five years of pork industry value chain contributions and growth. From farm to fork, the combined economic contribution from hog production and pork …
Interesting Data… US Pork Industry’s Contributions to the American Economy Read More »
Legend has it that during the summer of 1693 a French Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon first crafted this bubbly brew at the abbey of Saint Pierre d’Hautvillers, overlooking the town of Epernay, France in the region called Champagne. Others will argue that 30 years earlier some English scientists first made the discovery in Winchcombe, which …
Today, the agricultural and aviation communities quietly celebrate the 101st anniversary of the first use of the airplane for crop dusting. On this day in 1921, Army Air Corps pilot Lieutenant John A. Macready, piloting a specially modified Curtiss JN4 Jenny, spread lead arsenate over a six-acre grove of 6,000 catalpa trees at Postmaster Harry …
