As the El Niño weather pattern continues to develop, various disruptions to agricultural production are expected around the globe. This year’s El Niño follows a rare, three consecutive years of La Niña, which has many of the opposite effects to El Niño on agricultural crop growing conditions. But while El Niño weather years have some …
Ed Currie, founder of aptly named “PuckerButt Pepper Company” in South Carolina, has unleashed a fiery new pepper variety into the world known as “PepperX.” According to Guinness World Records, the wrinkly yellow-green pepper is officially the hottest in the world, measuring an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. The previous record holder, the …
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Over the last couple of decades, a theory that the accumulated snow cover in Siberia during October can impact Winter weather in the United States has gained popularity among everyone from weather forecasters and snow plow operators to insurance companies and hedge funds. Even the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitors the snow cover …
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Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) is the most devastating and yield-limiting pest of soybeans in the U.S. According to The SCN Coalition, the devastating pest is present in most areas where soybeans are grown and continue to rapidly spread each year with an estimated annual yield loss potential of $1.5 billion. The SCN Coalition’s has developed …
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After two back-to-back record corn crops, Brazil’s 2023/24 production is expected to take a few steps back. In its first forecast for 2023/24, the country’s crop forecasting agency Conab estimates Brazil’s farmers will harvest 119.44 million metric tons (MMT) of corn, down -9.5% from last year. The decline is a combination of falling profit margins, …
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Back in 2009, Britain’s Supreme Court had to decide an unusual question – is a “Pringle” a potato chip? That’s because potato chips (called crisps in Britain) and “similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour,” are subject to taxes. In the end, the high court ruled that Pringle’s are indeed potato chips …
Saturday, October 14, will bring a rare astronomical treat to much of North America – an “annular” solar eclipse. Known as the “ring of fire,” the partial solar eclipse will be visible in all 48 contiguous states, along with Alaska. It also marks the last opportunity to witness an annular eclipse in the U.S. until …
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Farmers Day is celebrated every year on October 12! The profession of farming began around 12,000 years ago with the domestication of livestock as hunter/gatherers settled down and started to plant their own food. Agriculture is one of the world’s oldest and most vital professions. Farmers have remained one of the highest contributors to economic …
I thought this might interest some folks. I recently received a paper penned by Jeremy Kaufman the Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder of “Propagate”, an agroforestry investments and project development platform focused on bridging the capital and operational needs for the integration of tree crops to farmland. I thought this was worth sharing and might …
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One of the most important inventions for agricultural trade was something that most consumers today can’t imagine living without – refrigeration. The original idea to use refrigeration for farm goods is credited to dairy farmer Thomas Moore of Maryland who was simply looking for a better way to get his butter to market. First, it’s …
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