Personally, I’m somewhat stumped on how things are going to play out in regard to “water” in the years ahead. Keep in mind, this is not just a US problem but a problem happening around the world. Over three-quarters of the earth is covered by water, but 97% is saline or salty ocean-type water, with only …
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Terry Griffin, a precision agriculture economist with Kansas State University Research and Extension, has a question for you – “How would your farm operate if you didn’t have access to GPS? And do you even have a Plan B?” Griffin asks because he has been investigating the potential impacts of “space weather” on the agriculture …
Brazil soybean production is expected to rebound significantly in 2022-23 after severe drought killed initial expectations for record output in 2021-22. The US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Ag Service (FAS) post in Brasilia predicts the country’s new crop production will jump to 144 million metric tons (MMT), up from the current season’s expected production of …
Massive Jump Forecast for Brazil’s 2022-23 Soybean Exports… Time Will Tell Read More »
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to grow cereal crops. Using CRISPR-based gene editing, the researchers found a new pathway for cereal crops to capture nitrogen-aka nitrogen fixation-as they grow. The discovery could save farmers in the US billions of dollars annually …
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A company called “Atarraya”, along with its founder and CEO Daniel Russek is on a mission to make the shrimp business sustainable and more efficient without destroying the environment. His solution is a “plug-and-play” shrimp farm that anyone can operate as it’s contained inside a standard cargo container, complete with an AI-powered automated system that …
The 2022 Farm Aid has been announced for Saturday, September 24th in Raleigh, North Carolina. The annual festival, a full day of music, family farmers, homegrown food and agrarian experiences, will be held at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek. There are some tickets still available at Ticketmaster, but I’ve been using SeatGeek and StubHub as of late …
Women that woke up in America on this day 102 years ago did not know if they would be allowed to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Laws in some states prevented married women from owning property or even having a legal claim to money that they earned. With no legal right to the vote, …
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. …
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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 …
