The family and I are going up to the Northeast to check out the fall colors and a few of the festivals. If you have never made the trip, and you get the harvest finished early, I think it’s worth your time. The views and little towns along the Atlantic Ocean from New York or …
October is here and with Fall officially underway the weather will be turning increasingly colder across the nation, leaving many wondering when we will experience our first snow. How early it snows obviously depends on your specific location and elevation as well as weather patterns from year-to-year. For some, the earliest snow could actually happen …
October Is Here… When Can We Expect Our First Snow? Read More »
Kevin Van Trump and Andy Daniels sit down with professional traders Mark Bishop and Dakin Bushner to discuss current thoughts and opinions regarding the markets, yield predictions, dislocation of grain, export headwinds, Russia & Ukraine tension, where the dollar might be heading, the FED’s next move, thoughts on Brazil, inflation, input availability for spring of 2023, …
4 Professional Traders Provide Their Current Opinions and Thoughts – October 2022 Read More »
Trendy sneaker brand “Allbirds” has made a name for itself with its signature wool runners. The company’s sustainability commitments have also won the brand legions of fans. Allbirds is now releasing its first faux-leather shoe called the “Plant Pacer,” made from a natural recipe of rubber, plant oils, rice hulls, and citrus peels. In other …
More Brands Embracing “Fake Leather”… Might Ultimately Create Increasing Crop Demand Read More »
Scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2023, the goal of the program, called Project Bison, is to build a new facility capable of drawing down 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually by 2030. A Los Angeles-based company called CarbonCapture is building the facility, called a direct air capture (DAC) plant, …
“Project Bison”… World’s Largest Carbon Removal Project Headed for Wyoming Read More »
I suggest everyone that’s farming needs to do a much deeper dive on all of this grant money that has recently been approved and will bein circulation… Earlier this month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing nearly three billion dollars in 70 selected projects under the first …
What You Need to Know About the Recent Grants for Climate Smart Farming Read More »
Gary Lewis, a Southern Alberta farmer who is growing mustard, wheat and yellow peas on nearly four thousand acres this summer isn’t using traditional fertilizer, in fact, he hasn’t used any for the last 20 years. Lewis, a fourth-generation farmer, and father to five says he’s more than once come close to financial ruin in …
Possibly One of the Best Recent Innovations by a Farmer Read More »
If you’re looking for a dog with a cool back story that can also get the job done, the “Barbado da Terceira”, aka Terceira Cattle Dogs could be worth looking into. The 500-year-old Portugese breed hails from the volcanic island of the same name – Terceira – in the Azores archipelago. Also called the “Terceira …
US Dog Lovers Aim to Save a Rare Cattle Herding Breed Read More »
A more than 44,000-acre alpine property in New Zealand known as “Halfway Bay Station” has just been sold for $18 million, a new record for the country. The property features over 4 miles of lake frontage and over 14 miles of frontage along the Lochy river, a world-renowned fly fishing spot. Surrounded by mountains, valleys, …
Weather has always been one of farming’s biggest enemies and with changing climate patterns bringing ever more extremes, the need to know what lies around the next corner seems ever more urgent. Most meteorologists say anything beyond a seven-to-ten day forecast is hard to trust but a startup out of Boston called “Salient Predictions” claims …
Weather Startup Predicts Midwest Rainfall by Measuring Salt in the Ocean Read More »
