The dangerous, flesh-eating pest is not here yet, but cases are multiplying in Texas
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New Colorado law raising the overtime threshold for farm workers is a step backward for justice
ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa—James Hepp is sick of excuses. The 36-year-old farmer manages about 1,600 acres of corn, soy and small grains in northern Iowa. He keeps a close eye on his bottom line and says he wants to build a business that his three young children would be foolish not to join. For Hepp, a […]
Fly over a field near Toulouse, France, look down, and right now you will see a giant eye looking back at you. The ambitious art installation is called Farming Photographs and is the work of British-Spanish artist Almudena Romero.
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The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.
California regulators passed a rule in January 2024 that they said would protect communities from one of the state’s most popular, and dangerous, pesticides. For decades, they knew that 1,3-dichloropropane, or 1,3-D, causes tumors in multiple organs in laboratory animals, which led the state to flag it as a carcinogen in 1989. Yet regulators allowed […]
WASHINGTON — In a deal that could provide a major trade boost for American farmers, the White House said that during the recent summit, China committed to buying at least $17 billion in additional U.S. agricultural products annually for three years. But Beijing has not confirmed the figure and farm groups expressed skepticism that the […]
Bayer has agreed to suspend for seven years pillars of its loyalty programs, which Trump administration officials called “unfair provisions” that “pose a danger to competition,” the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The agreement relates to how Bayer sells the seeds it produces through years of research and development. Bayer sells corn and soybean […]
INDIANTOWN, Fla.—Carroll McAllister frets over the prospect of a hyperscale data center opening next to the grassy expanse where she grew up, in a shack her father built. Now 87, McAllister is a tiny but sturdy woman with a bob of blonde hair. She fondly recalls running wild on the land in her youth with […]
The federal government’s pause on new loans for anaerobic digesters, the controversial method of converting animal manure from large-scale feeding operations into biogas, will now extend through the end of the year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture explained the move in financial terms, saying digester projects had “significant delinquency rates and realized losses.” Digesters are […]
This is part of a research project into changes in landownership in Orkney. The landscape we view in Orkney today of fenced fields and stone dykes is one of relatively recent times. For hundreds of years islanders lived in communities built upon a system of farming in rigs. Runrig in Orkney Many readers will be […]
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Following multiple combat tours, Laura and Robert Stanley are learning to turn their Palisade apiary and orchard into a place that can help others find a life in agriculture.
This article was originally published by the Daily Yonder, which is dedicated to uplifting the stories of rural people. It was produced with support from the LOR Foundation. LOR works with people in rural places to improve quality of life. Sarah Jones never thought she’d be a farmer. She grew up in San...
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Scotland’s Farming Union, NFU Scotland, has written to the new Scottish SNP Government about rumours that it may pause the permanent grassland greening scheme. The scheme came under a lot of criticism in Orkney about the possible implications it would have on farming in the islands. In his visit to the islands in February First […]
The cuts, which include 665 jobs and almost $350 million in spending, are being called “really dumb”
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New York-based tea company Dona takes a trip to Nicaragua, where they learn more about cultivating spices like turmeric, ginger, and cardamom. BY NAVDEEP KAUR FOR BARISTA MAGAZINE Photos by Amy Rothstein What to know: [...]
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Last summer, the wild blueberry fields at Crystal Spring Farm turned red too soon. Severe drought had gripped most of the state of Maine. At his farm near the town of Brunswick, Seth Kroeck knew the leaves were changing color prematurely because the blueberry plants were stressed. Berries shriveled before they could ripen. The farm’s […]
One of the major arteries that keeps a country running is farming. Farmers provide food for the table, while trading products for other commodities with other countries. We regulate the prices so that we have food in our mouths. And as Paul Mrocka explains in his guest post, thanks to Trump’s tariffs, combined with the … Continue reading While America Argues, Farmers and Small Businesses Collapse…
DES MOINES, Iowa—In a press conference at the state capitol on Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a “comprehensive legislative package” that will boost funding for utilities struggling to meet federal drinking water standards and combat high nitrate pollution from agriculture. The plan would have the state spend more than $100 million on water treatment infrastructure […]
Alan French has already been pushed out of two homes. He's not moving again.
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Odd things sometimes pop up in the feed of a Hackaday scribe, not hacks as such, but stories with a meaning in our community. One such that’s come our way …read more
Close to 20 percent of Americans are exposed to water polluted with high levels of potentially cancer-causing nitrates, known to come mostly from agricultural runoff, according to new research published this month. In a first-ever review of nitrate levels in public water systems across the country, the Environmental Working Group found that 6,114 of them—from […]
Oh no… this is not what I expected to feel today! We chose to live here for a reason. Not for convenience, not for perfect roads or quick access to everything—but for the quiet. For the space. For the feeling that nature is allowed to just be. All around us, there have only been natural … More When the Field Across the Road Began to Change
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Gift Ideas for Farmers Ireland: this framed caricature art piece by Allan Cavanagh was a gift for a sheep farmer!
Gift Ideas for Farmers Ireland caricatures by Allan Cavanagh
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President Trump’s war on Iran has introduced Americans who haven’t previously followed farm policy to a rather niche topic: fertilizer. It’s estimated that half of global food production relies on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. Gulf countries are major producers both of the finished product and of the natural gas that’s used to make it. And up to a third of the global fertilizer trade passes…
A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would require certified pesticide users—anyone licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to use Restricted Use pesticides, such as paraquat or fumigant insecticides—to give written or emailed notice at least 24 hours before application at any school, child care facility or park located within 1,500 feet of application […]
Goswami steps outside her comfort zone and volunteers at The Farm on campus.
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Elections to the Scottish Parliament take place on Thursday 7 May. In this series we look at what decisions are made in our parliament which affect daily lives in Scotland. So far we’ve looked at Education, NHS Scotland, Transport, Migration, Energy, and Housing. Farming and Fishing. Powers over Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries are devolved to the Scottish Parliament. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—Aaron Lehman has many concerns about the fate of Iowa’s farmers. Climate lawsuits aren’t one. But state legislators don’t see eye-to-eye with Lehman, president of the Iowa Farmers Union. Instead, they’ve pushed through a bill that shields agricultural operations from lawsuits over the climate impacts of their greenhouse gas emissions. The bill now […]
Orkney SNP candidate in the May Scottish Parliament elections, Robert Leslie, has welcomed First Minister John Swinney’s pledge to keep listening to Orkney farmers on their concerns over changes to the Greening scheme that they feel are not working for Orkney. Mr Leslie was reacting to a letter from the First Minister to Douglas Paterson, […]
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