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| Horse-drawn plough, land girl. Laura Knight. 1944. |
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- Tough times in the heartland as some farmers hit by losses weigh exiting the business | CNBC
- NASA-inspired "speed breeding" boosts wheat production threefold | New Atlas Quote: "Using its carefully crafted lighting setup, the team was able to grow six generations of wheat, chickpea and barley plants and four of canola plants in a single year, as opposed to two or three in the glasshouse or a single generation in the field. It says it also works for peanuts, amaranth and lentils, and expects it to work for sunflower, pepper and radish."
- Consumers want more protein in their diets | Bloomberg Quote: "the average consumer will eat 222.2 pounds (100.8 kilos) of red meat and poultry this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, surpassing a record set in 2004. Meanwhile, domestic production will surpass 100 billion pounds for the first time, as livestock owners expand their herds on the back of cheap feed grain."
- Half of U.S. soybeans exported to China this year would not meet Chinese rules for routine delivery in 2018, according to shipping data reviewed by Reuters, signaling new hurdles in the $14-billion-a-year business. | Reuters
- After a record year in Iowa, big ethanol asks for another handout | Washington Examiner Comment: This is about subsidies going to the fuel stations for signing up to provide higher blends of ethanol product. The longer the contract > the higher percentage they get
- Green Plains plans massive expansion of Syngenta’s Enogen corn ethanol technology | Biofuels Digest
- EPA ethanol and air quality study more than 8 years late | Climate Change Dispatch
- Ukraine’s Ban on Selling Farmland Is Choking the Economy; Kiev keeps putting off land reforms, despite pressure from the IMF and investors. | Bloomberg
- Growing discord in Malaysia's paddy industry due to monopoly | The Straits Times
- China to phase out more pesticides in push to improve food safety | Reuters
- Plastic Film Covering 12% of China's Farmland Pollutes Soil | Bloomberg
- Scientists Question Safety of Using Waste Water From Oil Fields (in California's Central Valley) on Food | NBC Bay area
- Investment firms continue to purchase farmland | KTIC Radio
- Kansas City Federal Reserve on the Farm Economy (NOV) with graphs | KCFed
- A sustainable rancher and ranching system in Arizona | Nogales International
- More Iowa communities left with few, if any, kids | DesMoines Register
- Green payment program covers 8% of U.S. farmland | Agriculture.com
- Dairies Are Awash in Organic Milk as Consumers Jump to Alternatives; Companies that invested in producing organic milk are cutting capacity or looking to turn it into cheese or other products | WSJ (Paywall)
- The world's renewed appetite for natural riches once again tests Latin America | Bloomberg Quote: "Brazil, for one, has shown it can help to feed and fuel the world. But only zealous governance, a guiding hand for struggling farmers, and citizens willing to hold officials to account can stop the next boom from becoming an ecological bonfire."
- Nigeria's massive chicken farm | DW
- Asian Rust in Brazilian soybeans just won't die | Agweb/Bloomberg
- Brazil Senate passes bill to boost ethanol, biodiesel use | Reuters
- Colorado Hemp farming has a stalking problem | Westword
- Canadian firm unveils plans for large hemp farm in northern Maine; Future Farm Technologies buys 120 acres in Aroostook County to grow the plant, a cousin of marijuana, for producing cannabidiol, a hemp derivative used in medical treatments. | Press Herald
- Comments about the food industry from notables | Rabobank Quote: “I continue to be surprised by the ‘conflict’ between consumers’ shift to health & wellness and the growth of indulgence product offerings.”
- Changing consumers ignite food revolution; It’s transforming Minnesota’s food companies and economy. | Star Tribune
- Tubers in trouble | Phys.org
- As Africa grows more prosperous, obesity grows as a problem | LosAngeles
- End of 47-Year Japan Rice Program Signals Ramen Wheat Boost | Bloomberg
- More healthful white bread in development | Producer.com
- How Germans are taking back sauerkraut; Thanks to the American fermented food trend and a probiotic boom, Germany is rediscovering a tradition it had preserved poorly. | Handelsblatt
- Planet Fat: The New York Times series on global obesity | Food Politics Comment: In my local news, lately, a Univ. of Colorado physiology professor is doing studies showing that to reverse pre-diabetic conditions and promote weight loss, it is as simple as walking one hour a day. As Nike would say, just do it.