A relative of the murder hornet, which terrorized the US in 2021, has been spotted for the first time in the nation, and it could be detrimental to agriculture…
Grains of Deceit…
There are several evolving issues that are being watched regarding plans and developments made by the West to open Ukrainian Black Sea commercial ports. A medley of articles has recently popped up on grain shipments from Russia and the grain shortage caused by the conflict…
Bill Gates and Neo-Feudalism: A Closer Look at Farmer Bill…
Bill Gates has quietly made himself the largest owner of farmland in the United States. For a man obsessed with monopoly control, the opportunity to also dominate food production must seem irresistible…
New Report Shows Africa’s Green Revolution is “Failing on Its Own Terms”…
Fourteen years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) with the goal of bringing Africa its own Green Revolution in agricultural productivity…
For Tech-Weary Midwest Farmers, 40-Year-Old Tractors Now a Hot Commodity…
Kris Folland grows corn, wheat and soybeans and raises cattle on 2,000 acres near Halma in the northwest corner of Minnesota, so his operation is far from small. But when he last bought a new tractor, he opted for an old one — a 1979 John Deere 4440. He retrofitted it with automatic steering guided […]
Ag Runoff Into Tap Water Linked to 12,000 Cancer Cases a Year…
Runoff from U.S. farms may be causing more than 12,000 cases of cancer per year as Americans drink up nitrate-polluted tap water, according to a new study published Monday in the scientific journal Environmental Research. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group conducted the groundbreaking peer-reviewed study to analyze health and economic impacts of agriculture contamination. The […]
U.S. Farms Are Facing Their Worst Crisis in a Generation – And Now Here Comes Another Monster Storm…
The combination of the wettest planting season in U.S. history, a catastrophic trade war with China and economic conditions that are brutal for small farms has produced a “perfect storm” for U.S. farmers. Farm bankruptcies have already risen to the highest level in 7 years, but many expect that they will soon surge to all-time […]
On the Death of My Family’s Dairy Farm…
This Christmas, like every other, I traveled to northern Wisconsin to stay with my parents on the dairy farm I grew up on. As usual I took the opportunity to help my dad and younger brother with barn chores and milk cows. The cows need to be milked twice a day, every day, roughly around […]
WTO Rules in Favor of U.S. in China Farm Subsidies Dispute…
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday ruled in favor of the U.S. in a long-running dispute over Chinese subsidies for wheat and rice farms, according to multiple reports. Reuters and The Associated Press report that the WTO ruled that China exceeded internationally agreed-upon standards for domestic support of rice and wheat farmers, allowing Chinese farmers to […]
China Makes First Big U.S. Soybean Purchase Since Trump-Xi Truce…
China on Wednesday made its first major purchases of U.S. soybeans since President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping struck a trade war truce earlier this month, providing some relief to U.S. farmers who have struggled to find buyers for their record-large harvest. Trump told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday the Chinese […]