Acuity and Fast Genetics partner to create a joint brand.

The Senate and House Agriculture Committees of Congress are well into discussions on the 2023 Farm Bill, the country’s enormous spending package that strives to secure our nation’s food supply, support our farmers, and protect the natural resources on which our food and agriculture systems depend.

Dairy farmers across the U.S. are using a number of innovations to be environmentally friendly.

Infectious bovine keratoconjuntivitis (IBK), also known as pinkeye, is a common eye disease of cattle caused by bacteria;

Calving season can be an exhausting time on the ranch, especially when cows experience difficulty giving birth, say the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute.

Dirk Rice from Illinois Corn and Casey Kelleher from Wisconsin Corn joined the event via Zoom and offered updates on U.S. corn planting and crop progress

when crops were planted on May 13, the cereal rye produced about 1000 pounds of biomass per acre and provided some weed control benefits in

Most nutrients in the plant are moved with water. Plants that show moistures stress are not efficient at transporting nutrients in the plant. This is not to say on occasion that foliar feeding plants that exhibit nutrient deficiency may respond in color to application

Emergence for corn and soybeans also remained ahead of their respective five-year averages despite dry conditions.

A plan to allow the construction of housing on prime agricultural land has withered on the vine following backlash from Ontario’s ag industry.

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Urgent talks are taking place between the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) and Defra this week after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) blocked attempts by Britain to apply for BSE “negligible” risk status. In what is seen as a financially damaging decision for the red meat industry, WOAH says a one-year delay is […]

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The Irish government’s proposal to reduce its national dairy herd to help achieve its climate change targets has picked up global attention from Twitter owner Elon Musk. Mr Musk, ranked by Forbes as the world’s second richest person, said: “This really needs to stop. Killing some cows doesn’t matter for climate change.” The initiative had […]

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Below-average rainfall in May has led to increased water scarcity across Scotland, raising fears of a summer drought and restrictions on abstracting water. Scotland received only 44% of the long-term average rainfall across the country in May and, with little rain forecast for the coming few weeks, the situation is expected to worsen quickly. Twelve […]

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Simply selecting the top yielding OSR varieties on the AHDB Recommended List is not always the best approach in high cabbage stem flea beetle areas, according to Agrii trials and farmer experience. Results suggest hybrid varieties with the right growth habit are most likely to survive the adult threat in late summer and larval infestations […]

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The new-look Chandlers RFM business has taken on Horsch’s full range of cultivation, drilling and spraying equipment at its four depots west of the M5 – Bridgnorth in Shropshire, Ross on Wye in Herefordshire, Martley in Worcestershire and Raglan in Monmouthshire. This follows Chandlers Farm Equipment’s acquisition of fellow Agco dealer Ross Farm Machinery (RFM) […]

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Carrying out lung scoring at slaughter can help pig producers better monitor the respiratory health of their herd, improve welfare, and potentially save on vet and medicine bills in the long term. This is according to Ceva’s Roman Krejci, who says many producers could be overlooking the welfare and economic impact of respiratory diseases that […]

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There’s no busier time on the farming calendar than harvest, so being able to make instant decisions on grain storage and marketing options can be hugely beneficial. And that is exactly what some farmers will be doing this season thanks to the real-time data access via FieldView, Bayer’s digital platform. It provides instant data on […]

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At Agritechnica’s stand 641 at the Cereals event on 13 and 14 June in Thoresby Estate Nottinghamshire, UK farming professionals are invited to learn more about Agritechnica 2023. After a four-year hiatus, Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany, 12-18 November 2023, will once again be the central venue for international farmers, contractors and dealers, including many from […]

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Farms are dangerous places and one poor decision can lead to life-changing or even fatal consequences. One of the many things I have to thank my Dad for is the fact that, from a very young age, he has drilled into me many aspects of farm safety – a comprehensive mental list of dos and […]

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As Guy Martin is a farming contractor, mechanic and avid tractor user, Morris Lubricants’ technology manager Adrian Hill went to Guy’s workshop to show him why it is so important to select the correct oil for any type of tractor, agricultural vehicle or farm machinery, no matter what the age, brand or model. In this […]

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