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| 12.10.2024 | The Tax Tango and Repair Rumble: A Tale of Two Giants | In the grand theater of American politics and business, two narratives unfold. One features a former president dancing around tax cuts for expatriates. The other showcases a farming titan grappling with accusations of monopolistic practices... |
| 11.10.2024 | John Deere Once Again Under Fire Again For Efforts To Monopolize Repair | A few years ago agricultural equipment giant John Deere found itself on the receiving end of an antitrust lawsuit for its efforts to monopolize tractor repair. The lawsuits noted that the company consistently purchased competing repair cent... |
| 05.10.2024 | The Farm Bill and Port Strikes: A Perfect Storm for American Agriculture | The farm bill has once again expired, leaving farmers in a lurch. The agricultural lifeline, a sprawling $1 trillion package, has become a political football. As Congress squabbles, the consequences ripple through the farming community. The... |
| 04.10.2024 | AFIA warns of consequences from port strike | ARLINGTON, VA. — With more than 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports beginning their strike on Oct. 1, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is warning of long-term economic consequences, potential animal food supply issu... |
| 04.10.2024 | Election 2024: Where Trump and Harris stand on agriculture | Listen to the article 11 min
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| 02.10.2024 | Farm bill expires again. Here’s what it means for farmers. | Listen to the article 3 min
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| 23.07.2024 | 2024 Washington Policy Outlook - Updates on Federal Policy Issues | 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting
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| 18.06.2024 | Farmers' financial pain spills from Kansas wheat fields to Main Streets | U.S. MarketsFarmers' financial pain spills from Kansas wheat fields to Main Streets
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| 30.05.2024 | Meat and Dairy Lobbyists Are Using Fossil Fuel Industry Tactics to Stall Climate Policies | New reports by independent think tank InfluenceMap and The Union of Concerned Scientists have found that meat and dairy lobbyists are weakening climate policies in the EU and the US respectively.
The InfluenceMap analysis finds that the Eur... |
| 16.05.2024 | Cattle rebuilding unlikely as high interest rates and costs stick around | The grass may be greener, but America’s cattle shortage continues as ranchers hesitate to rebuild herds amid high interest rates and input costs.
Drought conditions and high feed costs drove farmers to sell off cattle over the past few year... |
| 12.03.2024 | Senators Call on Leadership to Freeze AEWR, Protecting Agriculture Independence | BISMARCK – Effective January 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new annual adjustment to the Farm Labor Survey (FLS) Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers... |
| 29.02.2024 | Heat, salinity, drought… SaliCrop tackles abiotic stress trifecta with seed enhancement tech | Demand for ‘climate smart’ crops is rising as farmers battle abiotic stressors from saline soil and drought to heat stress. But breeding new varieties is costly and time-consuming, says Israeli startup SaliCrop, which is approaching the pro... |
| 22.02.2024 | US farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos | CommoditiesUS farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos
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| 17.02.2024 | This indoor farming company is trying to win workers over to agriculture — through desk-job benefits | Careers This indoor farming company is trying to win workers over to agriculture — through desk-job benefits
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| 09.02.2024 | Cattle inventory shrinks to lowest in 73 years, stoking fears of price hikes | U.S. cattle continue to dwindle following a period of drought and high input costs that pressured ranchers to sell off their herds, shrinking the national headcount to lows not seen in decades.
The latest numbers show the domestic inventory... |
| 18.01.2024 | Breaking: California-based farm-ng bags $10m to bring autonomy and robotics to smaller-scale growers | California-based farm-ng has raised a $10 million Series A round to deploy more of its modular robotics for small- and mid-sized farms.
Acre Venture Partners led the round with participation from Xplorer Capital, HawkTower and 10 other inst... |
| 08.01.2024 | Minnesota lost 7% of its dairies in a year | Dive Brief:
The total number of dairies fell 7% in Minnesota last year, according to state data, underscoring a tough season for farmers.
The nation’s sixth-largest dairy producing state reported 1,825 permits on the books for cow, goat and... |
| 23.11.2023 | Your Thanksgiving dinner still costs way more than it did before the pandemic | Loma Lindans eat vegetarian alternatives to the classic Thanskgiving turkey. Vuk Saric/ Getty
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The price of a 10-person Thanksgiving dinner at home is $61.17 this year.
That's down 4.5% from a year ago — but still 25% higher than ... |
| 22.11.2023 | Business | Turkey is cheaper, but inflation raised prices of other Thanksgiving fixings | The good news this Thanksgiving is that the price of turkey and eggs is down significantly this year. The bad news is the price of just about everything else is up.
The bird flu swept through the country’s turkey farms in 2022, driving up t... |
| 16.11.2023 | Thanksgiving meal costs down from 2022, but still 25% higher than pre-pandemic | Thanksgiving dinner will cost consumers less this year, but the price tag for all the traditional holiday fixings will still be 25% higher than in 2019, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
The farm group said the average cost ... |
| 11.10.2023 | Turkey prices could fall as Thanksgiving nears, but bird flu reemergence threatens flocks | Dive Brief:
The price of turkeys may be lower than last year ahead of Thanksgiving, according to a report published last week by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The price of an eight to 16-pound turkey was $1.27 per pound in August, do... |
| 17.05.2023 | Supreme Court ruling upholding California’s animal welfare law could lead more states to act | A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week to uphold a California law banning the sale of pork from farms that confine pregnant pigs in gestation crates could have a widespread impact on the way states regulate the production of meat an... |
| 14.05.2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Kathleen Merrigan: These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and how the U.S. eats | By Kathleen Merrigan
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that will shape what kind of food U.S. farmers grow, how they raise it and how it gets to consumers. These measures are large, complex and expensiv... |
| 24.04.2023 | Off-grid solar powers the future of farming | Off-grid solar powers the future of farming
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Agriculture accounts for 11 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., according to the U.S... |
| 24.03.2023 | American Farm Bureau Continues To Sell Out Farmers On Meaningful ‘Right To Repair’ Reform | We’ve noted how agricultural machinery giants like John Deere have spent several years waging war on independent tractor repair shops in a bid to monopolize maintenance and drive up costs. We’ve also noted that every time industry promises ... |
| 10.02.2023 | Профессии, которые заменит искусственный интеллект в ближайшие 10 лет. А Вы есть в этом списке? | Развитие технологий и человеческого общества в целом порождает постоянные изменения на рынке труда. Каждый год появляются новые достижения в области науки и техники, что приводит к исчезновению отдельных профессий. Однако, на их место прихо... |
| 26.01.2023 | Right To Repair Is A Business Puzzle, Not A Legal Principle | Right to repair is a movement, legislative wave, and well-meaning idea that says people who buy durable products like mobile phones, tractors and dishwashers should be allowed to get them fixed by someone other than the original equipment m... |
| 12.01.2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: $42m for No Meat Factory, New Age Eats ‘lets go’ of pilot facility, Benson Hill co-founder passes away | This week, Canadian alt-protein startup No Meat Factory raised Series B funding, while down in the US, New Age Eats let go of its nearly completed pilot facility. There were two new deals for forestry-related projects along with new funding... |
| 10.01.2023 | John Deere Once Again Pinky Swears It Will Stop Monopolizing Repair | Once just the concern of pissed off farmers and nerdy tinkerers, the last two years have seen a groundswell of broader culture awareness about “right to repair,” and the perils of letting companies like Apple, John Deere, Microsoft, or Sony... |
| 10.01.2023 | John Deere will let farmers repair their own equipment | Here in the U.S., John Deere is, in a word, dominant. According to figures from antitrust nonprofit The American Economic Liberties Project, the corporation controls 53% of the large tractor market in this country and 60% of farm combines. ... |
| 18.12.2022 | Why The Federal Reserve Can’t Solve Food Price Inflation | Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 24.11.2022 | Here's why your Thanksgiving turkey probably cost a lot more than it did last year | Turkey prices are much higher than last year, the American Farm Bureau Federation said. Nick David via Getty Images
Turkey farmers in the US face higher costs for feed, electricity and fuel due to an inflation surge.
Bob's Turkey Farm in La... |
| 22.11.2022 | We compared 9 major grocery stores to find out which one offers the best deal | Omaha Steaks
Thanksgiving turkey prices increased by as much as 28 percent from the same time last year.
Grocery stores like Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi are lowering prices just in time for the holiday.
Insider compared turkey prices at nine ... |
| 10.10.2022 | How the Supreme Court animal welfare case could reshape the pork sector | A contentious case about the state of livestock confinement is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, with the potential to upend the way meat and egg producers conduct sales of their products between states.
The Supreme Court will hear ... |
| 03.10.2022 | Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods names insider to CEO role | Cal-Maine Foods said its board has named Sherman Miller president and CEO, effective immediately.
A veteran of Cal-Maine, Miller joined the egg producer and distributor in 1996. He has served in various management positions during his 26-ye... |
| 13.08.2022 | American ranchers blame drought for higher meat prices at grocery stores | Originally Published by:
Summer’s homestretch: August weather outlook Drought-parched West looks to mighty Mississippi for solutions Sunken boats emerge from dwindling Lake Mead
Cattle farmers have been experiencing some of the worst drough... |
| 01.08.2022 | Surging fertilizer costs make it harder for farmers to earn a living, provide for their families, and feed the world | Redeem now
Rising fertilizer prices and supply disruptions are threatening the world's food supply.
Corn, wheat, and soybeans together take about 70% of the fertilizer used in the US.
The fallout would likely hit hardest in Africa.
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| 19.07.2022 | Who Owns America’s Farmland? And What Is Their Role In The Response To Climate Change? | TIPTON, IA - JULY 13: Corn and soybeans grow on a farm on July 13, 2018 near Tipton, Iowa. (Photo ... [+] by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| 01.07.2022 | Burgers taking a bigger bite out of holiday barbecue budgets | Like pretty much everything else, Fourth of July cookouts will be pricier this year.
Ingredients for a home-prepared quarter-pound cheeseburger ran $2.07 in May, with ground beef accounting for $1.20 and cheddar cheese 35 cents, according t... |
| 16.05.2022 | World wheat stocks expected to drop to 6-year low | Dive Brief:
World wheat stocks for 2022-23 are expected to drop to a six-year low of 267 million metric tons, according to the USDA's first global projections for the upcoming growing season. The agency cited Russia's invasion of Ukraine an... |
| 13.04.2022 | We must scale US agtech innovation to fight the looming food, energy crisis | Editor’s note: The following editorial is a joint ‘call to arms’ for the agrifoodtech community. The authors, listed at the end of the article, represent decades of experience in global agribusiness and are now leading efforts to rapidly sc... |
| 11.02.2022 | Ag Groups Suing EPA Over Agency's Ignoring Science & Safety Findings | Ag Groups Suing EPA Over Agency's Ignoring Science & Safety Findings
Feb 10, 2022
Chlorpyrifos revocation rule does no good for human health, is harmful to farmers & farm co-ops
Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2022. When the government a... |
| 08.02.2022 | AFBF American Farm Bureau Federation : Oklahoma Family's Land Ethic Revitalizes Ranch for Cattle, Pollinators and Wildlife | The Lazy KT Ranch of Freedom has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award®. Owned and operated by Farm Bureau member Dr. Katie Blunk and her family, Lazy KT Ranch is in Woods County in the northwestern ... |
| 28.01.2022 | Stewardship Efforts Earn Utah Ranch Family Statewide Recognition | Yardley Cattle Company has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Utah Leopold Conservation Award®. The Yardley family, Farm Bureau members in Beaver, in the southwestern part of the state, have a cow-calf operation and sell top-quality... |
| 28.01.2022 | Colorado Farm Bureau's Early Action Topples Anti-Livestock Ballot Measure | A major threat to Colorado's $5 billion livestock sector in 2021 prompted the Colorado Farm Bureau to join forces with other state livestock groups to establish a campaign committee called Coloradans for Animal Care.
A Colorado Supreme Cour... |
| 18.01.2022 | Farm Bureau Family Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award | Brubaker Farms, a Farm Bureau family from Lancaster County, is the 2021 recipient of the Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award®. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the prestigious award recognizes farmers, ranchers a... |
| 22.12.2021 | Growers to EPA: Greater Clarity Is Needed on Data Tied to Complaints | Growers to EPA: Greater Clarity Is Needed on Data Tied to Complaints
Dec 21, 2021
Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2021. Grower groups including the American Soybean Association, National Cotton Council and American Farm Bureau Federation are rai... |
| 15.12.2021 | American farmers want SA workers to be exempt from the US’ travel ban | (Getty Images)
South Africans have been banned from entering the United States in the wake of the Omicron coronavirus variant’s discovery at the end of November.
The latest travel ban comes less than a month after the first one, imposed in ... |
| 24.11.2021 | Joe Biden is spending Thanksgiving at private-equity billionaire’s Nantucket home | More On: joe biden
Bidens to attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner after Trump absence Defense chief Austin speaks with Chinese counterpart for first time in office Biden to host military leaders at White House as Ukraine war rages on Z... |
| 24.11.2021 | Joe Biden is spending Thanksgiving at private-equity billionaire’s Nantucket home | More On: joe biden
Media helped hide the real Joe Biden by censoring Hunter stories: Devine Biden’s special-interest science: Only airlines escape his vax mandate Sorry, but Hunter Biden’s profiteering matters — even if the rest of the pres... |
| 22.11.2021 | Stop Trying to Inflation-Proof Your Portfolio | Don’t get caught flat-footed on inflation this Thanksgiving when family and friends gather to argue politics over dinner. Shop around beforehand for data to fit your side.
“Survey Shows Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up 14%,” reads the title of a... |
| 19.11.2021 | Thanksgiving dinner cost soars 14 percent, most expensive year ever | More On: thanksgiving
Netflix making movie about grandma inviting stranger to Thanksgiving dinner Florida mom left baby home alone while she went to bar on Thanksgiving: cops Broadway director Jerry Zaks on the new ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ and ‘Mus... |
| 19.11.2021 | Thanksgiving dinner cost soars 14 percent, most expensive year ever | More On: thanksgiving
God bless America: Patriotic synagogue has celebrated Thanksgiving since 1789 Biden laughs off question about clemency for humans before pardoning turkeys TSA claims ‘very high’ vax rate but won’t share numbers ahead o... |
| 13.11.2021 | ASA & AFBF: Growers Frustrated EPA Opted Against Best Science in BEs | ASA & AFBF: Growers Frustrated EPA Opted Against Best Science in BEs
Nov 13, 2021
Washington, D.C. November 13, 2021. "The best available science and data." It's a phrase that carries heavy weight-or at least it should, as &qu... |
| 14.10.2021 | Americans Love Meat So Much That Butchers, Processing Plants And Farms Received $84 Million In Pandemic Aid | Various meats smoking in a barbecue smoker at Lucille's barbecue restaurant in Dublin, California ... [+] Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| 14.10.2021 | What’s really behind the 10.5% increase in meat prices this year | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning.
The average American consumes around 144 pounds of meat each year, but that may shift as staples like beef, pork, and chicken have become a lo... |
| 27.09.2021 | AFBF, NPPC File Prop. 12 Appeal to Supreme Court | WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 27, 2021 - The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation today petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case against California's Proposition 12, which would ban the sale of pork ... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats’ plan drops repeal of a tax provision for inheritances | House Democrats revealed a package of tax hikes on corporations and the rich without President Joseph Biden’s proposed levy on inherited property at death.
The House Ways and Means Committee may have dropped the measure due to concerns abou... |
| 30.08.2021 | Drought Puts Farmers and Ranchers in Survival Mode | For the farmers and ranchers in drought-stricken states in the West and Northern Plains, survival mode is taking many forms. For Utah vegetable farmer Tyson Roberts, it's planting about 20% fewer acres than he normally would.
'We plant in t... |
| 24.08.2021 | UN Food Systems Secretariat Steps In After Dairy Industry Silenced Teen Climate Activist Genesis Butler | 4 Mins Read
A dairy industry forum organized around the United Nations Food Systems Summit removed a 14-year-old activist for voicing concerns about the viability of animal agriculture in the age of climate change. Then the UN stepped in.
“... |
| 23.08.2021 | Dairy Farmers to Be Compensated for Losses From Pandemic-Related Price Volatility | August 23, 2021 4 min read This story originally appeared on The Epoch Times
Dairy farmers who sold their products at abnormally low prices due to pandemic-related market volatility will be eligible for compensation under a $350 million fed... |
| 10.08.2021 | SBE Council Supports Thune Amendment (S. Amdt. #3106) to Help Save Local Family Businesses and Farms | By SBE Council at 10 August, 2021, 1:38 pm
SBE Council supports S. Amdt #3106 to S.Con Res. 14, the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Resolution, introduced by Senator John Thune (R-S.D.)
SBE Council urges all Senators to vote YES on the amendment.
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| 30.07.2021 | Wisconsin Doctor Partners with Local Farmers to Produce Healthier Baby Formula | Now in its eighth year, the Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge is a national business competition that showcases U.S. startups developing innovative solutions to challenges facing America's farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
This FBN... |
| 21.07.2021 | AFBF American Farm Bureau Federation : Western Drought Makes a Tough Job Much Tougher for Farmers and Ranchers | Severe drought in the West is forcing many farmers and ranchers to make the toughest of choices - selling their livestock and destroying crops - according to a Farm Bureau survey of producers in 13 Western states.
Nearly 80% of the West, in... |
| 20.07.2021 | County Farm Bureaus Help Farmers do What They do Best: Feed People | Through its annual County Activities of Excellence Awards, the American Farm Bureau Federation celebrates county Farm Bureaus for their unique, volunteer-driven programming. The following counties were among 12 recognized for their programs... |
| 06.07.2021 | Montana Ranchers Build Processing Facility for Donated and Direct-Market Meat | What began as one rancher's effort to help meet his local food bank's 300% increase in demand last spring has progressed to the development of the first federally inspected non-profit purchased and run meat processing facility in the countr... |
| 10.06.2021 | New Cattle Market Bill Aims to Increase Transparency | Recently introduced legislation would create greater price discovery and transparency within the cattle market, while giving producers more tools and useful information. The Farm Bureau-backed Optimizing the Cattle Market Act of 2021 would ... |
| 19.05.2021 | AFBF American Farm Bureau Federation : 2021 Strategic Action Fund Grant Recipients Announced | By Cyndie Shearing
The American Farm Bureau Federation has awarded grants of up $5,000 each to six state Farm Bureaus for new programs through its Strategic Action Fund. State Farm Bureaus with fewer than 25,000 members were eligible to app... |
| 05.03.2021 | Early-stage investing, mentorships & training for rural entrepreneurs yield big results in Iowa | Partnerships, mentorships, and investments of all sizes have been the foundation of efforts to grow rural entrepreneurship and innovation in Iowa for more than three decades.
As a membership organization dating back to 1918 with representat... |
| 22.02.2021 | Outlook For Farmers Is (Finally) Looking Brighter | Farmers will finally be seeing increasing crop prices.getty |
| 17.02.2021 | Latina-Founded Agtech Startup Taps The Entrepreneurial Community To Succeed | Farmer using digital tablet getty |
| 08.01.2021 | Farmer Sentiment On The Incline | Farmer sentiment is on an upswing according to the latest survey from Purdue University.getty |
| 06.01.2021 | Farm Bankruptcies Drop Thanks To Federal Aid, But Falling Cash Receipts And Elevated Debt Portend Trouble Ahead | By Maura Webber Sadovi |
| 05.01.2021 | AFBF American Farm Bureau Federation : New Book Helps Kids Connect with Soybean Farms | At a time of record-high interest in how food is produced, a new children's picture book about soybean farming offers a valuable resource to parents and educators alike.
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture's Feeding Minds Pr... |
| 23.11.2020 | Thanksgiving Isn’t So Gracious For A Farmer’s Income | Farmers earn just shy of 12 cents on the dollar of an average Thanksgiving mealgetty |
| 04.08.2020 | What rural hospitals can teach their urban counterparts about patient engagement | For all hospitals, healthcare IT (HIT) must figure prominently in their route to recovery.
For rural hospitals, necessity is the mother of invention when it comes to improving patient engagement and outcomes while protecting revenue. Rather... |
| 03.08.2020 | HEALS Act Provides $20 Billion For Agriculture | The HEALS Act will allocate $20 billion to the USDA.Getty |
| 30.07.2020 | Rounds Urges Inclusion of New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act in COVID-19 Relief Legislation | 07.30.20
WASHINGTON -U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today urged the Senate to include his legislation, the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act, in any future COVID-19 relief legislation. The bipartisan, bicameral bill would... |
| 11.06.2020 | Farmers Feeding Utah is Making a Big Difference | Smith: The Farmers Feeding Utah initiative began in early May and was launched with two main goals. The first was to help farmers and ranchers impacted by COVID-19, and the second was to provide food and donations to Utah families in need. ... |
| 21.05.2020 | Farmers Can Sign Up For Payments Beginning May 26 | Storage and drying bins tower over a cornfield in Wisconsin.Getty |
| 20.04.2020 | New Analysis Shows U.S. Agriculture Reducing Per-Unit GHG Emissions | As Earth Day looms, agriculture has a success story to tell. A new analysis of updated data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, combined with U.S. Department of Agriculture data, shows U.S. farmers and ranchers continuetoreduce p... |
| 14.04.2020 | AFBF American Farm Bureau Federation : New Analysis Shows U.S. Agriculture Reducing Per-Unit GHG Emissions | New analysis of updated data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, combined with U.S. Department of Agriculture data, shows U.S. farmers and ranchers continue to reduce per-unit greenhouse gas emissions. All told, the U.S. agricult... |
| 08.04.2020 | Overwhelmed? Plain Talk On The Paycheck Protection Program For Small Businesses Affected By COVID-19 | Getty |
| 07.04.2020 | How Iowa’s startup ecosystem is supporting agtech startups | As the nation’s leading state for corn, pork, eggs, and renewable fuels, it is no secret that Iowa is a world leader in agriculture production. However, a fast-growing entrepreneurial ecosystem is proving that the state can also grow the ne... |
| 11.12.2019 | Supreme Court to hear pork producers' challenge to how pigs are raised | UPDATE: March 28, 2022: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 12 decision on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation.
While some pork produc... |
| 27.11.2019 | Thanksgiving dinner costs remain stable | The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner increased only slightly this year from last, rising to a total cost of $48.91.
The American Farm Bureau does this annual survey of the cost of food products and has done so for the past 34 years... |
| 04.11.2019 | With FarmBeats, Microsoft makes a play for the agriculture market | Farming is grueling business. Between 2013 and 2016, U.S. farmers and ranchers weathered a 45% dip in net farm income — the largest since the Great Depression — while the number of mouths to feed grew sharply by the day. The global populati... |
| 04.11.2019 | With FarmBeats, Microsoft makes a play for the agriculture market | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Farming is grueling business. Between 2013 and 2016, U.S. farmers and ranchers weathered a 45% dip in net farm income — the largest sin... |
| 01.11.2019 | CULTIVATED: Leafly reins in spending, 1906 pulls in an $18 million funding round, and more | REUTERS/Blair Gable
Chemdawg marijuana plants grow at a facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada October 29, 2019.
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| 09.09.2019 | Steven Mnuchin says economy is solid despite China trade war | More On: steven mnuchin
Fed Chair Powell sold millions in stocks days before October 2020 tank Steven Mnuchin finally nabs buyer for $25M 'world's richest building' pad NYSE flipflops yet again on plan to delist China telecom stocks Mnuchin... |
| 26.08.2019 | Farming is the world’s most important career — that’s why it needs a new image | Editor’s Note: Karn Manhas is founder and CEO of Terramera, an agbiotech startup focused on improving the sustainability of farming. Here he writes about the importance of promoting the farming industry as an appealing and impactful career ... |
| 22.03.2019 | Cultivating Agtech Leadership for Established Row Crop Leaders | The wave of agtech has frequently been reported. Investor and entrepreneur visions for disruptive on-farm and transactional products and services are easily discovered. Not so commonly available, and in our view as the Illinois Soybean Asso... |
| 15.01.2019 | Startup competitions seeking agtech companies | They include AgSharks Competition, IoT.ATL AgTech Challenge and Future Agro Challenge
If you're a startup seeking opportunities to get funded, educated or connected, startup competitions are a great resource.
Vator has been holding its own ... |
| 22.12.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: New Venture Fund Eschews NY, CA Startups, Trump to Address Farm Bureau, End of Year M&A, more | Steve Case Announces $150m Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Cofounder of AOL and CEO of Revolution Steve Case is launching a seed fund to support entrepreneurs across America. 75 percent of venture capital, he says, flows to three states: Califor... |
| 20.11.2017 | The cost of a Thanksgiving dinner is at a five-year low, according to a new report | April Walloga
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The average price of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is at a five-year low, according to a 2017 report from the American Farm Bureau Federation (ABF).
For a group of 10, it will cost around $49.12 this year - o... |
| 26.10.2017 | Farmobile Raises $18m Series B from Private Investors, Anterra | Farmobile, an ag data collection software and hardware company, has raised $18.1 million in a Series B funding round led by private investors in Kansas City along with Dutch agtech venture capital firm Anterra Capital and Kansas-based crop ... |
| 18.09.2017 | Robots are coming for our jobs - here's why the founder of 'blue collar LinkedIn' isn't worried | Matt Cardy / Stringer / Getty Images
It's not ridiculous to be worried about robots stealing your job.
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That may sound vaguely dystopian, but it's on the horizon. A 2013 study from Oxford Univers... |
| 13.09.2017 | 10+ Questions Facing Agriculture and Where to Find the Answers | The agriculture industry is facing a series of intertwined, complex issues over the next several decades. Conventional wisdom suggests that we face a critical supply shortage driven by four key questions:
Can we produce enough food? The wor... |
| 06.09.2017 | John Deere Acquires ‘See & Spray’ Robotics Startup Blue River Technology for $305m | Editor’s Note: Deere & Company has acquired ag robotics startup Blue River Technology, according to an agreement announced at close of trading today. The tractor giant is acquiring the Sunnyvale, California-based Blue River for $305 mil... |
| 04.09.2017 | Harvey: ’Desperate’ Energy Clients Calling for Remote Sensing Tech with Ag Likely Next | With the devastation of Hurricane Harvey moving on from its starting point of Houston to other areas of Texas and the American South, local businesses are starting to survey the damage wrought by the category 4 storm (at time of landfall) t... |
